[SOLVED] Switching keyboard layout per window

[Apopatos]

Hello guys,
I use Openbox as my window manager.
By adding these lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf

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Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "thinkpad60"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "XkbLayout" "gb,gr"
    Option "XkbVariant" "extd,extended"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:caps"
    MatchIsKeyboard "on"
EndSection

I am able to switch globally between british and greek layout.

However, I often need to write greek in one window or application and english to another one. As far as I remember, KDE and Gnome Shelll have such an option but with Openbox I haven't found a way yet.

In Arch Linux forums I have found this old solution
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69445

to create /etc/hal/fdi/10-keymap.fdi
and add these lines

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
   <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keymap">
     <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append>
   </match>

   <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
     <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">base</merge>

     <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to
          keyboard otherwise). -->
     <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">keyboard</merge>
     <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
            string="Linux">
       <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">evdev</merge>
     </match>

     <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">us,il</merge>
     <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">pc105</merge>
  <merge key="input.xkb.Options" type="string">grp:ctrl_shift_toggle</merge>
   </match>
 </device>
</deviceinfo>

and then install xxkb and load it with system start up.
But this solution is over 10 years old and it needs hal.
Is there any way to implement in in a current system?

thanks in advance

[cboldt]

Not sure but this might work. Launch the terminal with a name, then I believe you can do keyboard mapping with .Xdefaults It's certainly possible to map individual keys and key combinations. Those gory details are part of the terminal settings.

I use mostly urxvt at a terminal, and while these are not keyboard variants, you can see the use of different terminal names. Whlie many of these settings are common between the two example terminals, the settings are NOT the default when a terminal is opened.

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Uevolute*cursorColor: Gold2
Uevolute*pointerColor: Yellow3
Uevolute*inheritPixmap: False
Uevolute*backgroundPixmap: /home/cboldt/graphics/Uour-pond.xpm;100
Uevolute*saveLines: 100

Uhypoid*cursorColor: Gold2
Uhypoid*pointerColor: Yellow3
Uhypoid*inheritPixmap: False
Uhypoid*backgroundPixmap: /home/cboldt/graphics/Umarbles2.xpm;80
Uhypoid*saveLines: 100

The terminals are launched from fvwm script. Different terminals are launched with different names, using `urxvt -name Uevolute` for example.

[AlexJGreen]

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[Apopatos]

kbdd solved the problem!
Thanks a lot for your help both of you!

[Apopatos]

This small app works everywhere. In different apps, in different windows of the same app, everywhere except from Telegram, the main application I need it for