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November 21, 2016 19:59
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New i3blocks block for displaying current keyboard layout
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # | |
| # Save as /usr/share/i3blocks/kb_layout, then use it by | |
| # adding something like this to your i3blocks configuration: | |
| # | |
| # [kb_layout] | |
| # interval=3 | |
| KB_LANG=$(setxkbmap -query | grep layout | cut -d ':' -f 2) | |
| KB_LANG=${KB_LANG//[[:space:]]/} | |
| echo $KB_LANG |
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In my case
setxkbmap -queryreturns all layouts installed not the current one.