xkb options overriding special keyboard layout
Mia Lopez 
I have made a special Spanish keyboard layout that includes the German ß on AltGr-s, and the Scandinavian æ Æ (ae, AE), ø Ø (oe, OE), and å Å (aring, Aring), on AltGr-e, AltGr-E, AltGr-o, AltGr-O, AltGr-a, and AltGr-A, respectively. The € (EuroSign) has been moved from AltGr-e to AltGr-5.
This worked great on Ubuntu Budgie 21.04. I since moved back to Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 LTS (fresh install) on the same machine, copied over the custom layout, and did setxkbmap {custom_layout}. Suddenly, on AltGr-e I've got €, and on AltGr-5 I've got ½. I am not capable of seeing what is going wrong with the setup below. Can you help?
// Modified for a real Spanish keyboard by Jon Tombs.
default partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" { include "latin(type4)" name[Group1]="Spanish"; key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, bar, exclamdown ] }; key <AE03> { [ 3, periodcentered, numbersign, sterling ] }; key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, asciitilde, dollar ] }; key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign, fiveeighths ] }; key <AE11> { [apostrophe, question, backslash, questiondown ] }; key <AE12> { [exclamdown, questiondown, dead_tilde, asciitilde ] }; key <AD11> { [dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_abovering ] }; key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk, bracketright, dead_macron ] }; key <AC01> { [ a, A, aring, Aring ] }; key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] }; key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde, asciitilde, dead_doubleacute ] }; key <AC11> { [dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, braceleft ] }; key <TLDE> { [ masculine, ordfeminine, backslash, backslash ] }; key <BKSL> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, dead_breve ] }; include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "winkeys" { include "es(basic)" name[Group1]="Spanish (Win keys)"; include "eurosign(5)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "Sundeadkeys" { include "es(basic)" key <AC11> { [dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, braceleft ] }; key <AD11> { [dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_abovering ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "sundeadkeys" { include "es(Sundeadkeys)" name[Group1]="Spanish (with Sun dead keys)";
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "nodeadkeys" { include "es(basic)" name[Group1]="Spanish (no dead keys)"; key <AD11> { [ grave, asciicircum, bracketleft, degree ] }; key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk, bracketright, macron ] }; key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] }; key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde, asciitilde, dead_doubleacute ] }; key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde, asciitilde, doubleacute ] }; key <AC11> { [ acute, diaeresis, braceleft, braceleft ] }; key <BKSL> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, breve ] }; key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore, dead_belowdot, abovedot ] };
};
// Spanish mapping (note R-H exchange)
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "dvorak" { name[Group1]="Spanish (Dvorak)"; key <TLDE> {[ masculine, ordfeminine, backslash, degree ]}; key <AE01> {[ 1, exclam, bar, onesuperior ]}; key <AE02> {[ 2, quotedbl, at, twosuperior ]}; key <AE03> {[ 3, periodcentered, numbersign, threesuperior ]}; key <AE04> {[ 4, dollar, asciitilde, onequarter ]}; key <AE05> {[ 5, percent, EuroSign, fiveeighths ]}; key <AE06> {[ 6, ampersand, notsign, threequarters ]}; key <AE07> {[ 7, slash, onehalf, seveneighths ]}; key <AE08> {[ 8, parenleft, oneeighth, threeeighths ]}; key <AE09> {[ 9, parenright, asciicircum ]}; key <AE10> {[ 0, equal, grave, dead_doubleacute ]}; key <AE11> {[ apostrophe, question, dead_macron, dead_ogonek ]}; key <AE12> {[ exclamdown, questiondown, dead_breve, dead_abovedot ]}; key <AD01> {[ period, colon, less, guillemotleft ]}; key <AD02> {[ comma, semicolon, greater, guillemotright ]}; key <AD03> {[ ntilde, Ntilde, lstroke, Lstroke ]}; key <AD04> {[ p, P, paragraph ]}; key <AD05> {[ y, Y, yen ]}; key <AD06> {[ f, F, tslash, Tslash ]}; key <AD07> {[ g, G, dstroke, Dstroke ]}; key <AD08> {[ c, C, cent, copyright ]}; key <AD09> {[ h, H, hstroke, Hstroke ]}; key <AD10> {[ l, L, sterling ]}; key <AD11> {[ dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_caron ]}; key <AD12> {[ plus, asterisk, bracketright, plusminus ]}; key <AC01> {[ a, A, aring, Aring ]}; key <AC02> {[ o, O, oslash, Oslash ]}; key <AC04> {[ u, U, aring, Aring ]}; key <AC05> {[ i, I, oe, OE ]}; key <AC06> {[ d, D, eth, ETH ]}; key <AC07> {[ r, R, registered, trademark ]}; key <AC08> {[ t, T, thorn, THORN ]}; key <AC09> {[ n, N, eng, ENG ]}; key <AC10> {[ s, S, ssharp, section ]}; key <AC11> {[ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, dead_tilde ]}; key <BKSL> {[ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, dead_cedilla ]}; key <LSGT> {[ less, greater, guillemotleft, guillemotright ]}; key <AB01> {[ minus, underscore, hyphen, macron ]}; key <AB02> {[ q, Q, currency ]}; key <AB03> {[ j, J ]}; key <AB04> {[ k, K, kra ]}; key <AB05> {[ x, X, multiply, division ]}; key <AB06> {[ b, B ]}; key <AB07> {[ m, M, mu ]}; key <AB08> {[ w, W ]}; key <AB09> {[ v, V ]}; key <AB10> {[ z, Z ]}; include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "cat" { include "es(basic)" name[Group1]="Catalan (Spain, with middle-dot L)"; key <AC09> { [ l, L, 0x1000140, 0x100013F ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ast" { include "es(basic)" name[Group1]="Asturian (Spain, with bottom-dot H and bottom-dot L)"; key <AC06> { [ h, H, 0x1001E25, 0x1001E24 ] }; key <AC09> { [ l, L, 0x1001E37, 0x1001E36 ] };
};
// Copied from macintosh_vndr/es
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "mac" { include "es" name[Group1]= "Spanish (Macintosh)";
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpc" { // include "us(basic)" name[Group1]="Spanish"; key <AE00> { [ masculine, ordfeminine ] }; key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, bar ] }; key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, at ] }; key <AE03> { [ 3, dead_grave, numbersign, grave ] }; key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, dead_circumflex ] }; key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign ] }; key <AE07> { [ 7, slash, backslash ] }; key <AE08> { [ 8, parenleft ] }; key <AE09> { [ 9, parenright ] }; key <AE10> { [ 0, equal ] }; key <AE11> { [ apostrophe, question ] }; key <AE12> { [ exclamdown, questiondown ] }; key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] }; key <AD11> { [ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, acute, dead_abovering ] }; key <AD12> { [ bracketleft, braceleft ] }; key <AC01> { [ a, A, aring, Aring ]}; key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde ] }; key <AC11> { [ plus, asterisk, dead_tilde ] }; key <AC12> { [ bracketright, braceright, section ] }; key <AB08> { [ comma, semicolon ] }; key <AB09> { [ period, colon ] }; key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore ] }; key <I219> { [ less, greater, ISO_Next_Group ] }; include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpcm" { // Mechanical (non-membrane) OLPC Spanish keyboard layout. // See: include "us(basic)" name[Group1]="Spanish"; key <AE00> { [ questiondown, exclamdown, backslash ] }; key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, bar ] }; key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, at ] }; key <AE03> { [ 3, dead_grave, numbersign, grave ] }; key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, asciitilde, dead_tilde ] }; key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, dead_circumflex ] }; key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign ] }; key <AE07> { [ 7, slash, backslash ] }; // no '\' label on olpcm, leave for compatibility key <AE08> { [ 8, parenleft, masculine ] }; key <AE09> { [ 9, parenright, ordfeminine ] }; key <AE10> { [ 0, equal ] }; key <AE11> { [ apostrophe, question ] }; key <AD03> { [ e, E, ae, AE ] }; key <AD11> { [ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering, acute ] }; key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk ] }; key <AC01> { [ a, A, aring, Aring ]}; key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde ] }; key <AC10> { [ ntilde, Ntilde ] }; // no AC11 or AC12 on olpcm key <AB08> { [ comma, semicolon ] }; key <AB09> { [ period, colon ] }; key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore ] }; key <AA02> { [ less, greater ] }; key <AA06> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, ccedilla, Ccedilla ] }; key <AA07> { [ bracketright, braceright ] }; include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "deadtilde" { include "es(basic)" name[Group1]="Spanish (dead tilde)"; key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, dead_tilde, dollar ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpc2" { // Modified variant of US International layout, specifically for Peru // Contact: Sayamindu Dasgupta <> include "us(olpc)" name[Group1]="Spanish (OLPC2)"; key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, dead_grave, dead_grave] }; // combining grave key <I236> { [ XF86Start ] }; include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
// EXTRAS:
partial alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "sun_type6" { include "sun_vndr/es(sun_type6)"
};The output of setxbkmap -query -verbose:
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+es+inet(evdev)+group(win_space_toggle)+eurosign(e)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap { xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compat { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc+es+inet(evdev)+group(win_space_toggle)+eurosign(e)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};I can see that xkb applies a change to the eurosign. I suppose that change is made after reading the keyboard layout file (es) above. So the question is how I permanently stop xkb from making that change.
The change does not come from the keyboard configuration file:
$ cat /etc/default/keyboard
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="es"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""
BACKSPACE="guess"I have also tried to use dconf-editor, as per this, but it only shows the options above, that is, no options. I have also tried:
sudo gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['grp:win_space_toggle', 'terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp']"No joy.
So what is going on? Help much appreciated...
Note: The locale is en-us, while the keyboard is es-es.
8 Reset to default
