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>try using Left Shift to switch to layout 1 (while retaining its shift functionality) without patching Gnome. It's impossible. It's certainly possible with X.
by broken-kebab 11mo ago
>try using Left Shift to switch to layout 1 (while retaining its shift functionality) without patching Gnome. It's impossible.
It's certainly possible with X. Not sure about compatibility with Gnome, but then it's a Gnome's problem, not X's
- codedokode 11mo agoIt is possible if you write a custom program for that, but not by simply configuring X. If you configure Shift to switch layouts, you won't be able to use it as a modifier. For comparison, in Windows you can use Ctrl+Shift or Alt+Shift to switch layouts and use shortcuts (like Ctrl+Shift+A) with these modifiers. In X, you cannot.
- broken-kebab 11mo ago"Custom program" is a bit too serious sounding wording for a 5 lines shell script. >in Windows you can use [...] In X, you cannot. Well, I can. What you probably mean is that in X you don't have a GUI for this. But X is text configurable/scriptable by design. GUI is a concern of an upper level software.