[STUMP] Changing keyboard layout... forth and back

[Fabrice Niessen]

Hello,

As I often have to switch between English and French when
writing, I'd like my QWERTY (GB) keyboard to follow...

My wish would be to be able to switch back and forth between
French and British keyboard layout using the "Caps Lock" key,
but I did not manage to use its correct code in the kbd function
call (is it "ISO_Next_Group"?).

OK, that's the next step, the first being able to make the
desired switch between the 2 keyboard layouts. Here is what I
wrote in my `.stumpwmrc' file to (try to) do so:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define-stumpwm-command "set-keyboard-gb" ()
  (run-shell-command "exec setxkbmap gb")
  (define-key *root-map* (kbd "C-i") "set-keyboard-fr"))

(define-stumpwm-command "set-keyboard-fr" ()
  (run-shell-command "exec setxkbmap fr")
  (define-key *root-map* (kbd "C-i") "set-keyboard-gb"))

(run-commands "set-keyboard-gb")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

By default, it is well in British English. If I press my
prefix-key ("Super" or "Windows" key) followed by `C-i', I am in
French layout. Good... Except my prefix-key becomes disabled...
I've lost everything. I can't control anything anymore!!  I need
to kill my X server and come back to a new session.

Any solution?

Best regards,
  Fabrice Niessen

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