# qgmlwb keyboard layout in various formats

[qgmlwb](http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization#full_optimization) for X (linux)

be sure to set the correct permissions for the installed files, as the common layout loader programs do not give obvious error messages. this is the only possible problem i know of.

for use with fcitx see also [custom keyboard layout under linux X11](/computer/guides/more/x11-custom-keyboard-layout.html).

i am using qgmlwb for many years now, probably more than five years. it is not a common layout and the most similar more popular layout is perhaps colemak.

# x11
the qgmlwb layout for x11 (x.org) in a single text file that is easy to edit.
it works on almost all gnu/linux distributions with graphical interface (ubuntu, mint, arch, you name it)
~~~
`1234567890-=  ~!@#$%^&*()_+
qgmlwbyuv;[]   QGMLWBYUV:{}
dstnriaeoh'\   DSTNRIAEOH"|
zxcfjkp,./     ZXCFJKP<>?
~~~
## download

[file](http://sph.mn/files/s/computer/qgmlwb)

## install

~~~
chmod 644 qgmlwb
# now with root rights
cp -t /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ qgmlwb
~~~

## apply

~~~
setxkbmap qgmlwb
~~~

## edited version

with rearranged special characters. to give priority to characters like ``()[]{}\/_-`` for programming

[file](http://sph.mn/files/s/computer/sph-qg)
~~~
1234567890{}   !@#$%^&*<>[]
qgmlwbyuv:?=\  QGMLWBYUV;'+
dstnriaeoh/|   DSTNRIAEOH\)
zxcfjkp,.-     ZXCFJKP"(_
~~~

# console

the qgmlwb layout in loadkeys format. a text file that is compressed with gzip. loadkeys is often used for gnu/linux consoles

## download
[file](http://sph.mn/files/s/computer/qgmlwb.map.gz)

## install
~~~
chmod 644 qgmlwb.map.gz
# now with root rights
mkdir /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qgmlwb/
mv -t /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qgmlwb/ qgmlwb.map.gz
~~~

## apply

(on a console, not in an xserver session)
~~~
loadkeys qgmlwb
~~~