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Switch to Colemak keyboard layout on Linux with localectl

  • 1 localectl list-keymaps | grep ^us-colemak
  • 2 localectl set-keymap us-colemak
    loadkeys us-colemak
  • 3 To switch back to the us layout
    dig; u;caukcfu dkf-nkomar id
  • 4 To make the change persistent
    echo KEYMAP="us-colemak" >> /etc/vconsole.conf
  • N Do not switch if you are not familiar with the layout, it may be difficult to find correct characters...

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