Bug#586371: x11-xkb-utils: setxkbmap does not work with per user configuration
Package: x11-xkb-utils
Version: 7.7+1
Followup-For: Bug #586371
Hi,
I also run into this issue, I took a look at the code and it looks like
the path passed with the "-I" option only gets applied when looking for
rules or layout files, that is it does NOT gets applied to symbols or
other components (AFAIU these latter are set by names with
XkbGetKeyboardByName(), not by file path).
This is also stated in the man page:
-I directory
Adds a directory to the list of directories to be used to
search for specified layout or rules files.
That text means: _only_ layout or rules files, _not_ symbols or other
components.
So even if this is a suboptimal behavior, setxkbmap is behaving as
documented.
Ciao,
Antonio
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (900, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-rc6-ao2 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages x11-xkb-utils depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-7
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-2
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.12-2
ii libxkbfile1 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.4-1
x11-xkb-utils recommends no packages.
x11-xkb-utils suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Antonio Ospite
http://ao2.it
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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