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Get keyboard layout using X11
// compile with `gcc -I/usr/include getxkblayout.c -lX11 -lxkbfile`
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <X11/XKBlib.h>
#include <X11/extensions/XKBrules.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
Display *dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
if (dpy == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open display\n");
exit(1);
}
XkbStateRec state;
XkbGetState(dpy, XkbUseCoreKbd, &state);
/* XkbDescPtr desc = XkbGetKeyboard(dpy, XkbAllComponentsMask, XkbUseCoreKbd); */
/* char *group = XGetAtomName(dpy, desc->names->groups[state.group]); */
/* printf("Full name: %s\n", group); */
XkbRF_VarDefsRec vd;
XkbRF_GetNamesProp(dpy, NULL, &vd);
char *tok = strtok(vd.layout, ",");
for (int i = 0; i < state.group; i++) {
tok = strtok(NULL, ",");
if (tok == NULL) {
return 1;
}
}
/* printf("Layout name: %s\n", tok); */
printf("%s\n", tok);
return 0;
}
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