Hi Mark & Alex, Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis:
> Mark H Weaver (2019-04-05 21:45 -0400) wrote: > >> Hi Ludovic, >> >> guix-comm...@gnu.org writes: >> >>> civodul pushed a commit to branch master >>> in repository guix. >>> >>> commit 3a665637afc32a142dc24a77ce7ce9235eb6a3af >>> Author: Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> >>> Date: Wed Apr 3 14:32:41 2019 +0200 >>> >>> services: console-keymap: Deprecate. >>> >>> * 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. For the record I submitted it here: <https://issues.guix.info/issue/35120>. >> Is there an alternative service to replace it? > > I wonder too! I see there is a new ‘keyboard-layout’ field, but if I > understand (gnu system keyboard) correctly, it does not allow me to use > my own file in "loadkeys" format. As you found out, this is deprecated in favor of ‘keyboard-layout’, which has a couple of advantages: it’s uniform (the same config works for GRUB, Linux, and Xorg), and it’s installed from the initrd, so already effective when you type in your passphrase (see <https://issues.guix.info/issue/34929>). ‘keyboard-layout’ definitely works for what you describe, Mark (see the examples in the manual.) If you do fancy things with Linux-native keymap files, Alex, it’s probably not for you. In that case you do need ‘console-keymap-service’. However, I was thinking that we probably want to steer users towards the ‘keyboard-layout’ mechanism so they don’t experience the inconsistencies we had before. That’s why I deprecated ‘console-keymap-service’. I’d argue that keymap experts won’t have difficulties coming up with a ‘console-keymap-service’ if they need it. WDYT? Ludo’.
