Xorg - layout switching - alternatives to XKB-only methods?

[joeklow]

Hi all.

So guys at the office have switched to Linux and for some reason they don't like our straightforward CapsLock layout switching method, and they found a problem for me to solve..

All XKB-based switchers (these, who use setxkbmap to set hotkeys) tend to mess the things badly when operating with Ctrl-Shift / Alt-Shift combinations; Ctrl-Shift-P in Firefox is a good example of affected keyboard shortcut - not only it does opens new window, but also changes layout.

AFAIK, the chain of keypress handling involves at least these:

evdev (input source)
Xorg's XKB (can switch layout)
window manager - keyboard hooks

I remember some four-letter named keyboard layout manager (iicb, uucb or something alike), what is it's name? Are there other possible options for layout switching?


Also, I remember that KDE3.2 has its own switcher (well.. a hotkey for changing XKB layouts) which had no such problem..
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