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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 07/07: services: console-keymap: Deprecate.
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 22:51:07 +0300
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Mark H Weaver (2019-04-05 21:45 -0400) wrote:

> Hi Ludovic,
>
> guix-commits@gnu.org writes:
>
>> civodul pushed a commit to branch master
>> in repository guix.
>>
>> commit 3a665637afc32a142dc24a77ce7ce9235eb6a3af
>> Author: Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org>
>> Date:   Wed Apr 3 14:32:41 2019 +0200
>>
>>     services: console-keymap: Deprecate.
>>=20=20=20=20=20
>>     * gnu/services/base.scm (console-keymap-service): Mark as deprecated.
>>     * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Remove its documentation.
>
> Why is this being deprecated?

Ouch, this is unpleasant surprise.

> Is there an alternative service to replace it?

I wonder too!  I see there is a new =E2=80=98keyboard-layout=E2=80=99 field=
, but if I
understand (gnu system keyboard) correctly, it does not allow me to use
my own file in "loadkeys" format.

> I use this service to change my console keymap, changing Caps Lock to
> Control, and adding several more mappings for Meta-key combinations to
> make Emacs more pleasurable to use from a text console.

--=20
Alex