Re: [PATCH] services: Add console-keymap service.

[宋文武 <iyzsong@gmail.com>]

Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:

> Sometimes people on #guix ask about a way to change a console keymap,
> for example: <https://gnunet.org/bot/log/guix/2015-04-25#T640696>.
>
> So I think it would be good to add a service for loadkeys, what do
> people think?
>
> 宋文武: This patch is based on your work
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-11/msg00692.html>, so
> I tried to credit you in a commit message, but I'm not sure If I did it
> right.  Is it OK?
Yes, thanks!
>
> From f879481f96386617d070b146aa2c3d1988deff40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:52:29 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] services: Add console-keymap service.
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> * gnu/services/base.scm (console-keymap-service): New procedure.
> * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it.
>
> Co-authored-by: 宋文武 <iyzsong@gmail.com>
> ---
>  doc/guix.texi         |  5 +++++
>  gnu/services/base.scm | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 4269d4f..c342ebc 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -4737,6 +4737,11 @@ passed to @command{guix-daemon}.
>  Run @var{udev}, which populates the @file{/dev} directory dynamically.
>  @end deffn
>  
> +@deffn {Monadic Procedure} console-keymap-service @var{file}
> +Return a service to load console keymap from @var{file} using
> +@command{loadkeys} command.
> +@end deffn
> +
>  
>  @node Networking Services
>  @subsubsection Networking Services
> diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
> index d0a2e8c..49eccda 100644
> --- a/gnu/services/base.scm
> +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>  ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
>  ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> +;;; Copyright © 2015 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
>              swap-service
>              user-processes-service
>              host-name-service
> +            console-keymap-service
>              console-font-service
>              udev-service
>              mingetty-service
> @@ -313,6 +315,19 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
>            (else
>             (zero? (cdr (waitpid pid))))))))
>  
> +(define (console-keymap-service file)
> +  "Return a service to load console keymap from @var{file}."
> +  (with-monad %store-monad
> +    (return
> +     (service
> +      (documentation
> +       (string-append "Load '" file "' console keymap (loadkeys)."))
> +      (provision '(console-keymap))
> +      (start #~(lambda _
> +                 (zero? (system* (string-append #$kbd "/bin/loadkeys")
> +                                 #$file))))
> +      (respawn? #f)))))
> +
>  (define* (console-font-service tty #:optional (font "LatGrkCyr-8x16"))
>    "Return a service that sets up Unicode support in @var{tty} and loads
>  @var{font} for that tty (fonts are per virtual console in Linux.)"
> -- 
> 2.2.1