* How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout?
@ 2020-04-05 22:18 Jakub Kądziołka
2020-04-06 1:05 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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From: Jakub Kądziołka @ 2020-04-05 22:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
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Hi Guix,
the right shift key on my laptop's keyboard got stuck. It sometimes
isn't fully pressed, which allowed me to run
xmodmap -e 'keycode 62='
and disable it, but I need to make this apply in GDM too. I assume I'd
have to specify that in the keyboard-layout record, but both the
documentation and the code aren't too clear on how I'd go about doing
that.
I'd appreciate any pointers.
Regards,
Jakub Kądziołka
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* Re: How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout?
2020-04-05 22:18 How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout? Jakub Kądziołka
@ 2020-04-06 1:05 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-06 1:22 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2020-04-06 1:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jakub Kądziołka; +Cc: help-guix
On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 12:18:22AM +0200, Jakub Kądziołka wrote:
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 62='
>
> and disable it, but I need to make this apply in GDM too. I assume I'd
> have to specify that in the keyboard-layout record, but both the
> documentation and the code aren't too clear on how I'd go about doing
> that.
Guix writes the keyboard layout in the InputClass section of
xorg.conf. It seems what you need is more like xkbcomp:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_keyboard_extension#Using_keymap
You could probably use an .xinitrc file like Arch or you could patch
xorg-server to use your xkbcomp map by default.
Regards,
Florian
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* Re: How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout?
2020-04-06 1:05 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
@ 2020-04-06 1:22 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-06 11:05 ` Jakub Kądziołka
2020-04-07 9:36 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2020-04-06 1:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jakub Kądziołka; +Cc: help-guix
On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:05:24AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> You could probably use an .xinitrc file like Arch or you could patch
> xorg-server to use your xkbcomp map by default.
That is, instead of patching xorg-server, you would patch
xkeyboard-config’s xkb/symbols. I have not tried. Maybe better use
.xinitrc?
Regards,
Florian
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* Re: How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout?
2020-04-06 1:22 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
@ 2020-04-06 11:05 ` Jakub Kądziołka
2020-04-07 1:50 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-07 9:36 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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From: Jakub Kądziołka @ 2020-04-06 11:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz); +Cc: help-guix
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On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:22:29AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:05:24AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> > You could probably use an .xinitrc file like Arch or you could patch
> > xorg-server to use your xkbcomp map by default.
>
> That is, instead of patching xorg-server, you would patch
> xkeyboard-config’s xkb/symbols. I have not tried. Maybe better use
> .xinitrc?
That's not a terrible idea, though I'd rather have it apply even before
I'm logged in. (I previously mentioned GDM, though I now realize that I
actually use SLiM.) Is there an equivalent file I could use to run a
command when the login manager is starting?
Regards,
Jakub Kądziołka
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* Re: How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout?
2020-04-06 11:05 ` Jakub Kądziołka
@ 2020-04-07 1:50 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2020-04-07 1:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jakub Kądziołka; +Cc: help-guix
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On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 01:05:02PM +0200, Jakub Kądziołka wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:22:29AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:05:24AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> > > You could probably use an .xinitrc file like Arch or you could patch
> > > xorg-server to use your xkbcomp map by default.
> >
> > That is, instead of patching xorg-server, you would patch
> > xkeyboard-config’s xkb/symbols. I have not tried. Maybe better use
> > .xinitrc?
>
> That's not a terrible idea, though I'd rather have it apply even before
> I'm logged in. (I previously mentioned GDM, though I now realize that I
> actually use SLiM.) Is there an equivalent file I could use to run a
> command when the login manager is starting?
>
> Regards,
> Jakub Kądziołka
I thought it was sufficient to add the files both to your home
directory and to root’s because SLIM is run as root.
But: Actually it seems the gnu/services/xorg.scm is defined in a way
that does not run ~/.xinitrc. Sorry for not being helpful. I tried
but was *not* able to modify gnu/services/xorg.scm to run xkbcomp on a
custom ~/.Xkeymap file, although manual execution after the session
started works fine. Changing the xinitrc does not appear to work.
The attached changes are insufficient.
Regards,
Florian
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diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index d0196a299e..5ddf41dafd 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -403,8 +403,13 @@ desktop session from the system or user profile will be used."
;; The '--login' option is supported at least by Bash and zsh.
(execl shell shell "--login" "-c"
- (string-join (cons command args)))))
-
+ (string-join (cons*
+ #$(file-append xkbcomp "/bin/xkbcomp")
+ (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.Xkeymap")
+ (getenv "DISPLAY")
+ ";"
+ command args)))))
+
(define system-profile
"/run/current-system/profile")
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* Re: How to specify custom remappings with keyboard-layout?
2020-04-06 1:22 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-06 11:05 ` Jakub Kądziołka
@ 2020-04-07 9:36 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2020-04-07 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jakub Kądziołka; +Cc: help-guix
On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:22:29AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> That is, instead of patching xorg-server, you would patch
> xkeyboard-config’s xkb/symbols.
I believe patching the keymaps in xkeyboard-config is the best
solution.
Regards,
Florian
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