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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

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-06 19:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20190405134511.7740.88403@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
     [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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