How to change the keyboard layout to French?

[bignono1]

Is there a command that i can use to change the kb layout, like from US to FR?
Thank you all.

[CatDude]

Hello bignono1

try typing:

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setxkbmap -layout se

or

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setxkbmap -layout us

in a consolewindow to switch to a different layout.

Personally i prefer doing things like this:

Open your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
and add your keyboard layouts

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Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver      "kbd"
   Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
   Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option      "XkbLayout" "us,fr" #xkeymap0
   Option      "XkbOptions"   "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

That will allow you to toggle between the US and FR keyboard layouts
by simultaneously pressing Alt + Shift

You could also install this fbxkb-0.4-i486-startup-1.pet
which will give you a visual indication as to what layout you are using by way of a flag in the taskbar,
you can also toggle between the two layouts by clicking on the flag.

Hope this helps
CatDude
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[bignono1]

It sure did help mate, i was looking for that pet , it is much easy now to change the kb layout.
Thank you CatDude.

[bignono1]

After editing the Xorg conf file i was able to use the Alt+Shift combo to change the language but in Write it will give strange fonts (unreadable) if i choose other than US , in Calc and Paint it is ok.
I opened the Write conf file but it was very huge i was lost .
Can the Write config file be edited?? and if yes: how ?
One last thing : the fbxkb-0.4-i486-startup-1.pet did not work with all Puppy versions i have.