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06/07: doc: Explain how to change the keyboard layout at run time. |
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Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:45:14 -0400 (EDT) |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit a31af2beeeb5dceb9d535a598eb51e5792d44e14
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 3 14:26:21 2019 +0200
doc: Explain how to change the keyboard layout at run time.
* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Mention GNOME's "Region & Language",
setxkbmap, and loadkeys.
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doc/guix.texi | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 96755a6..1b0bd1d 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -11002,6 +11002,8 @@ special-case and is automatically added whether or not
it is specified.
@node Keyboard Layout
@section Keyboard Layout
address@hidden keyboard layout
address@hidden keymap
To specify what each key of your keyboard does, you need to tell the operating
system what @dfn{keyboard layout} you want to use. The default, when nothing
is specified, is the US English QWERTY layout for 105-key PC keyboards.
@@ -11101,6 +11103,34 @@ a different layout. The @code{set-xorg-configuration}
procedure communicates
the desired Xorg configuration to the graphical log-in manager, by default
GDM.
+We've discussed how to specify the @emph{default} keyboard layout of your
+system when it starts, but you can also adjust it at run time:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+If you're using GNOME, its settings panel has a ``Region & Language'' entry
+where you can select one or more keyboard layouts.
+
address@hidden
+Under Xorg, the @command{setxkbmap} command (from the same-named package)
+allows you to change the current layout. For example, this is how you would
+change the layout to US Dvorak:
+
address@hidden
+setxkbmap us dvorak
address@hidden example
+
address@hidden
+The @code{loadkeys} command changes the keyboard layout in effect in the Linux
+console. However, note that @code{loadkeys} does @emph{not} use the XKB
+keyboard layout categorization described above. The command below loads the
+French bépo layout:
+
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+loadkeys fr-bepo
address@hidden example
address@hidden itemize
+
@node Locales
@section Locales
- branch master updated (208946e -> 3a66563), guix-commits, 2019/04/05
- 01/07: services: dbus: Add 'wrapped-dbus-service'., guix-commits, 2019/04/05
- 07/07: services: console-keymap: Deprecate., guix-commits, 2019/04/05
- 05/07: services: xorg: Add 'set-xorg-configuration'., guix-commits, 2019/04/05
- 02/07: gnu: Add localed, extracted from systemd., guix-commits, 2019/04/05
- 03/07: services: dbus: 'wrapped-dbus-service' accepts a list of variables., guix-commits, 2019/04/05
- 06/07: doc: Explain how to change the keyboard layout at run time.,
guix-commits <=
- 04/07: services: Add 'localed' service type and have GDM extend it., guix-commits, 2019/04/05