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mihi314 / neolight

Extra keyboard layers for programming based on Neo
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Wayland/GDM/Gnome doesn't support 5th level (with <> key) #3

Closed drafolin closed 1 week ago

drafolin commented 1 month ago

I just installed this package on my Wayland - GDM - Gnome setup, but it doesn't seem to support the 5th level. I enabled the option in dconf, and the caps lock works for special symbols, but the <> key doesn't, for the navigation keys.

When i enable it with setxkbmap (with the help of Xwayland), it does work, but it's not :sparkles: clean :sparkles:

Thx for you attention, will keep you updated if i figure out anything else

mihi314 commented 1 month ago

Hey, thx for trying it out :)

I'm currently using X, so maybe its related to that, but have you already had a look at this part of the readme and maybe the linked Neo FAQ there?

And by enabling it with setxkbmap you mean something like setxkbmap -option neolight instead of setxkbmap -layout neolight -variant de (i.e. the option variant instead of the full layout)? What is the before and after output of setxkbmap -query?

drafolin commented 1 month ago

Heya, sorry for the delay, I was expecting answers to my issues to send me an e-mail.

Anyway, I tried the setxkbmap command again, but it seems that one of the updates I applied in the meantime broke this, and I can't use setxkbmap anymore. I don't remember if I had to log out or if it directly applied, if it was the first case, then now it resets to us with no options, if it's the second one... Well it doesn't directly apply anymore. I do remember setting the option instead of the variant though. Given how I can't reproduce it, I cannot give you the output of -query.

I also do remember having to set an option in the Tweaks application, namely the custom:types one. Speaking about which, wouldn't it be a good idea to add neolight to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst, as well as /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml, in the option section? If I understood correctly, doing this would make it show up in the Tweaks application

For now, I am using ch+fr_nodeadkeys, with the neolight:escape_keys option configured with the help of dconf, but the <> still doesn't work.

I checked the section of the readme, but this only seems to be adressed to people having multiple keyboard layouts? I only have ch+fr_nodeadkeys.

drafolin commented 1 month ago

Update: I just tried the <> layer with the neolight+de_escape_keys layout and no options, doesn't seem to work either...

mihi314 commented 1 month ago

I just got a new machine and am using wayland now as well. Same issue as you :/. So it does seem to be wayland-related. I'm going to look into it in more depth soon and hopefully fix it.

Speaking about which, wouldn't it be a good idea to add neolight to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst, as well as /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml, in the option section? If I understood correctly, doing this would make it show up in the Tweaks application

Oh, I didn't know it's possible to modify those entires. I'll try adding them.

I checked the section of the readme, but this only seems to be adressed to people having multiple keyboard layouts? I only have ch+fr_nodeadkeys

You are right, if you only have one layout anyway it's not relevant.

mihi314 commented 1 month ago

The reason seems to be this: https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues/18 (I'm using "RedirectKey" in the layout). Also no good workaround yet it seems: https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues/145.

I'll try to do it without RedirectKey, like neo does, but this caused issues in the past in some applications (e.g. not properly recognizing the arrow keys, or interpreting them as someModifier+arrow). But maybe most of them have improved their keyboard handling by now.

drafolin commented 1 month ago

Aha! I see.

Glad you found the issue! Lemme know if i can help in any way, I'd be more than happy to! (even tho i'm fairly new to the Linux universe...)

mihi314 commented 3 weeks ago

Alll right, found the time to work on it again. It should work on Wayland now. And happily, every application that previously had issues is working even without the RedirectKey (except for Sublime Text initially, but I found a good solution). Also the options show up in gnome-tweaks now.

I'll update the readme and release a new version in a while. In the meanwhile, if you want, it would be helpful if you could test if everything works now :)

drafolin commented 1 week ago

sorry, was on holiday so i didn't pay any attention to github ^^'

Just tried it out and it works like wonders! Also just tried the new locking feature, works perfectly as well!

thanks for your reactivity! I would love to help you in that project but I have no idea how to work with all the stuff in this repository ^^'