I use NixOS, so things often get put in weird places. In this case, I have a custom keymap (called qr) that does not get stored in /user/share/X11/xkb/. When starting Anki I get this error:
xkbcommon: ERROR: Couldn't find file "symbols/qr" in include paths
xkbcommon: ERROR: 1 include paths searched:
xkbcommon: ERROR: /usr/share/X11/xkb
xkbcommon: ERROR: Abandoning symbols file "(unnamed)"
xkbcommon: ERROR: Failed to compile xkb_symbols
xkbcommon: ERROR: Failed to compile keymap
[2:35:0717/132940.265534:FATAL:xkb_keyboard_layout_engine.cc(641)] Keymap file failed to load: qr
I can setxkbmap us, launch anki, and then setxkbmap qr, but then I can’t use my custom layout in anki. Similarly, if I setxkbmap "us,qr" -option "grp:ctrls_toggle", then I can launch anki but when I switch the layout it doesn’t apply inside anki.
Isn’t the whole point of keymaps that applications can be agnostic to what keymap you’re using, and just get keysym events?
probably hits us language learners more than others