From ad4246d52da819e17a05556b10c73937b09c6a2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Witek <tobi@tobi-wan-kenobi.at>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 16:21:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [modules/layout-xkb] Use set-xkbmap to switch layouts

Use the data retrieved via xkb and set the new layouts and variants
using set-xkbmap.

see #177
---
 bumblebee/modules/layout-xkb.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/layout-xkb.py b/bumblebee/modules/layout-xkb.py
index a31a51e..86186a9 100644
--- a/bumblebee/modules/layout-xkb.py
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/layout-xkb.py
@@ -32,7 +32,16 @@ class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
         self._set_keymap(-1)
 
     def _set_keymap(self, rotation):
-        pass
+        xkb = XKeyboard()
+        if xkb.groups_count < 2: return # nothing to doA
+
+        layouts = xkb.groups_symbols[rotation:] + xkb.groups_symbols[:rotation]
+        variants = xkb.groups_variants[rotation:] + xkb.groups_variants[:rotation]
+
+        try:
+            bumblebee.util.execute("setxkbmap -layout {} -variant {}".format(",".join(layouts), ",".join(variants)))
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
 
     def current_layout(self, widget):
         try: