Re: [PATCH] services: 'console-keymap-service' takes multiple files.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-14 00:23 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> From 8c58974b549479a8e97cf64f21393aa495596e13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
>>> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 00:21:15 +0300
>>> Subject: [PATCH] services: 'console-keymap-service' takes multiple files.
>>>
>>> * gnu/services/base.scm (console-keymap-service-type): Type procedure
>>> takes a list of files instead of a single file.
>>> (console-keymap-service): Take 'files' as rest arguments.
>>> * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Improve documentation of
>>> 'console-keymap-service'.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +Return a service to load console keymaps from @var{files} using
>>> address@hidden command.  Most likely, you want to load some default
>>> +keymap, which can be done like this:
>>> +
>>> address@hidden
>>> +(console-keymap-service "dvorak")
>>> address@hidden example
>>
>> Perhaps you could add the example from the IRC discussion you mentioned
>> with a short explanation, just below this example?
>
> Would the following be OK?
>
>
> @deffn {Scheme Procedure} console-keymap-service @var{files} ...
> @cindex keyboard layout
> Return a service to load console keymaps from @var{files} using
> @command{loadkeys} command.  Most likely, you want to load some default
> keymap, which can be done like this:
>
> @example
> (console-keymap-service "dvorak")
> @end example
>
> Or, for example, for Swedish keyboards, you may need to combine keymaps:
> @example
> (console-keymap-service "se-ir209" "se-fi-ir209")

Ideally with a few words to explain why this is useful on Swedish
keyboards (Albin? :-)), but otherwise LGTM!

Ludo’.