[Bug 172088] New: Allow to set the rules file to be used

[Bernd Steinhauser]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172088

           Summary: Allow to set the rules file to be used
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 4.1
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: keyboard_layout
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: linux at bernd-steinhauser.de


Version:            (using KDE 4.1.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

When creating a custom keyboard layout, one would create a new file instead of
modifying an existing file, so there are no collisions.

The keyboard layout module of kde normally reads out the file
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml (maybe the .lst, too?), as far as I know.
To add my own keyboard layout, I would like to add a new rules file, together
with a new symbols file and I would like to be able to switch to those using
kde's layout switching functionality.
The problem is, that kde only reads the base* files, but ignores everything
else.
My suggestion is to make it (optionally) selectable which rules files should be
read to get a list of available keyboard layouts.
That would make it possible to integrate custom keyboard layouts way better.


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