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installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard layouts |
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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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Re: bug#40273: installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard layouts |
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Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:14:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
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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