workaround for #45.

server/internal/remote/manager.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package remote
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kataras/go-events"
@@ -244,7 +245,14 @@ func (manager *RemoteManager) GetScreenSize() *types.ScreenSize {
 }
 
 func (manager *RemoteManager) SetKeyboardLayout(layout string) {
-	xorg.SetKeyboardLayout(layout)
+	// Workaround for https://github.com/m1k1o/neko/issues/45
+	// When pressing `shift` + `,` instead of `<` comes `>`.
+	variant := ""
+	if layout == "us" {
+		variant = "intl"
+	}
+
+	exec.Command("setxkbmap", layout, variant).Run()
 }
 
 func (manager *RemoteManager) SetKeyboardModifiers(NumLock int, CapsLock int, ScrollLock int) {

server/internal/xorg/xorg.c

@@ -166,13 +166,6 @@ short XGetScreenRate() {
   return XRRConfigCurrentRate(conf);
 }
 
-void SetKeyboardLayout(char *layout) {
-  // TOOD: refactor, use native API.
-  char cmd[13] = "setxkbmap ";
-  strncat(cmd, layout, 2);
-  int r = system(cmd);
-}
-
 void SetKeyboardModifiers(int num_lock, int caps_lock, int scroll_lock) {
   Display *display = getXDisplay();
 

server/internal/xorg/xorg.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import "C"
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -211,20 +210,6 @@ func GetScreenSize() *types.ScreenSize {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func SetKeyboardLayout(layout string) {
-	mu.Lock()
-	defer mu.Unlock()
-
-	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z]+$`).MatchString(layout) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	layoutUnsafe := C.CString(layout)
-	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(layoutUnsafe))
-
-	C.SetKeyboardLayout(layoutUnsafe)
-}
-
 func SetKeyboardModifiers(num_lock int, caps_lock int, scroll_lock int) {
 	mu.Lock()
 	defer mu.Unlock()

server/internal/xorg/xorg.h

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
   void XDisplayClose(void);
   void XDisplaySet(char *input);
 
-  void SetKeyboardLayout(char *layout);
   void SetKeyboardModifiers(int num_lock, int caps_lock, int scroll_lock);
 #endif