A utility program to manipulate Input Sources on Mac OS X
InputSourceSelector
A utility program to manipulate Input Sources on Mac OS X.
This is a rewrite of minoki/InputSourceSelector in Swift with addition of a few useful features: testing for a layout ID and displaying the language code for the input method.
For a more robust solution that works aroung MacOs errors, check out laishulu/macism.
Installing
$ git clone https://github.com/ershov/InputSourceSelector.git
$ cd InputSourceSelector
$ make
$ copy InputSourceSelector /usr/local/bin/ # or another directory in $PATH
Usage
Running it without arguments prints usage information:
$ InputSourceSelector
Usage:
InputSourceSelector [command]
Available commands:
list Lists currently installed input sources.
list-enabled Lists currently enabled input sources.
current Prints currently selected input source.
current-layout Prints currently used keyboard layout.
enable [input source ID] Enables specified input source.
disable [input source ID] Disables specified input source.
select [input source ID] Selects specified input source.
deselect [input source ID] Deselects specified input source.
test-id [input source ID] Tests input source ID for correctness.
Where input source ID is something like com.apple.keylayout.US.
Output examples
$ InputSourceSelector list
com.apple.keylayout.Czech-QWERTY (Czech – QWERTY) [cs]
com.apple.keylayout.Czech (Czech) [cs]
com.apple.keylayout.Estonian (Estonian) [et]
com.apple.keylayout.Hungarian-QWERTY (Hungarian – QWERTY) [hu]
.... (270 lines skipped)
com.apple.inputmethod.SCIM.WBX (Wubi - Simplified) [zh-Hans]
com.apple.inputmethod.SCIM.WBH (Stroke - Simplified) [zh-Hans]
com.apple.inputmethod.TransliterationIM.mr (Marathi – Transliteration (A→अ)) [mr]
com.apple.inputmethod.TransliterationIM.pa (Punjabi – Transliteration (A→ਅ)) [pa]
com.apple.inputmethod.TransliterationIM.ur (Urdu – Transliteration (A→ع)) [ur]
com.apple.inputmethod.TransliterationIM.gu (Gujarati – Transliteration (A→અ)) [gu]
com.apple.inputmethod.TransliterationIM.hi (Hindi – Transliteration (A→अ)) [hi]
com.apple.inputmethod.TransliterationIM.bn (Bangla – Transliteration (A→অ)) [bn]
$ InputSourceSelector list-enabled
com.apple.CharacterPaletteIM (Emoji & Symbols) [en]
com.apple.keylayout.US (U.S.) [en]
com.apple.inputmethod.ironwood (Dictation) [en]
org.unknown.keylayout.Русская-BG46 (Русская - BG46) []
$ InputSourceSelector current
com.apple.keylayout.US (U.S.) [en]
$ InputSourceSelector current-layout
com.apple.keylayout.US (U.S.) [en]
$ InputSourceSelector select com.apple.keylayout.US # US layout is selected
$ InputSourceSelector test-id com.apple.keylayout.US
com.apple.keylayout.US : ok
$ echo $?
0
$ InputSourceSelector test-id qwe
qwe : bad input source ID. Use 'list' or 'list-enabled' to get some valid ones.
$ echo $?
1