PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64

[Solved] Keyboard map layout not identified

Ricky-Tigg opened this issue · 5 comments

Ricky-Tigg commented

v.: 2023.08.2_25.0_x86-64_0.35. Disk image (img) on Ventoy-formatted media for UEFI. Hello.

In running Linux distribution –Fedora, edition 39.

Keyboard layout:

$ localectl status
System Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 VC Keymap: fi
 X11 Layout: fi

In running ShredOS

In virtual console: ctrl alt f2; sh-5.2# prompt exhibited.

  • Steps to reproduce
  1. Set the appropriate keyboard map for the current session – loadkeys fi.
  2. Test the effectiveness of step 1. by pressing Scandinavian keys Å, Ä and Ö, and observe the result for each of them.
  • Observed results:
    Å and Ä | characters not printed.
    Ö | prompt changed to (arg: 6), character not printed.

Therefore the keyboard map layout is not identified.

PartialVolume commented

On the current version we only have us_en.UTF8, POSIX and C locales installed.

I'll update ShredOS with more locales in the next update, which will include your locale fi_FI.UTF-8

Ricky-Tigg commented

According to the plan, this task could be completed by now, and I have no reasonable doubt that it is. However, in the unlikely event that it is not yet, and that in this state it is promised to remain, it would be up to the rest of the world, which is therefore represented by a Keymap other than en for the en_US.UTF8 locale, to seek for a valid alternative software, which simply supports any other Keymap. Thus making the application usable – but then, isn't that the very essence of any application?

PartialVolume commented

I'm not sure exactly when it was updated with more keymaps but as per the README.md document I added some help at the time. Setting the locale keymap

Ricky-Tigg commented

You have to see it to believe it. Such complexity to define a keyboard map would probably be to its advantage in the context of a technical demonstration competition. But in the use for which this application is intended, it makes it a dubious practice, likely to put off an audience, who will certainly conclude that it is not worth using. However, in my experience, finding a well-designed model representative in relation to this subject is hardly a miracle; for example, OpenBSD is one. For it, the system console driver defaults to standard US keyboard map. But unlike this application, each of the keyboard maps made available can be activated by simple selection.

PartialVolume commented

I'm looking forward to receiving you pull requests 🙂