https://github.com/jonathas/x11-keyboard-flags

X11 Keyboard layout indicator as country flags (Arch Linux package)
https://github.com/jonathas/x11-keyboard-flags

archlinux aur aur-packages gnome gnome-desktop gnome-shell linux x11 x11-config x11-xkb

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X11 Keyboard layout indicator as country flags (Arch Linux package)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jonathas/x11-keyboard-flags
• Owner: jonathas
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-01-01T12:45:12.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2022-01-01T15:30:50.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-16T06:28:26.579Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: archlinux, aur, aur-packages, gnome, gnome-desktop, gnome-shell, linux, x11, x11-config, x11-xkb
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://github.com/jonathas/x11-keyboard-flags
• Size: 25.4 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# X11 Keyboard layout indicator as country flags

## About

On [Gnome](https://www.gnome.org/), the keyboard layout is presented as the code of the language which is currently selected. In the example below, the English (US) keyboard layout is selected:

![Original keyboard layout identifier](./img/original.jpg "Original keyboard layout identifier")

I don't know about you, but a country flag there looks nicer to me instead of the language. After this script runs, this is what that would look like for the English (US) keyboard layout:

![Modified keyboard layout identifier](./img/modified.jpg "Modified keyboard layout identifier")

Ps: Other keyboard layouts/languages are also available

## Install

Download it from [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/) with [yay](https://github.com/Jguer/yay), for example:

```bash

yay -S x11-keyboard-flags

```

## Usage

Run it with sudo:

```bash

sudo x11-keyboard-flags

```

Then reset gnome-shell by pressing Alt+F2 and entering the "r" command

And that's it! After these steps you'll see the flags in your keyboard layout selector.

## More details

- The flags are emojis copied from [getemoji](https://getemoji.com/#flags) and [emojipedia](https://emojipedia.org/flags/)

- The script sets these emojis in the evdev.xml file from X11

- The script makes a backup of the original evdev.xml file before running, if it doesn't exist yet

- The idea for this script was based in [this post](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070231/show-flags-instead-of-labels-in-the-keyboard-layout-language-indicator-in-gnome) in Ask Ubuntu.