Re: Switching directly through multiple keyboards

Hi Ivan,

On Saturday at 13:07, Ivan Pascal wrote:

>> > To express it more "factually", is there a way to assign, let's say
>> > SHIFT+SHIFT to a greek polytonic kbd, SHIFT+ALT to sanscrit, SHIFT+META
>> > to phonetics, etc.
>> 
>> Look inside keysymdef.h for possible symbol names which might produce
>> desired behavior.  You can notice that it's possible to switch
>> directly to either first or last group, but not to a specific number.
>
> But note that the meaning of those keysyms is not hardcoded somewhere.
> There are 'interpret' records (in xkb/compat/* files) where those keysyms
> are tied with 'xkb actions'.  But all possible actions are not limited with
> keysyms mentioned in the interpret records.
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Thanks, it's nice to always gain new insights through your mails.  It
seems XKB mechanism is very much complicated, but you make it sound
much less so.  It's great to learn new stuff, so I thank you for being
so responsive and willing to share the knowledge.

Cheers,
Danilo