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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 96755a6cce..1b0bd1de58 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 +@cindex keyboard layout +@cindex 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: + +@itemize +@item +If you're using GNOME, its settings panel has a ``Region & Language'' entry +where you can select one or more keyboard layouts. + +@item +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: + +@example +setxkbmap us dvorak +@end example + +@item +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: + +@example +loadkeys fr-bepo +@end example +@end itemize + @node Locales @section Locales |