Gnome-Keyboard-Properties Again

Dear Karl,

>2007/5/9, Karl E. Jorgensen :
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:47:16AM +0200, linux user wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In Gnome Environment, we can run the application gnome-keyboard-properties
> > (Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard) that with the value associated to
> > "Group Shift/Lock behavior", we can switch among the preselected keyboards.
> >
> > In fact, I'd like to know which file(s) receive(s) the configuration data...
> > ¿Could you help me?
>
> It is stored in the gnome configuration, a.k.a. gconf. This behaves a
> little bit like the windows registry - but better, obviously!. (This in
> turn is backed by some files - don't know/care where).
>
> You can examine the data by firing up gconf-editor (Applications->System
> Tools->Configuration Editor) and navigating to the /desktop/gnome/ tree.
> Some interesting keys:
> - /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard
> - /desktop/gnome/interface/cursor_blink
>
> and lots more. It's probably documented somewhere...

Oh ! Great ! I see !. The "register" is made using XML files !!!

> > I'd like, furthermore, to find the "data" statement that controls the
> > "actual" keyboard.
>
> Do you mean the keyboard mapping? i.e. the table that maps a key (or
> combination of keys) to a character?

I mean the current layout. If I was using an english layout and I
switched to a russian one, where is the statement that controls the
current one and says to the system: "now is not english, but russian
!". You know ?

Thanks a lot for your help !

David