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user2 · Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 3

-The problem: There are two Slovak keyboard layouts which used to be supported in the past "puppies", which enabled me in versions from Puppy 2.16 to Wary 5.1.2 to use Slovak keyboard as intended - i. e. I selected Slovak usual qwertz variant and I received not only Z between T and U, but also for Slovak language needed characters ľščťžýáíéäňô etc. Now I select Slovak QWERTZ keyboard and receive e. g. only numbers (1, 2 to 0) instead of ľščťžýáí respectively (in the top row of main part of the keyboard). Strangely, only Z is in correct place then between T and U, as it should be in preferred Slovak keyboard qwertz. The same happens when choosing Setup icon - Country - sk-qwertz: something as similar as only US keyboard with QWERTZ order works then, but without our abovementioned characters ľščťžýáí etc. When I choose sk-qwerty instead, everything works, but Y is off course located (unusually for me) between T and U and Z to the left of X on the physical keyboard.
-The goal: Whether I choose qwertZ or qwertY during install/setup, Slovak-language-specific letters should work in both of them AND simultaneously in one of two given options Z should be placed between T and U. If only one layout was possible, I would prefer qwertz, as it is first selection in Ubuntu and probably in the most common commercial operating system also. (If there could be some hardware issue switching Y and Z existing, maybe preserving both of variants could be safer, but it is only my non-competent speculation.) I off course (being pure amateur) tried to look into sk file (with C icon) and was surprised that description of layout included Z between rows with T and U, as I would normally expect, but there seemed to be only one such "Slovak" file, which kind of surprised me (I have no idea if there should be one or two given two layout variants.)

npierce · Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 640

Try this command in a terminal (rxvt or urxvt) window:

oui · Posted: Fri 20 Apr 2012, 05:00 Post subject:

depending of the Puppy version you are using, you can enter in

/root/.jwmrc

an adequate command here:

...



<IconPath>/usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons</IconPath>
<IconPath>/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps</IconPath>
<IconPath>/usr/share/pixmaps</IconPath>
<IconPath>/usr/local/share/pixmaps</IconPath>


<StartupCommand>
</StartupCommand>



<Desktops width="3" height="1"/>

...

(it is in this case from Quirky 1.2 ; other versions can be a little different)

and JWM will start with all Startup Commands you will enter there

(for example:

ayttm &
setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl &
skype &
seamonkey &
mozedit &

)

Pls try it with the same command as above included in .jwmrc Wink

and don't forget the & at the line end!

but as the system overwrites .jwmrc each time you change the packages stuff (old puppy's) or each restart (newer puppy's)

you have to do that according the instruction in head of your .jwmrc

for example in case of my old quirky 1.2:



<RootMenu label="Menu" labeled="false" height="24" onroot="3">

note: ayttm needs some time to start friendly! it has to be named in first position!

note2: on old puppy's, if you don't change the stuff, you need to make the changes twice: one time in .jwmrc and restart X, and one time in /etc/xdg/templates/_root_.jwmrc !

shinobar · Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 2257 Location: Japan

user2 · Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 3

Yes, "setxkbmap sk" works in Wary 5.3 until X restarts.
(Similarly so in Lucid Libre 528.005, but as I remember the setting in country setting window for qwertz gets lost in Lucid Libre even abovementioned command has run. I think in both of them correct functionality gets lost also after switching keyboard forth and back to Slovak qwertz but renews after issuing setxkbmap sk again.)

shinobar · Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 2257 Location: Japan

user2 · Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 3

Yes, "keymap-set sk" works similarly, but survives X restart.