layoutFix.exe on Linux Mint using AutoKey

READMe.md

What

This snippet is intended for me, who using Thai Kedmanee and US English keyboard as a daily driver, to correct myself if I, for some reason, type any text in incorrect layout. For example, I want to type "สวัสดี" but I select US one, I'll instead got "l;ylfu" or "Hello" and got "็ำสสน". You get the idea how frustrate I am when it occur.

In Windows, I used to use a programme call "LayoutFix.exe" which, when highlight incorrect phrase and push <ctrl>+<backspace>, it'll copy that text, correct the layout, and paste the correct text in place instead. Save me countless times.

I "move" to Linux Mint and, since I miss that feature so bad, so I implement one.

How

0. Obviously, install AutoKey
1. Create a new script. Paste LayoutFix.py content.
2. Set hotkey to <ctrl>+<backspace>
3. ... and there was much rejoicing!

LayoutFix.py

LOOKUP_TBL_US = '~!@#$%^&*()_+`1234567890-=QWERTYUIOP{}|qwertyuiop[]\ASDFGHJKL:"asdfghjkl;\'ZXCVBNM<>?zxcvbnm,./'
LOOKUP_TBL_TH = '%+๑๒๓๔ู฿๕๖๗๘๙_ๅ/-ภถุึคตจขช๐"ฎฑธํ๊ณฯญฐ,ฅๆไำพะัีรนยบลฃฤฆฏโฌ็๋ษศซ.ฟหกดเ้่าสวง()ฉฮฺ์?ฒฬฦผปแอิืทมใฝ'

origText = clipboard.get_selection()
# https://superuser.com/a/1432982
langCode = system.exec_command("xset -q | grep LED | awk '{ print $10 }'", getOutput=True)
crctText = ''

for ot in origText:
    lkuPos = -1
    
    # Current: US -> TH
    if langCode == '00000002':
        lkuPos = LOOKUP_TBL_US.find(ot)
        
        if lkuPos != -1:
            crctText = crctText + LOOKUP_TBL_TH[lkuPos]
        
    # Current: TH -> US
    elif langCode == '00001002':
        lkuPos = LOOKUP_TBL_TH.find(ot)
        
        if lkuPos != -1:
            crctText = crctText + LOOKUP_TBL_US[lkuPos]
   
    if lkuPos == -1:
        crctText = crctText + ot

keyboard.send_key("<delete>")
clipboard.fill_clipboard(crctText)
time.sleep(0.1)
keyboard.send_keys("<ctrl>+v")