Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:14:26 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Erik Cederstrand <erik+lists@cederstrand.dk> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> Subject: Re: Keymap definitions for VT / NEWCONS Message-ID: <CAPyFy2ChyeyK7tZUj4WSOgNreQZZrx-ur97-BrSQDkP%2Bm_vn_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26160DA3-2BCA-434A-B3E3-F522490A70DF@cederstrand.dk> References: <53EA0EC2.2070601@freebsd.org> <53EA1E5A.5020707@FreeBSD.org> <53EA2D00.7010307@freebsd.org> <CAPyFy2DMtFhwosD4z4sVHANB3Bp9_kECNrMWHOH=VpJiPyg2aQ@mail.gmail.com> <53EB0DA0.5000305@freebsd.org> <CAFHbX1%2B%2B1f1AYoTE9jLODbLPciOyrL77ca_4EBA5YUcvHBvFOw@mail.gmail.com> <53EB5CA9.5@freebsd.org> <26160DA3-2BCA-434A-B3E3-F522490A70DF@cederstrand.dk>
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On 13 August 2014 09:47, Erik Cederstrand <erik+lists@cederstrand.dk> wrote=
:
>>
>> I wonder if we should use this opportunity to rationalize the keyboard
>> layout names, using two letter codes consistently (so dk.kbd).
>
> Sounds like a good idea. Just provide some kind of translation file inste=
ad of bailing and using a default keymap. Trying to desperately remember th=
e default US layout just to edit rc.conf and reboot is a pain. Preferably a=
s a warning at boot time like 'keymap "danish.iso.kbd" is deprecated. The n=
ew name is "da_DK.kbd". Please edit /etc/rc.conf'.
Yeah, that's important. It should be straightforward for us to
identify an old keymap variable (test that sysctl kern.vty=3Dvt and that
/usr/share/vt/keymaps/${keymap} does not exist), and then just have a
big switch statement of old and new names.
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