plasma-colemak-caws-script

Shell script to switch KDE Plasma 6 to the Colemak keyboard layout with CAWS (Curl, Angle, Wide, Symbol) mods.

Requirements

• KDE Plasma 6
• BigBagKbdTrixXKB installed
• kwriteconfig6, dbus-send

Usage

chmod +x colemak_kde_switch.sh
./colemak_kde_switch.sh

Override defaults:

./colemak_kde_switch.sh --model pc105awide --layout "us(cmk_ed_us)" --options "caps:escape"

Flag	Default
-m, --model	pc104awide
-l, --layout	us(cmk_ed_us)
-o, --options	grp:shifts_toggle,misc:cmk_curl_dh,caps:escape,misc:sym_wide-104

The layout is applied immediately via D-Bus without requiring a logout.

License

BSD Zero Clause