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From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#40273: installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:14:50 +0200
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Hey,

> Ideally we=E2=80=99d also offer a way to choose multiple layouts in the
> installer, so that one can end up with:
>
>   (keyboard-layout "ar,us" #:options '("grp:alt_shift_toggle"))
>
> Although that=E2=80=99s mostly useful for the console as GDM and GNOME sh=
ould be
> able to do the right thing.
>
> Anyway, we can discuss it in a separate issue.

You're right, I'm opening a new issue here[1].

Thanks,

Mathieu

[1]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D40493