Re: neo tty layout

[Alex Kost]

ng0 (2016-08-14 12:07 +0300) wrote:

> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 04:15:15PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I just installed NixOS on another system and noticed they offer neo
>>> layout not only in X11 but also for tty. Would it be okay to replicate
>>> this for Guix? I'll be looking into this soon for me personally, but
>>> maybe others can benefit from it by including it in Guix.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not sure what the neo layout is. Is it a keyboard layout?
>
> Yes, it can be loaded in X11 in all system distributions and operating
> systems I know, but that it can be loaded for tty is rare. Most system
> for tty are limited to qwert{y,z} and some layouts where neo draws
> inspiration from.
> It's a layout specific to german keyboards and language but extends to
> other areas (scientic etc): http://neo-layout.org/index_en.html
> It can be loaded with `setxkbmap neo` or the desktop environment
> specific tool of it.
> I just need to figure out what nix patches or adds to make it available
> with `loadkeys neo` outside of X11.

If I undrestand it right from
<https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix>,
they just download "neo.map" file and put it into appropirate dir of
'kbd' package.

See also
<http://wiki.neo-layout.org/wiki/Neo%20unter%20Linux%20einrichten/Konsole>

-- 
Alex