Hebrew input support in X

January 29, 2006 4:46 PM

How do I add a foreign language (Hebrew) input to X, and how do I switch keyboard layouts? This was easy to set up in Gnome and KDE, but I've since left those for Fluxbox, which doesn't (seem to) have a proprietary configurator. I'm running Debian/Testing, xorg 6.8.2dfsg.
posted by ori to computers & internet (1 comment total)

Well, nevermind. A bit of RTFMing and I figured it out. For reference, I had to change my "input" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look something like this:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option      "XkbLayout"  "us,il"
    Option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

I can now switch between a US English keyboard layout and a Hebrew one using alt+shift.
posted by ori at 8:01 PM on January 29, 2006