added the thing i was talking about

include/modules/hyprland/language.hpp

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ private:
   void onEvent(const std::string&);
 
   void initLanguage();
+  std::string getShortFrom(const std::string&);
 
   std::mutex mutex_;
   const Bar& bar_;

src/modules/hyprland/language.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "modules/hyprland/language.hpp"
 
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+#include <xkbcommon/xkbregistry.h>
+#include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
 
 #include "modules/hyprland/backend.hpp"
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ auto Language::update() -> void {
 
   if (!format_.empty()) {
     label_.show();
-    label_.set_markup(fmt::format(format_, layoutName_));
+    label_.set_markup(layoutName_);
   } else {
     label_.hide();
   }
@@ -57,6 +59,15 @@ void Language::onEvent(const std::string& ev) {
     return str;
   };
 
+  const auto BRIEFNAME = getShortFrom(layoutName);
+
+  if (config_.isMember("format-" + BRIEFNAME)) {
+    const auto PROPNAME = "format-" + BRIEFNAME;
+    layoutName = fmt::format(format_, config_[PROPNAME].asString());
+  } else {
+    layoutName = fmt::format(format_, layoutName);
+  }
+
   layoutName = replaceAll(layoutName, "&", "&amp;");
 
   if (layoutName == layoutName_) return;
@@ -92,4 +103,30 @@ void Language::initLanguage() {
   }
 }
 
+std::string Language::getShortFrom(const std::string& fullName) {
+  const auto CONTEXT = rxkb_context_new(RXKB_CONTEXT_LOAD_EXOTIC_RULES);
+  rxkb_context_parse_default_ruleset(CONTEXT);
+
+  std::string foundName = "";
+  rxkb_layout* layout = rxkb_layout_first(CONTEXT);
+  while (layout) {
+    std::string nameOfLayout = rxkb_layout_get_description(layout);
+
+    if (nameOfLayout != fullName) {
+      layout = rxkb_layout_next(layout);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    std::string briefName = rxkb_layout_get_brief(layout);
+
+    rxkb_context_unref(CONTEXT);
+
+    return briefName;
+  }
+  
+  rxkb_context_unref(CONTEXT);
+
+  return "";
+}
+
 }  // namespace waybar::modules::hyprland