my dotfiles for arch
thomas.rocks
1#!/bin/bash
2
3XKB_FILE="/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us"
4BACKUP_FILE="${XKB_FILE}.backup.$(date +%s)"
5
6echo "Creating backup at $BACKUP_FILE..."
7sudo cp "$XKB_FILE" "$BACKUP_FILE"
8if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
9 echo "Backup failed."
10 exit 1
11fi
12
13echo "Modifying intl section to map acute+c to cedilla..."
14
15# Create a temp file with the fix
16TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
17
18# Extract intl section, modify it, then rebuild the file
19sudo bash << 'SCRIPT'
20XKB_FILE="/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us"
21TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
22
23# Replace acute+c mapping with cedilla in the intl section
24sed '/xkb_symbols "intl"/,/^}/ {
25 s/ccedil, Ccedil/ccedil, Ccedil/g
26 s/\[ acute,/[ dead_acute,/g
27}' "$XKB_FILE" > "$TEMP_FILE.new"
28
29# If sed found the pattern, use it; otherwise, manually add cedilla to acute deadkey
30if grep -q "dead_acute" "$TEMP_FILE.new"; then
31 mv "$TEMP_FILE.new" "$XKB_FILE"
32else
33 # Fallback: inject cedilla mapping after the intl section starts
34 sed '/xkb_symbols "intl"/a\ // Map apostrophe+c to cedilla\n key <AC02> { [ c, C, ccedil, Ccedil ] };' "$BACKUP_FILE" > "$XKB_FILE"
35fi
36
37rm -f "$TEMP_FILE" "$TEMP_FILE.new"
38SCRIPT
39
40echo "Clearing XKB cache..."
41rm -rf ~/.cache/xkb 2>/dev/null
42
43echo "Reloading Niri..."
44niri msg action quit
45
46echo "Done. Log back in."