From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 07/07: services: console-keymap: Deprecate.
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 22:51:07 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvfa29qs.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9zr7vpf.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:45:05 -0400")
Mark H Weaver (2019-04-05 21:45 -0400) wrote:
> Hi Ludovic,
>
> guix-commits@gnu.org writes:
>
>> civodul pushed a commit to branch master
>> in repository guix.
>>
>> commit 3a665637afc32a142dc24a77ce7ce9235eb6a3af
>> Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
>> Date: Wed Apr 3 14:32:41 2019 +0200
>>
>> services: console-keymap: Deprecate.
>>
>> * gnu/services/base.scm (console-keymap-service): Mark as deprecated.
>> * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Remove its documentation.
>
> Why is this being deprecated?
Ouch, this is unpleasant surprise.
> Is there an alternative service to replace it?
I wonder too! I see there is a new ‘keyboard-layout’ field, but if I
understand (gnu system keyboard) correctly, it does not allow me to use
my own file in "loadkeys" format.
> I use this service to change my console keymap, changing Caps Lock to
> Control, and adding several more mappings for Meta-key combinations to
> make Emacs more pleasurable to use from a text console.
--
Alex
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[not found] ` <20190405134516.BD1962158A@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2019-04-06 1:45 ` 07/07: services: console-keymap: Deprecate Mark H Weaver
2019-04-06 19:51 ` Alex Kost [this message]
2019-04-07 16:24 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-11 19:04 ` Alex Kost
2019-04-12 21:01 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-12 2:00 ` Mark H Weaver
2019-04-12 21:09 ` Ludovic Courtès
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