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Dvorak keyboard layout in graphical installl mode

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From: Daniel Dinnyes <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Dvorak keyboard layout in graphical installl mode
Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 21:04:58 +0100

Hi All,

I have been trying to install Guix with System Install method, using a
ISO image with KVM. I found that in the graphical install mode, while
being asked for keyboard layout, there was no option for Dvorak layout.
Not sure if this is intentional, or left out by accident, but it is
something which should be supported, I think.

Could you please add support for Dvorak layout?

Best regards,
Daniel Dinnyes

Message #8 received at 35566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Dinnyes <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35566: Dvorak keyboard layout in graphical installl mode
Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 14:48:28 +0200

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Hi Daniel,

Daniel Dinnyes <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> I have been trying to install Guix with System Install method, using a
> ISO image with KVM. I found that in the graphical install mode, while
> being asked for keyboard layout, there was no option for Dvorak layout.
> Not sure if this is intentional, or left out by accident, but it is
> something which should be supported, I think.

The Dvorak layout is there, but maybe not where you expect: you have to
first select, say, the “English (US)” layout, which brings you to a
second page where you can choose a variant, one of which is Dvorak
(screenshot below.)

Note that this is the classification taken from the X Keyboard
extension (XKB).

HTH!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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Message #15 received at 35566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Daniel Dinnyes <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35566: Dvorak keyboard layout in graphical installl mode
Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 15:23:34 +0200

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Daniel, Guix,

Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Daniel Dinnyes <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>> I found that in the graphical install mode, while
>> being asked for keyboard layout, there was no option for Dvorak 
>> layout.
> The Dvorak layout is there, but maybe not where you expect: you 
> have to
> first select, say, the “English (US)” layout, which brings you 
> to a
> second page where you can choose a variant, one of which is 
> Dvorak
> (screenshot below.)

Not bein' snarky here: where else would you expect it to be?  I've 
never seen the DSK categorised as anything but ‘US (Dvorak)’.  The 
layout itself is pretty anglocentric, and even (I mean: of course) 
the UK Dvorak subtly differs from the US one.

I assume this isn't the first time you've installed a GNU/Linux 
distribution, so I'm curious where you found it on others.  Do 
they flat-out alias ‘Dvorak’ to the US variant?  Not convinced we 
should emulate that.

Side note: the Debian (or was it Ubuntu?) installer has a great 
feature to help you figure out your keyboard layout in the minimum 
number of keystrokes.  I wonder if we could use that decision tree 
data in our own installer.  IME most people have no idea what the 
name of their keyboard layout is; it's always ‘er, the regular 
one?’ to them.

Imma check it out,

T G-R

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Message #18 received at 35566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dinnyés Dániel <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35566: Dvorak keyboard layout in graphical installl mode
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 14:15:27 +0100

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Hi Ludo,

Apologies, indeed eventually I found it.

Thanks,
Daniel

On Tue, May 7, 2019, 13:48 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
>
> Daniel Dinnyes <dinnyesd <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > I have been trying to install Guix with System Install method, using a
> > ISO image with KVM. I found that in the graphical install mode, while
> > being asked for keyboard layout, there was no option for Dvorak layout.
> > Not sure if this is intentional, or left out by accident, but it is
> > something which should be supported, I think.
>
> The Dvorak layout is there, but maybe not where you expect: you have to
> first select, say, the “English (US)” layout, which brings you to a
> second page where you can choose a variant, one of which is Dvorak
> (screenshot below.)
>
> Note that this is the classification taken from the X Keyboard
> extension (XKB).
>
> HTH!
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>
>

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