gistfile1.txt

set $mode_location (h) home, (w) work
set $location home
mode "$mode_location" {
    bindsym h exec set $location home
    bindsym w exec set $location work

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
    #bindsym $mod+Shift+s mode "default"
}

set $mode_language (d) german, (e) english, (m) set-mode
mode "$mode_language" {
    bindsym d exec --no-startup-id keyboard de $location, mode "default"
    bindsym e exec --no-startup-id keyboard en $location, mode "default"
    bindsym m mode "$mode_location"

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
    bindsym $mod+Shift+s mode "default"
}
bindsym $mod+Shift+s mode "$mode_language"