A solution for keyboard layout switching in E17, untill still buggy (SOLVED)

[Old Uncle]

Hello friends!

Here in this forum, there are couple of topics about keyboard layout switching in E17 desktop.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,74210.0.html
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,82930.0.html

Unfortunately none of them gives a good answer, about how to solve the keyboard layout switching issue.
A friendly user drhadidy came up with some temporary solutions but none of them was good for me.

The problem is a BUG in E17 Language module.

when I load and add the Language module, arrow buttons (also Page Up/Down/Home/End) on the keyboard just freeze... I tested another qt/kde version of PCLOS-17 and same is there!

Later I found out that Delete button also stuck.

Yesterday, I remembered some "magical" code which I used some time ago, while I was testing LXDE desktop.

This one:

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setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ge
Where "ge" stands for the Georgian language.
Instead of "ge" you need to put your country code.

Check in Synaptic if you have setxkbmap installed.

It works like a charm!
But there is one obstacle... You need to activate that code every time after reboot.

I can not put it in Autostart applications.
I know that, it is possible to create a .desktop file and put it in Autostart applications.

BUT I don't know how to create a .desktop file with that "magical" code and where to put that file.

If someone will kindly write here a small how-to about that, it will complete the temporary solution, for keyboard layout switching in E17 until it is still buggy!

Regards,

Old Uncle

[Old Uncle]

Well...

Today I received a bunch of updates for e17 Desktop, including an update for e_modules...

I updated, restarted, loaded Language module, activated the gadget and...

Same result: Same keys freeze in keyboard.

Somebody please 

If someone will kindly write here a small how-to about that, it will complete the temporary solution, for keyboard layout switching in E17 until it is still buggy!

Old Uncle

[smurfslover]

Download this .desktop file and put it in ~/.local/share/applications (for one user) or /usr/share/applications (system-wide), then open the e17 settings panel / applications / autostart applications and enable Keyboard-fix-e17.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/434485/keyboard-fix-e17.desktop

Next time you need a .desktop file just copy one from /usr/share/applications and modify it to your needs.

[Old Uncle]

Download this .desktop file and put it in ~/.local/share/applications (for one user) or /usr/share/applications (system-wide), then open the e17 settings panel / applications / autostart applications and enable Keyboard-fix-e17.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/434485/keyboard-fix-e17.desktop

Next time you need a .desktop file just copy one from /usr/share/applications and modify it to your needs.

Great!!!

Thank you very, very much Mr. smurfslover! IT WORKS

დიდი მადლობა! < Thank you very much in Georgian

Regards,

Old Uncle

So, I'm going to mark this topic as SOLVED!
in case someone else needs to use this file, it needs to be modified a bit: The country code "ge" needs to be changed to appropriate country code.
List of a codes can be found here http://www.theodora.com/country_digraphs.html

[tanara]

Wow.....Great!!!!!!!
Thanks, All