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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 616c2ef305..96755a6cce 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -11077,6 +11077,7 @@ Let's say you want your system to use the Turkish keyboard layout throughout your system---bootloader, console, and Xorg. Here's what your system configuration would look like: +@findex set-xorg-configuration @lisp ;; Using the Turkish layout for the bootloader, the console, ;; and for Xorg. @@ -11088,18 +11089,17 @@ configuration would look like: (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader) (target "/boot/efi") (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))) ;for GRUB - (services (modify-services %desktop-services - (gdm-service-type config => - (gdm-configuration - (inherit config) - (xorg-configuration + (services (cons (set-xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration ;for Xorg - (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))))))) + (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))) + %desktop-services))) @end lisp In the example above, for GRUB and for Xorg, we just refer to the @code{keyboard-layout} field defined above, but we could just as well refer to -a different layout. +a different layout. The @code{set-xorg-configuration} procedure communicates +the desired Xorg configuration to the graphical log-in manager, by default +GDM. @node Locales @section Locales @@ -13566,6 +13566,16 @@ default is @code{-nolisten tcp}. @end table @end deftp +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} set-xorg-configuration @var{config} @ + [@var{login-manager-service-type}] +Tell the log-in manager (of type @var{login-manager-service-type}) to use +@var{config}, an <xorg-configuration> record. + +Since the Xorg configuration is embedded in the log-in manager's +configuration---e.g., @code{gdm-configuration}---this procedure provides a +shorthand to set the Xorg configuration. +@end deffn + @deffn {Scheme Procedure} xorg-start-command [@var{config}] Return a @code{startx} script in which the modules, fonts, etc. specified in @var{config}, are available. The result should be used in place of |