2 files changed, 70 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/modules/current-keyboard-layout.py b/modules/current-keyboard-layout.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 046a2aa..0000000
--- a/modules/current-keyboard-layout.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import subprocess
-import time
-
-"""
-Module for showing current keyboard layout.
-DEPENDS ON xkblayout-state!
-
-@author shadowprince
-@version 1.0
-@license Eclipse Public License
-"""
-
-CACHE_TIME = 0.2 # maximum time to update indicator
-
-# colors of layouts
-# key must be compatible with xkblayout-state print %s!
-LANG_COLORS = {
-        "ru": "#F75252", 
-        "us": "#729FCF", 
-        "ua": "#FCE94F",
-        }
-
-class Py3status:
-    def currentLayout(self, i3status_output_json, i3status_config):
-        response = {'full_text': '', 'name': 'current-layout', 'cached_until': time.time()+CACHE_TIME}
-        lang = subprocess.check_output(["xkblayout-state", "print", "%s"]).decode('utf-8')
-
-        return (0, {
-            "full_text": lang,
-            "name": "current-layout",
-            "cached_until": time.time() + CACHE_TIME,
-            "color": LANG_COLORS.get(lang, "#ffffff"),
-            })
diff --git a/modules/keyboard-layout.py b/modules/keyboard-layout.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be1f72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/keyboard-layout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from subprocess import check_output
+from time import time
+
+"""
+Module for showing current keyboard layout.
+
+Requires:
+    - xkblayout-state
+    or
+    - setxkbmap
+
+@author shadowprince
+@license Eclipse Public License
+"""
+
+CACHE_TIME = 10  # refresh time to update indicator
+
+# colors of layouts, check your command's output to match keys
+LANG_COLORS = {
+    'fr': '#668FBA',  # blue
+    'ru': '#F75252',  # red
+    'ua': '#FCE94F',  # yellow
+    'us': '#729FCF',  # light blue
+}
+
+
+def xbklayout():
+    """
+    check using xkblayout-state (preferred method)
+    """
+    return check_output(
+        ["xkblayout-state", "print", "%s"]
+    ).decode('utf-8')
+
+
+def setxkbmap():
+    """
+    check using setxkbmap >= 1.3.0
+    """
+    q = check_output(['setxkbmap', '-query']).decode('utf-8')
+    return q.replace(' ', '').split(':')[-1]
+
+
+class Py3status:
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        find the best implementation to get the keyboard's layout
+        """
+        try:
+            xbklayout()
+        except:
+            self.command = setxkbmap
+        else:
+            self.command = xbklayout
+
+    def keyboard_layout(self, i3status_output_json, i3status_config):
+        response = {
+            'full_text': '',
+            'name': 'keyboard-layout',
+            'cached_until': time() + CACHE_TIME
+        }
+
+        lang = self.command().strip()
+        lang_color = LANG_COLORS.get(lang)
+
+        response['full_text'] = lang or '??'
+        if lang_color:
+            response['color'] = lang_color
+
+        return (0, response)