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-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/keymap.scm36
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/keymap.scm b/gnu/installer/keymap.scm
index d9f8656855..d66b376d9c 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/keymap.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/keymap.scm
@@ -149,18 +149,24 @@ Configuration Database, describing possible XKB configurations."
(values models layouts)))))
(define (kmscon-update-keymap model layout variant)
- (let ((keymap-file (getenv "KEYMAP_UPDATE")))
- (unless (and keymap-file
- (file-exists? keymap-file))
- (error "Unable to locate keymap update file"))
-
- (call-with-output-file keymap-file
- (lambda (port)
- (format port model)
- (put-u8 port 0)
-
- (format port layout)
- (put-u8 port 0)
-
- (format port variant)
- (put-u8 port 0)))))
+ "Update kmscon keymap with the provided MODEL, LAYOUT and VARIANT."
+ (and=>
+ (getenv "KEYMAP_UPDATE")
+ (lambda (keymap-file)
+ (unless (file-exists? keymap-file)
+ (error "Unable to locate keymap update file"))
+
+ ;; See file gnu/packages/patches/kmscon-runtime-keymap-switch.patch.
+ ;; This dirty hack makes possible to update kmscon keymap at runtime by
+ ;; writing an X11 keyboard model, layout and variant to a named pipe
+ ;; referred by KEYMAP_UPDATE environment variable.
+ (call-with-output-file keymap-file
+ (lambda (port)
+ (format port model)
+ (put-u8 port 0)
+
+ (format port layout)
+ (put-u8 port 0)
+
+ (format port variant)
+ (put-u8 port 0))))))