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 <code>xorg.xproto</code> seems not to exist anymore, so the command with <code>nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A xorg.xproto</code> does not work anymore. Whats the correct replacement? --[[User:Itium|Itium]] ([[User talk:Itium|talk]]) 23:21, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
+== Incomplete application of the keyboard layout across environments ==
+The current page shows decent basic and advanced configuration, but it does not apply the desired keyboard layout consistently across all environments.
+I only use a basic keyboard configuration, so I cannot speak for the Advanced part; However, I can do so for the simple configuration.
+For example, if one adds the following to their <b><code>configuration.nix</code></b>:
+<b><p style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: monospace; display: block; padding: 1rem; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid">services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #00a0ff;">{</span>
+	layout <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #e600ab">"fr"</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+	variant <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #e600ab">""</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+<span style="color: #00a0ff;">}</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+</p></b>
+The keyboard layout is applied in most X11 environments, but not in the Linux Console (TTY) and not in certain Wayland compositors.
+The solution to this seems pretty simple to me:
+<ul>
+<li> Add the <b><code>console<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>useXkbConfig <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #ff0080;">true</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span></code></b> option.</li>
+<li> Export <b><code>XKB_DEFAULT_</code></b>* variables with <b><code>environment<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variables <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #00a0ff;">{}</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span></code></b>, for example:</li>
+<b><p style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: monospace; display: block; padding: 1rem; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid">environment<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variables <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #00a0ff;">{</span>
+	XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> config<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>layout<span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+	XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> config<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variant<span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+<span style="color: #00a0ff;">}</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+</p></b>
+</ul>
+In my experience, this allows the Linux Console to use the keyboard settings set with <b><code>services.xserver.xkb</code></b>, and allows "misbehaving" Wayland compositors to do the same.
+For example, this is my current <b><code>/etc/nixos/input/keyboard-layout.nix</code></b> module:
+<b><p style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: monospace; display: block; padding: 1rem; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 1px solid"><span style="color: #00a0ff;">{</span> config<span style="color: #ff5c00;">, ...</span> <span style="color: #00a0ff;">}</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">:</span> <span style="color: #00a0ff;">{</span>
+	<span style="color: #005cff"># Keyboard layout settings.
+	# To see a complete list of layouts, variants, and other settings:
+	# • <code>https://gist.github.com/jatcwang/ae3b7019f219b8cdc6798329108c9aee</code>
+	#
+	# To see why this list cannot easily be seen within NixOS:
+	# • <code>https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/254523</code>
+	# • <code>https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/286283</code></span>
+	services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>layout <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #e600ab">"us"</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+	services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variant <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #e600ab">"intl"</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+	<span style="color: #005cff"># Export the used keyboard layout. Some programs rely on this setting for it to be properly applied.</span>
+	environment<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variables<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> config<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>layout<span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+	environment<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variables<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> config<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>services<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xserver<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>xkb<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>variant<span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+	<span style="color: #005cff"># Whether to let the virtual console's (TTY's) keyboard layout be the same as the one configured above.
+	# If false, it needs to be manually configured with the `console.keyMap` option.</span>
+	console<span style="color: #ff5c00;">.</span>useXkbConfig <span style="color: #ff5c00;">=</span> <span style="color: #ff0080;">true</span><span style="color: #ff5c00;">;</span>
+<span style="color: #00a0ff;">}</span>
+</p></b>
+<hr>
+On another note, there is the following line in this page:
+«<i>You can find valid values for these options in <b><code style="color: #00cc00;">$(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A xkeyboard_config)/etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst</code></b>»</i>, but this is incomplete, and also simply does not work. Removing this or fixing this would be great, though, I do not know how to do the latter.
+<!-- WHY did I write all of this by hand…? --!> ~~~~