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Title: Graphical Applications for changing Keyboard Layout and Language/Locale?
Post by: cuscotravelservices on September 29, 2014, 03:02:53 PM

Hi Biff et al,

I'm looking for recommendations as to what Graphical Applications/Plug-ins are available for changing Keyboard Layout and Language/Locale for the LXDE version?

Thanks, Michael.

Title: Re: Graphical Applications for changing Keyboard Layout and Language/Locale?
Post by: blaze on September 29, 2014, 06:47:50 PM

Foe reference;

http://www.mepiscommunity.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36891

See also;

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Change_keyboard_layouts

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE#Keyboard_layout

https://wiki.debian.org/LXDE

http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2014/01/how-to-configure-keyboard-layouts-in-lxde-enlightenment-openbox.html

Title: Re: Graphical Applications for changing Keyboard Layout and Language/Locale?
Post by: cuscotravelservices on October 01, 2014, 04:04:31 AM

Quote from: blaze on September 29, 2014, 06:47:50 PM

Foe reference;

http://www.mepiscommunity.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36891

I started that topic.  ;)

Quote from: blaze on September 29, 2014, 06:47:50 PM

http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2014/01/how-to-configure-keyboard-layouts-in-lxde-enlightenment-openbox.html

I found what I was looking for with the FSnow Tools PPA that was mentioned in the above topic.

With a fair bit of trial and error research, I discovered that I should be able to create a Menu Item to execute the following to provide a graphical interface to change Locale.  :)

Code: [Select]

gksu "dpkg-reconfigure -f gnome locales"
Thanks, Michael.

Title: Re: Graphical Applications for changing Keyboard Layout and Language/Locale?
Post by: blaze on October 01, 2014, 03:49:19 PM

Be careful though. The FSnow`s PPA is made with Ubuntu in mind. WattOS is Debian. See for an example;

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/83060/are-ubuntu-ppa-repositories-usable-on-debian-wheezy