Those limitations from 2005 no longer hold true, so I've cherry-picked paragraphs from upstreams README (not rewrapping it), which is quite useful.
Feedback? OK? Index: Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/ports/x11/xfce4/xfce4-xkb/Makefile,v diff -u -p -r1.53 Makefile --- Makefile 24 Apr 2023 11:42:53 -0000 1.53 +++ Makefile 24 Mar 2024 12:15:45 -0000 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ COMMENT= Xfce4 xkb layout switcher panel XFCE_VERSION= 0.8.3 XFCE_PLUGIN= xkb -REVISION= 4 +REVISION= 5 # BSD PERMIT_PACKAGE= Yes Index: pkg/DESCR =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/ports/x11/xfce4/xfce4-xkb/pkg/DESCR,v diff -u -p -r1.1.1.1 DESCR --- pkg/DESCR 12 May 2005 05:21:24 -0000 1.1.1.1 +++ pkg/DESCR 24 Mar 2024 12:21:28 -0000 @@ -1,5 +1,22 @@ -xce4-xkb displays the current keyboard layout and refreshes when the -layout changes. Also the layout can be switched by simply clicking on -the plugin. This plugin is used along with the XKB extension. For now -the keyboard layouts cannot be configured from the plugin itself, they -should be set in the xorg.conf file or some other way (e.g. setxkbmap). +This plugin allows you to setup and use multiple keyboard layouts. + +You can choose the keyboard model, what key combination to +use to switch between the layouts, the actual keyboard layouts, +the way in which the current layout is being displayed (country +flag image or text) and the layout policy, which is whether to +store the layout globally (for all windows), per application or +per window. + +The plugin detects any change in the layout configuration +(e.g. setxkbmap invocations) and reconfigures itself to use +the new settings. + +There is a hidden (not available in the GUI) setting - +"never_modify_config". If this setting is set to "true" in +the configuration file, then the plugin will not modify the +layout configuration under any circumstances (currently +even when the configuration is modified through the settings +dialog). This option is for users who wish to configure +some XKB options, which are not present in the GUI and thus +are limited by the plugin. These users can use the plugin +so that it only displays the active layouts.
