Xneur - automatic switching keyboard layouts in Ubuntu
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Complete the mandatory software present on the computer 90% Windows users, be sure to present the program to automatically switch layouts Punto Switcher. The operation of this tool saves a lot of time and nerves, especially if you work a lot with texts. In Linux, too, has long had a similar program. X Neural Switcher not only behind its windows-analogue, but in many ways superior.
Xneur - a program to automatically switch the input language and correcting erroneously dialed is not in the layout of the text. The program has a fairly long history, but only recently has it gained complete form and has acquired additional useful features. And yes, now it really works!
To install the software, you can use the standard Ubuntu Software Center, but at the time of writing articles contained therein is not the latest version, which had a problem at work in some of the system applications. Therefore it is better to install the latest version in which these errors are corrected. This can be done here.
After installing and running the program in the system tray icon appears in the form of a flag indicating the current layout. The program has two modes - automatic and manual. In the first case, layout of switches and the text is corrected only after pressing the Pause / Break key. In automatic mode Xneur analyzes the characters you type, and if their sequence is not typical for the current language, switch the layout and correct the last word. The program currently supports eighteen languages, including Belarusian, German, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian. But in addition to these basic functions, the program has a huge number of additional, but no less useful features.
Xneur able to correct typographical errors such as accidental activation Caps Lock, two capital letters, two spaces can be replaced with a comma, and so on. In the settings you can set hotkeys to literally any function, and assign a keyboard shortcut to launch your scripts or applications. autocomplete function allow you to save frequently dialed words and not fully complement the typed word. If you often type the same word or sentence you useful feature cuts, which instead dialed "dosv" insert "with best wishes, until we meet again." Well logging feature will help you restore any typed text in case of an unexpected failure. Although this must be careful, built-keylogger - this is no joke.
The ergonomics Xneur also did not disappoint. Any action can hang a pop-up message or a beep. And the sound of a typewriter typing (different tonality depending on the layout) not only allows the ear to determine the language, but also helps to create a creative mood :).
Huge advantage of the program is its excellent adjustability. You can not disable any function you want and adjust to your taste remaining, so Xneur will work exactly as you need. A description of all the options and settings of the program would take up too much space and time, but it should be clear that Xneur is absolutely essential program for all Ubuntu users.
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