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From: Stefan Huchler <stefan.huchler@mail.de>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to add hwdb of keyboard
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:41:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0wwniiw.fsf@mail.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87tuw3oos1.fsf@mail.de

I forked now the eudev definition to add my hwdb data:

(add-before 'build-hwdb 'add-my-hwdb-file
		     (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
		       (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
			 (call-with-output-file
			     (string-append out "/etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-X220-keyboard.hwdb")
			   (lambda (port)
			     (display
			      "keyboard:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnLENOVO*:pn*:pvrThinkPadX220*\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_7b=compose\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_39=enter\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_79=space\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_70=tab\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_0f=backspace\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_3a=home\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_1c=end\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_0e=backspace\n" port)
			     (display "KEYBOARD_KEY_7d=backspace\n"
		     port))))))

Is there a way to make guix system priotise my modified eudev over the
upstream one?


Stefan Huchler <stefan.huchler@mail.de> writes:

> I build a package for it:
>
> (define-module (x220-hwdb)
>   #:use-module (guix packages)
>   #:use-module (guix download)
>   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
>   #:use-module (guix build-system copy)
>   #:use-module (guix licenses))
>
> (define-public x220-hwdb
>   (package
>    (name "x220-hwdb")
>    (version "1.0")
>    (source (origin
> 	    (method url-fetch)
> 	    (uri "https://github.com/spiderbit/emacs-ergo-thinkpad-kb-layout/archive/master.zip")
> 	    (sha256
> 	     (base32
> 	      "0rx791b7mq5visa9ckyf7py4lz5ml51hn4mzz4rmlpnlrcds4x8v"))))
>    (build-system copy-build-system)
>    (inputs `(("unzip" ,unzip)))
>    (synopsis "Bla")
>    (description "Bla bla bla")
>    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/blablabla")
>    (license gpl3+)))
>
> and tried to link it to the expected location:
>
> (service special-files-service-type
> 		  `(("/etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-X220-keyboard.hwdb"
> 		     ,(file-append x220-hwdb "90-X220-keyboard.hwdb"))))
>
> the problem is that the hwdb is compiled but read only, so the file must
> basically be there before the eudev package builds this db.
>
> Is there a better way doing this?
>
> Stefan Huchler <stefan.huchler@mail.de> writes:
>
>> I use a custom keyboard layout on one of my laptops:
>>
>> https://github.com/spiderbit/emacs-ergo-thinkpad-kb-layout
>>
>> I use a hwdb which has the advantage that it works on tty and x11 and
>> that it's keyboard specific so if I connect a external keyboard it does
>> not swap keys on it.
>>
>> I would be ok with giving up the keyboard specific part, I could live
>> with X11 only for a start, but I would like to have it in the config.scm
>> file configured and not only in some home based modifications.
>>
>> Any idea how to do that best in guix, patching a custom my-modified-dvorak
>> keyboard-layout into the xkeyboard-config package maybe?



  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-14 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-11 16:47 how to add hwdb of keyboard Stefan Huchler
2020-09-11 23:51 ` Stefan Huchler
2020-09-14 21:41   ` Stefan Huchler [this message]
2020-09-14 23:46     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-15  1:44       ` Stefan Huchler
2020-09-19 21:34       ` Stefan Huchler
2020-09-20  6:51         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-20 10:28           ` Stefan Huchler
2020-09-20  6:52         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-20 10:33           ` Stefan Huchler

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