[SOLVED] Four layouts on the keyboard

Hello everyone!
I am looking for the best way to manage keyboard layouts. I type on four
different languages (English, Russisch, Deutsch, Français), so I need these
accent and umlaut letters on the keyboard (apart from the different alphabet).
And it is a bit annoying sometimes to press Ctrl+Shift several times trying
to find the right keyboard layout.
Could anyone please suggest how layout switching can be achieved with
two or three different keys combination, so that each combination change layout
to some particular one.
The solution via the Xorg parameters is preferable (I remember there was some
configuration in Xfce DM but I don't use Xfce anymore).
I apologise if this question is a stupid one. Please let me know if it is.
Thanks for the help.
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Here is one solution, via creating the script with setxkbmap
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121350
Last edited by e.sovetkin (2014-02-20 11:20:25)

All is OK now : it restarted !

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