Re: rereading/reloading keyboard layout files without relogging in?

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> 
> I don't understand which file(s) you want to modify and in what way. The
> only file that I have in /etc/X11/xkb is called "base.xml"; it does not
> contain any keymap definitions, only an XML list of known names.

I have some files in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/. If I recall correctly, I
have had to change some key definitions to get some international
languages working (using the keyboard applet in KDE and also using scim).

> 
> Both xmodmap and xkbcomp can be used to modify the keymap of a running X
> server, but I am not sure if they accept the kind of input file(s) that
> you have in mind. However, both these commands can dump the current
> keymap configuration in formats that can be modified and then reloaded.
> Is that close enough to what you want to do?

Consider the file /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/fr. I am looking for a way to
reload this files after I modify it in some way. In other words, if I
modify the file, I want to avoid logging out and then loggin in again to
have the modifications take effect.

Thanks.
Regards.


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