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How to keep 4 or more keyboard layouts?

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http://askubuntu.com – I use XUbuntu 12.04. How can I keep 4 layouts without a need to cycle through them? Are there comamnds to send to plugin and change the layout to a particular one? (HowTos)

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Submitted by funckax on 08/22/2012

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