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[bug#47994] [PATCH] services: kmscon: Add xkb-layout and xkb-options fie
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Maxime Devos |
Subject: |
[bug#47994] [PATCH] services: kmscon: Add xkb-layout and xkb-options fields. |
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Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:46:25 +0200 |
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Evolution 3.34.2 |
luhui schreef op zo 25-04-2021 om 18:04 [+0800]:
> +@item @code{xkb-layout} (default: @code{#f})
> +When true, this field be a string used for set keyboard layout used in
> Kmscon.
> +See the @code{xkeyboard-config} package for valid layouts.
> +
> +@item @code{xkb-options} (default: @code{#f})
> +When true, this field be a string used for set keyboard layout options used
> in
> +Kmscon. See the @code{xkeyboard-config} package for valid options.
I looked in the guix manual for ideas how to formulate this clearer.
The section ‘10.6 Keyboard layout’
(<https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Keyboard-Layout.html#Keyboard-Layout>)
seems interesting, in particualr the "keyboard-layout" procedure from (gnu
system keyboard).
It seemed a nicer abstraction than just raw strings.
An extract from the manual:
Keyboard layouts are represented by records created by the
‘keyboard-layout’ procedure of ‘(gnu system keyboard)’. Following the X
Keyboard extension (XKB), each layout has four attributes: a name (often
a language code such as “fi” for Finnish or “jp” for Japanese), an
optional variant name, an optional keyboard model name, and a possibly
empty list of additional options. In most cases the layout name is all
you care about.
-- Scheme Procedure: keyboard-layout NAME [VARIANT] [#:model]
[#:options '()]
Return a new keyboard layout with the given NAME and VARIANT.
NAME must be a string such as ‘"fr"’; VARIANT must be a string such
as ‘"bepo"’ or ‘"nodeadkeys"’. See the ‘xkeyboard-config’ package
for valid options.
Here are a few examples:
;; The German QWERTZ layout. Here we assume a standard
;; "pc105" keyboard model.
(keyboard-layout "de")
;; The bépo variant of the French layout.
(keyboard-layout "fr" "bepo")
Could this be used instead of raw strings?
> +When true, this field be a string used for set keyboard layout used in
> Kmscon.
When true, this field is a string representing the name of the keyboard layout.
Suggested documentation (based on the xorg-configuration documentation):
@item @code{keboard-layout} (default: @code{#f})
If this is false, Kmscon uses the default keyboard layout.
Otherwise this must be a field is a ‘keyboard layout’ object specifying
the keyboard layout to use for the console. *Note
Keyboard Layout::, for more information on how to specify the
keyboard layout.
Greetings,
Maxime.
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