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installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard layouts

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40273: closed (installer: No way to input Latin characters
 with non-Latin keyboard layouts)
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:15:02 +0000

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard
 layouts
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:42:02 +0100

After selecting non-Latin keyboard layouts in the graphical installer,
there is no way to input Latin characters again.  This means hostname,
username, password, the home directory path /home/… cannot be
specified in Latin.

There either should be a way to switch the keyboard layout later on.
For example currently there is neither a place in the GUI to switch
the layout nor key combinations or (on a Japanese keyboard) support
for the keyboard’s romaji key to switch layouts.  Of course typing
`loadkeys` is impossible too.

Or the keyboard layout should not be switched to non-Latin.  For
example, when choosing Arabic AZERTY layout, during install the
keyboard should be switched to Latin AZERTY layout and not Arabic.

Note that choosing non-Latin usernames and passwords appears to have
caused problems before, see <https://bugs.gnu.org/37872> (I have not
tested it).

Similar considerations: Maybe the default keyboard layout for virtual
console TTYs and bootloaders should be Latin unless changed
explicitly.

Regards,
Florian

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From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org, 40273-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40273: installer: No way to input Latin characters with
 non-Latin keyboard layouts
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:14:06 +0200

Hey,

> Yes please!  (BTW, sorry for the latency when replying; if you want,
> please do chime in on #guix on IRC.)

Merged! Heh, I know you are already quite busy :p

The installer tests are really a nice addition. Being able to test it
running:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
make check-system TESTS="gui-installed-os gui-installed-os-encrypted gui-installed-desktop-os-encrypted"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

is much more convenient than by hand. Thanks for your work on that
topic.

> Yeah.  If the change ends up looking risky, perhaps we should postpone
> it?  I would really like us to release this week.

Seems fair.

Florian, I'm closing the issue here :)

Mathieu

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