GNOME KeyBoard Applet, shown with its default configuration in , allows you to easily and quickly change the keyboard map to those used in various different countries. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose + + + +Panel+ + + + + ->Add to panel+ + + + + ->Applet+ + + + + ->Utility+ + + + + ->GKB International KeyBoard+ + + + .
Once configured, the GNOME Keyboard applet allows you to switch the keyboard mapping between any two countries. Just left-click on the applet to switch the keyboard mapping.
Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:
Properties opens the Properties dialog.
Help displays this document.
About shows basic information about GNOME KeyBoard Applet, inluding the applet's version and the author's name.
You can customize GNOME KeyBoard applet by right-clicking on it and choosing Properties. This will open the Properties dialog(shown in ), which allows you to add, configure, and remove keymaps.
GNOME KeyBoard typically comes up with two keyboard maps. Each keyboard map has its own tab, with a label indicating the language or country the map is for. In , these are US (for a US keyboard) and HU (for Hungarian). You can delete any keyboard map by selecting the tab and pressing the Delete this keymap button. To add another keyboard map, press the New keymap button and a new tab will appear for you to customize.
Each keymap tab has the following properties:
Keymap name This is the name of the keymap, which will be displayed in the tab at the top.
Icon path This is the path to the icon which will be displayed for the keyboard map. For most countries, just click on the image of a flag to the right to bring up a set of images you can use. If you select one of these standard map images, you will not need to type the path by hand.
Full command This is the command which GNOME KeyBoard will use to change the keymap. The default is to use the setxkbmap command. To set the keymap to a US keyboard, for example, you would use setxkbmap us. You may also use the gkb_xmmap command, such as gkb_xmmap fr (to use a French keyboard), or the Xmodmap command, such as /usr/local/bin/Xmodmap ru (to use a Russian keyboard).
After you have made all the changes you want, click on OK to apply the changes and close the Properties dialog. To cancel the changes and return to previous values, click the Close button.
The sequence that the keymap tabs appear is not preserved after you close the Preferences Dialog.
GNOME KeyBoard was written by Szabolcs Ban (<shooby@gnome.hu>). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line). If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use Bug Report Tool (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.
This manual was written by Szabolcs (Shooby) Ban (<shooby@gnome.hu>) and Dan Mueth (<d-mueth@uchicago.edu>). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to <docs@gnome.org>. You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.
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