From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Mar 30 06:44:54 2020 Received: (at 40273) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Mar 2020 10:44:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32773 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jIruY-0003P1-9Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:44:54 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.de ([5.45.111.108]:39250 helo=mail.pelzflorian.de) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jIruW-0003Nx-J8 for 40273@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:44:53 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.localdomain (unknown [5.45.111.108]) by mail.pelzflorian.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 32531360566; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:44:51 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=pelzflorian.de; s=mail; t=1585565091; bh=INqHRy9pDMtzYe2qLvscx8au5TJ8efSuoQKeN+0+Edg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=EVqzGZgJjKrQdzoj+kRxsNiQO5nPGYCH9Z7t+bAKsuNfPmV8wXxAIBqlt2piKMc9T uA3XsztRp8LP7YhIQZ7KDv6/XEM2nVO28xHARCG9Kn0Yj2EMNDCfipDquaa+hJGGdo GvbWwrugz6ThSGrscYVp3XUHceFPKEeJac0Cq7Xo= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:44:49 +0200 From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" To: Mathieu Othacehe Subject: Re: bug#40273: installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard layouts Message-ID: <20200330104449.ahyivwdn62g6jluw@pelzflorian.localdomain> References: <20200328134202.rgl6usllluoo2b2y@pelzflorian.localdomain> <87a740nu0u.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87a740nu0u.fsf@gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40273 Cc: 40273@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 08:45:05PM +0100, Mathieu Othacehe wrote: > Maybe we could add a help menu with key shortcut. From that > help menu, one could change the current keyboard layout from any > installation step? > Yes, that is definitely a good place, *but* now that I saw Debian, it would be good to additionally have a key combination. I think switching in an F1 help menu is more discoverable and having both would be good. From what an Arab friend told me, they are used to a key combination (Alt+Shift if I remember correctly, as is Debian’s default; Debian makes the combination configurable). But I cannot figure out how to make loadkeys use a key combination; ckbcomp seems not to produce right results. In QEMU on the compatibility console I ran “sendkey ctrl-alt-f3“. I then tried: guix environment --ad-hoc console-setup #so I can run ckbcomp mkdir -p /usr/share/X11/ cd /usr/share/X11 ln -s $(guix build -S console-setup)/Keyboard/ckb xkb ckbcomp ar, -variant azerty, -option grp:toggle > ~/test loadkeys us #so I can switch back, I hoped, but it does not work loadkeys ~/test But now I can only type Arabic. Maybe it is because of QEMU. I tried changing the keyboard-layout in /etc/config.scm, but then I can no longer type my password. Regards, Florian