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2016-05-12 , 20:03
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Does anyone know how to change keyboard layouts for USB keyboards connected using OTG (on devices that support it)?

I have a Thinkpad USB keyboard that works really well with my Fairphone 2, but many of the special characters are mapped to the wrong keys.

As a side note, I was pleasantly surprised that the on-screen keyboard disappears when a USB keybaord is connected.
 

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2016-05-13 , 04:19
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boston.qmap?
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2016-05-13 , 07:26
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Thanks for the hint

Is that supposed to be in /usr/share/qt5/keymaps/ ? I only have droid.qmap.

The only info i can find about boston.qmap is to do with TOHKBD, am i right in thinking that the on screen keyboard is handled completely separately (maliit) to physical keyboards, and I'll be able to change physical keyboard settings without messing up maliit?
 

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If I remember correctly changing physical keyboard settings requires rebooting the device (and/or restarting Qt) ie. there is no way to change it on the fly.
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That's fine by me, sounds like something I'll only have to do once since I'll only be using one physical keyboard.

What exactly do I need to change though? Do I need to create boston.qmap, or edit droid.qmap, or something else?
 

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