When I boot 4MLinux 13.1 it opens with lang.conf in an editor, and I can select language.

I want to keep the english language, but I need to use a danish keyboard layout. How can I do that ?

I have tried to write keyboard=dk and xkeyboard=dk on the command line for booting from syslinux - no effect.

I have tried to write keyb=dk and keyboard=dk and xkeyboard=dk in lang.conf - no effect.

I cannot find a setting in the configuration for JWM that selects keyboard layout.

There is no program on the path named *key* that can choose a keyboard layout.

Any ideas ?

The lang.conf file mentioned by you looks as follows:
# Default language and keyboard layout in JWM
# (supported languages: de,en,es,fr,it,pl,pt,ru)
LANG=en

Just set LANG=dk in this file. Your "language request" will be ignored by 4MLinux, but your "keyboard request" will be accepted. The layout should be changed immediately (if not, restart X).

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Thank you very much, it works without restarting X.

The danish letters æøåÆØÅ and the keys for ½ § and ¤ work in the text editor, but not in the terminal, but I do not need those characters on the command line anyway, so that wont be a problem.

As stated in the FAQ, by editing /etc/aterm/transparency.cfg to TRANSPARENCY=no I can make the terminal useful and see what I write. The desktop wallpaper is very pretty, but not practical for a working surface.