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Get keyboard layout using X11
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// compile with `gcc -I/usr/include getxkblayout.c -lX11 -lxkbfile` | |
#include <stdio.h> | |
#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
#include <X11/XKBlib.h> | |
#include <X11/extensions/XKBrules.h> | |
int main(int argc, char **argv) { | |
Display *dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL); | |
if (dpy == NULL) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open display\n"); | |
exit(1); | |
} | |
XkbStateRec state; | |
XkbGetState(dpy, XkbUseCoreKbd, &state); | |
/* XkbDescPtr desc = XkbGetKeyboard(dpy, XkbAllComponentsMask, XkbUseCoreKbd); */ | |
/* char *group = XGetAtomName(dpy, desc->names->groups[state.group]); */ | |
/* printf("Full name: %s\n", group); */ | |
XkbRF_VarDefsRec vd; | |
XkbRF_GetNamesProp(dpy, NULL, &vd); | |
char *tok = strtok(vd.layout, ","); | |
for (int i = 0; i < state.group; i++) { | |
tok = strtok(NULL, ","); | |
if (tok == NULL) { | |
return 1; | |
} | |
} | |
/* printf("Layout name: %s\n", tok); */ | |
printf("%s\n", tok); | |
return 0; | |
} |
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