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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu system keyboard)
+ #:use-module (guix gexp)
+ #:use-module ((gnu packages xorg)
+ #:select (xkeyboard-config console-setup))
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-9 gnu)
+ #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+ #:export (keyboard-layout?
+ keyboard-layout
+ keyboard-layout-name
+ keyboard-layout-variant
+ keyboard-layout-model
+ keyboard-layout-options
+
+ keyboard-layout->console-keymap))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; This module provides a data structure to represent keyboard layouts
+;;; according to the XKB naming and classification (see the 'xkeyboard-config'
+;;; package).
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define-immutable-record-type <keyboard-layout>
+ (%keyboard-layout name variant model options)
+ keyboard-layout?
+ (name keyboard-layout-name) ;string
+ (variant keyboard-layout-variant) ;#f | string
+ (model keyboard-layout-model) ;#f | string
+ (options keyboard-layout-options)) ;list of strings
+
+(define* (keyboard-layout name #:optional variant
+ #:key model (options '()))
+ "Return a new keyboard layout with the given NAME and VARIANT.
+
+NAME must be a string such as \"fr\"; VARIANT must be a string such as
+\"bepo\" or \"nodeadkeys\". See the 'xkeyboard-config' package for valid
+options."
+ (%keyboard-layout name variant model options))
+
+(define* (keyboard-layout->console-keymap layout
+ #:key
+ (xkeyboard-config xkeyboard-config))
+ "Return a Linux console keymap file for LAYOUT, a <keyboard-layout> record.
+Layout information is taken from the XKEYBOARD-CONFIG package."
+ (define build
+ (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+ #~(begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils)
+ (ice-9 popen)
+ (ice-9 match))
+
+ (define pipe
+ (open-pipe* OPEN_READ
+ #+(file-append console-setup "/bin/ckbcomp")
+ (string-append "-I"
+ #+(file-append xkeyboard-config
+ "/share/X11/xkb"))
+ "-rules" "base"
+ #$@(match (keyboard-layout-model layout)
+ (#f '())
+ (model `("-model" ,model)))
+ #$(keyboard-layout-name layout)
+ #$(or (keyboard-layout-variant layout)
+ "")
+ #$(string-join (keyboard-layout-options layout) ",")))
+
+ (call-with-output-file #$output
+ (lambda (output)
+ (dump-port pipe output)))
+
+ ;; Note: ckbcomp errors out when the layout name is unknown, but
+ ;; merely emits a warning when the variant is unknown.
+ (unless (zero? (close-pipe pipe))
+ (error "failed to create console keymap for keyboard layout"
+ #$(keyboard-layout-name layout))))))
+
+ (computed-file (string-append "console-keymap."
+ (keyboard-layout-name layout))
+ build))