From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bengt Richter Subject: bug#40273: installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard layouts Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 23:11:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20200408211104.GA2529@LionPure> References: <875zenyzh0.fsf@gnu.org> <20200329171609.puseiw4d4b6cxgd7@pelzflorian.localdomain> <878sjjt5cj.fsf@gmail.com> <87a73wv903.fsf@gnu.org> <87lfnfcqrh.fsf@gmail.com> <87zhbup4ke.fsf@gnu.org> <20200402232743.GA2810@LionPure> <20200403231750.ddmqx6ekr35eye2u@pelzflorian.localdomain> <20200408072018.GA17715@LionPure> <878sj671pq.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Bengt Richter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jMHzP-0007W1-Jo for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:12:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jMHzO-0001NQ-JY for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:12:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41409) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jMHzO-0001NG-GR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:12:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jMHzO-0001KR-AG for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:12:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <878sj671pq.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 40273@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Ludo, On +2020-04-08 11:42:41 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi Bengt, > > Bengt Richter skribis: > > > I'm really against pursuing any new design dependencies on X, > > so even "or similar" sounds iffy to me. Just IMO ;-) > > The XKB database and associated tools is the de facto standard for > handling keyboard layouts; it does a great job! It originated in X11 > but that’s about the only relation it has with X11. > I'm more than ok with declarative data representing a legacy of valuable info. I didn't mean to deprecate that part, sorry. > Anyway, please let’s try to keep issues at Debbugs and development > discussions focused otherwise it’s easy to all get lost in open-ended > discussions while making very little actual progress. :-) > Understood. Sincere apologies for disrupting and/or distracting. I understand the problem. (After all, I'm doing it to myself: It takes me much longer to write than it does to read ;-p ) So, off-topic replies being a problem. naturally I am triggered to think about this problem, and I am tempted to post ideas about automatically diverting off-topic reply posts to guix-offtopic@gnu.org and and automatically only posting references thereto to recipients who would otherwise get the whole thing. But beyond the above, I will restrain myself ;-) Sorry about this off-original-topic post. I guess it is like social distancing to avoid infecting people with distractions ;-/ I will try to practice better hygiene :) -- Regards, Bengt Richter