usse - Swedish keyboard layout based on US layout

This is a Swedish keyboard layout based on the English US, intl., with AltGr dead keys. Useful for when one want to switch between English and Swedish with minimal difference in layout.

Install

Script

Just run the install script (you probably need to run it with sudo):

./install.py

Now you should be able to choose usse as a variant for the Swedish keyboard layout (run for example setxkbmap se usse).

Manually

• Add the contents of the file se to the end of /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/se
• Add the contents of the file evdev.xml to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml. It should be placed as one of the variants for Swedish, for example:

...
      <shortDescription>sv</shortDescription>
      <description>Swedish</description>
      <languageList>
        <iso639Id>swe</iso639Id>
      </languageList>
    </configItem>
    <variantList>
      <variant>
        <configItem>
          <name>nodeadkeys</name>
          <description>Swedish (no dead keys)</description>
        </configItem>
      </variant>
      <variant>
        <configItem>
          <name>usse</name>
          <description>Swedish (based on US, intl., with AltGr dead keys)
          </description>
        </configItem>
      </variant>
...

• Add the contents of the file evdev.lst to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst. It should be placed in the section ! variant, for example:

...
  us_dvorak       se: Swedish (based on US Intl. Dvorak)
  usse            se: Swedish (based on US, intl., with AltGr dead keys)
  swl             se: Swedish Sign Language
...

Can I use this for the standard US layout (not intl. etc.)?

Yes, just change line 5 in file se to whatever you want to base your layout on. For example, for the standard US layout, change it to include "us(basic)".