From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: neo tty layout Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:21:38 +0300 Message-ID: <87wpjj723x.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878tw063xo.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> <20160813231323.GC24502@jasmine> <87oa4vra5e.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bYyAP-00027f-Ld for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:21:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bYyAL-0004N5-8q for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:21:41 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-x242.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::242]:32818) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bYyAL-0004N0-1s for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:21:37 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-x242.google.com with SMTP id o80so7055274wme.0 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:21:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87oa4vra5e.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> (ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is's message of "Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:07:41 +0000") 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: ng0 Cc: help-guix@gnu.org 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