uint32
detectKeyboardLayoutFromXKB()
{
        FILE* xprop;

	char* pch;
	char* beg;
	char* end;

	char* type;
	char* layout;
	char* variant;

        char buffer[1024];

        xprop = popen("xprop -root _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP", "r");

	/* Sample output for "Canadian Multilingual Standard"
	 *
	 * _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "ca", "multi", ""
	 * Where "xorg" is the set of rules
	 * "pc105" the keyboard type
	 * "ca" the keyboard layout
	 * "multi" the keyboard layout variant
	 */

        while(fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), xprop) != NULL)
        {
		if((pch = strstr(buffer, "_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = ")) != NULL)
		{
			/* "rules" */
			pch = strchr(&buffer[34], ','); // We assume it is xorg
			pch += 1;

			/* "type" */
			beg = strchr(pch, '"');
			beg += 1;

			end = strchr(beg, '"');
			*end = '\0';

			type = beg;

			/* "layout" */
			beg = strchr(end + 1, '"');
			beg += 1;

			end = strchr(beg, '"');
			*end = '\0';

			layout = beg;

			/* "variant" */
			beg = strchr(end + 1, '"');
			beg += 1;

			end = strchr(beg, '"');
			*end = '\0';

			variant = beg;
		}
        }

	printf("XKB type: %s layout: %s variant: %s\n", type, layout, variant);

	return 0;
}