From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: neo tty layout Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:36:42 +0000 Message-ID: <871t1r9rrp.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> References: <878tw063xo.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> <20160813231323.GC24502@jasmine> <87oa4vra5e.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> <87wpjj723x.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55399) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bYzL6-00057X-6l for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:36:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bYzL4-0007tm-0r for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:36:47 -0400 Received: from mithlond.libertad.in-berlin.de ([2001:67c:1400:2490::1]:53253 helo=beleriand.n0.is) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bYzL3-0007tb-JI for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:36:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87wpjj723x.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Alex Kost Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Alex Kost writes: > ng0 (2016-08-14 12:07 +0300) wrote: > >> Leo Famulari 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 > , > they just download "neo.map" file and put it into appropirate dir of > 'kbd' package. > > See also > > > -- > Alex Thanks, Alex. I'll take a look at how this can be done for Guix. Compared to NixOS I have to say that Guix documentation is more natural for me. I wasn't able to set up and boot into KDE with the help of their documentation so far. Commands to search, install etc feel more natural with Guix. -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org