G3KB-SWITCH(1)

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version 1.5 · 3 versions
, in fedora 43

✨ G3KB-SWITCH ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the g3kb-switch manual page — that's section 1 of the User Manual, and it's literally the cutest little CLI keyboard layout switcher for Gnome 3 and 4x. like, the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

g3kb-switch — CLI keyboard layout switcher for Gnome 3 and 4x.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

g3kb-switch [-p | -l | -n | -s ARG]

g3kb-switch [-h | --help]

g3kb-switch [-v | --version]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what's the tea? g3kb-switch does direct D-Bus messaging with Gnome Shell to list, get, and set your system keyboard layouts. that's it. that's the whole thing. iconic behavior honestly. 🔥

but wait — plot twist 🙈 — in Gnome 41 and newer, the switcher needs a little help from the Gnome extension g3kb-switch. it's giving "I can do it myself but actually no." the details live at:

https://github.com/lyokha/g3kb-switch#g3kb-switch

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -p — show the current layout group. also, lowkey important: this is the default action, so if you just run it with nothing, this is what you get. ✨
  • -l — show all the available layout groups. the full lineup, no gatekeeping. 👑
  • -n — switch to the next layout group. hop to the next one, main character energy. ⭐
  • -s ARG — switch to layout group ARG. you pick, bestie. 🫶
  • -h — show the usage. (there's also --help, same energy.)
  • -v — show the version. (and --version too, fr fr.)

🌈 SHARED LIBRARY 🌈

okay so there's also a shared library called libg3kbswitch.so, and it can manage automatic switching of keyboard layouts in Vim and Neovim when you enter and leave Insert mode — via the Vim plugin vim-xkbswitch. the way that works?? honestly obsessed. 😭💜

all the details are documented at:

https://github.com/lyokha/vim-xkbswitch

🍓 AUTHORS 🍓

Written by Alexey Radkov and Freed-Wu. absolute legends, no cap. 👑

🧚 REPORTING BUGS 🧚

found a bug? bestie, don't suffer in silence — report it at:

https://github.com/lyokha/g3kb-switch/issues

and that's the page, babes 💖 this was g3kb-switch version 1.5, dated 26 September 2025 — from the G3KB-SWITCH(1) manual, section 1, User Manual. go switch some layouts. slay. 💅✨🌈

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