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Add information about using custom keyboard layouts #61

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Expand Up @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Nearly all my projects use CMake. It's very simple:
cd build
cmake ..
make -j `nproc`

### Packages
RPM packages are available at [COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/wef/ydotool/). fedora-30 and fedora-31 are built. Contact [email protected] if you need other RPM builds.

Expand All @@ -108,3 +108,21 @@ Install with:
sudo dnf copr enable wef/libuInputPlus
sudo dnf copr enable wef/libevdevPlus
sudo dnf install ydotool

## Troubleshooting
### Custom keyboard layouts
Currently, ydotool does not recognize if the user is using a custom keyboard layout. In order to comfortably use ydotool alongside a custom keyboard layout, the user could use one of the following fixes/workarounds:

#### Sway
In [sway](https://github.com/swaywm/sway), the process is [fairly easy](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#keyboard-layout). Following the instructions there, you would end up with something like:
```
input "16700:8197:DELL_DELL_USB_Keyboard" {
xkb_layout "us,us"
xkb_variant "dvorak,"
xkb_options "grp:shifts_toggle, caps:swapescape"
}
```
The identifier for your keyboard can be obtained from the output of `swaymsg -t get_inputs`.

#### Use a hardware-configurable keyboard
[As mentioned here](https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/issues/43#issuecomment-605921288), consider using a hardware-based configuration that supports using a custom layout without configuring it in software.