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Change keyboard layout programatically and reload - kwin_wayland
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layout-switcher.snip.sh
# Go to Colemak
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key Model pc104awide
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key LayoutList us,bg
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key Options grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:win_space_toggle,caps:backspace,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey,compose:menu
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key VariantList cmk_ed_dh,colemak_dh
dbus-send --session --type=signal --reply-timeout=100 --dest=org.kde.keyboard /Layouts org.kde.keyboard.reloadConfig
# Back to QWERTY
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key Model pc104
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key Options grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:win_space_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey,compose:menu
kwriteconfig6 --file kxkbrc --group Layout --key VariantList ,phonetic
dbus-send --session --type=signal --reply-timeout=100 --dest=org.kde.keyboard /Layouts org.kde.keyboard.reloadConfig
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