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[Jack Trice <jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,

Can you test whether changing the kbdmap via ztweaks is persistent over
reboots?

Thanks,
JackT.

On 22 October 2015 at 15:32, Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> I will reply to everything in this e-mail inline
>
> On 10/22/2015 08:26 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> > Hi again Jack,
> >
> > It works for me, with Swedish, se, as well as with British English, gb.
> >
> > 'setxkbmap -query' finds it, 'layout:  gb'.
> >
> > Have you ticked the ztweaks box for setxkbmap gb? Otherwise it defaults
> > to 'us'.
> >
> > Hi Israel,
> >
> > The following command line puts it into autostart (should be one line,
> > but the mail program cut it into two lines. There is a space instead of
> > the line break: ...>ztweaks auto<...)
> >
> > sed -i '/AUTOSTART/a \    <StartupCommand>ztweaks auto</StartupCommand>'
> > .jwmrc
> >
> > Of course you can also deliver the tarball with that line in .jwmrc from
> > the very beginning
> >
> >     <StartupCommand>ztweaks auto</StartupCommand>
> >
> > Extra comment: For some reason, I cannot use the GUI to add it - it
> > disappears, when the window is closed. Please check that the meny 'to
> > add commands to autostart' works, and in that case, tell me how to use
> it.
> Yeah, I guess this is a design flaw on my part.
> you have to hit the '+' to add it, and then OK
> I guess I should make it add the item if something is in there when OK
> is hit as well.
> I will fix this issue as it is not what the user expects.
> Thanks! in my head hitting plus made sense since you could be adding
> multiple autostart items.
> But both should work.
>
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
> > Den 2015-10-22 kl. 14:27, skrev Jack Trice:
> >> Hi Nio, Israel,
> >>
> >> And I've just noticed now ztweaks is reporting my current setting is
> >> 'gb' but setxkbmap -query is returning 'us'.
> >>
> >> JackT.
> Jack, I think the way we used to do this was based on the terminal based
> time zone selector that was not dialog based.
> I exported the items, and appended them to the user's .profile or
> .bashrc and also changed the system time/keyboard etc
>
> I don't think I changed anything major with that in recent releases, so
> this must be an on going issue.
>
> @Nio
> I think instead of using ztweaks auto we should ammend the bashrc or
> profile OR even set the system settings, though ztweaks auto could be a
> good workaround.  The user should not have to reselect the keyboard,
> though.  Things should 'just work'
>
> This is something that will take looking into
> >> On 22 October 2015 at 13:22, Jack Trice <jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx
> >> <mailto:jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Hi Nio, Israel,
> >>
> >>     I've now used ztweaks to set kbd to 'gb'; reboot; kbd set back to
> >>     'us'.  I'm thinking this is maybe a regression?  This never occurred
> >>     when I was not auto-logging-in.
> >>
> >>     JackT.
> >>
> >>     On 22 October 2015 at 13:14, Jack Trice <jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx
> >>     <mailto:jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>         Hi Nio, Israel,
> >>
> >>         Thanks for the ztweaks reminder.  Upon install, I don't remember
> >>         the ztweaks window appearing automagically, so that's probably
> >>         why I didn't remember to use it.
> >>
> >>         I'm still forming an opinion on those windows and their
> >>         properties/positions you mentioned in the Live session.
> >>
> >>         Cheers,
> >>         JackT.
> >>
> >>         On 22 October 2015 at 13:01, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> >>         <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>             Hi Jack,
> >>
> >>             This is why I created ztweaks - to set the keyboard.
> >>
> >>             Hi Israel,
> >>
> >>             Maybe we should have an option to put ztweaks into autostart
> >>             (in the
> >>             installed system).
> >>
> >>             'ztweaks auto' runs with the saved settings without any
> >>             interaction.
> >>
> >>             Best regards
> >>             Nio
> >>
> >>             By the way, Jack,
> >>
> >>             What do you think of the zenity, xterm and gparted windows
> >>             always
> >>             getting to the top in the live system? (I'm not that fond of
> >>             it.)
> >>
> >>             Best regards
> >>             Nio
> >>
> >>             Den 2015-10-22 kl. 12:16, skrev Cinque Port Computers:
> >>             > Hi again Israel,
> >>             >
> >>             > Even worse is after choosing 'English - Great Britain' on
> login, my
> >>             > setxkbmap setting is still set to 'us'; I change it to
> 'gb' but it
> >>             > reverts back to 'us' after a reboot.
> >>             >
> >>             > Cheers,
> >>             > JackT.
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>             > From: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
> jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>             > To: israel@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:israel@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> >>             israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>             > CC: torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>             <mailto:torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> >>             <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>; jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx
> >>             <mailto:jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>             > Subject: RE: [Torios] New ISO to test
> >>             > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:38:40 +0100
> >>             >
> >>             > Hi Israel,
> >>             >
> >>             > Observation: installed system - if I ask the install
> >>             process to log me
> >>             > in automatically, my locale and keymap/layout remain set
> >>             to US.  I
> >>             > configured/requested all for UK/England/gb etc.
> >>             >
> >>             > If I choose to have a login screen, the choice is set to
> >>             'English - USA'
> >>             > but I can then choose the 'English - Great Britain' option
> >>             before
> >>             > logging in.
> >>             >
> >>             > Cheers,
> >>             > JackT.
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >
> >>             >> To: torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>             <mailto:torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>             >> From: israel@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:israel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>             >> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:20:56 -0500
> >>             >> Subject: Re: [Torios] New ISO to test
> >>             >>
> >>             >> Hi everyone,
> >>             >> Nio, Jack and I discovered some minor issues
> >>             >> please rezsync with the latest, as the minor issues
> >>             should be solved in
> >>             >> this one.
> >>             >>
> >>             >> On 10/21/2015 05:57 PM, Ali Linx wrote:
> >>             >> >
> >>             >> >
> >>             >> > On 10/21/2015 12:23 AM, Israel wrote:
> >>             >> >> Hi ToriOSidores!!
> >>             >> > Hi all,
> >>             >> >> We have been working quietly on this current version
> >>             of our ISO.
> >>             >> >> And currently it seems the major bugs are gone.
> >>             >> >> And that is why we need your help!!! Please zsync (or
> >>             download) the
> >>             >> >> latest ISO.
> >>             >> >>
> >>             >> >> If you need the links, here is our Downloads page on
> >>             Phill's server
> >>             >> >> http://phillw.net/isos/torios/
> >>             >> >>
> >>             >> >> The most notable change is the OBI.
> >>             >> >>
> >>             >> >> ISSUES:
> >>             >> >> The installed system loses icons in the Places menu
> >>             (and elsewhere),
> >>             >> >> please update your system.
> >>             >> >>
> >>             >> >> The final ISO will not have this issue, as I will be
> >>             rebuilding the
> >>             > Base
> >>             >> >> OS soon. We are interested in you testing the Live CD
> >>             version, and
> >>             >> >> specifically The OBI (a.k.a. Install to Disk)
> >>             >> >>
> >>             >> > Thanks for all the hard work. Once 15.10 is released, I
> >>             can help with
> >>             >> > the testing. Now, my hands are so busy as it's 22-Oct
> >>             here already and
> >>             >> > I must finish the pending stuff before releasing 15.10.
> >>             >> >
> >>             >> > Keep up the great work. I noticed the icon issue but
> >>             the last update
> >>             >> > fixed it ;)
> >>             >> >
> >>             >>
> >>             >>
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