Re: [9front] making permanent changes to /dev/kbmap

[alex <alex9-ml@proton.me>]

Hello cinap, 

thank you very much! 

I'm not sure if I implemented your last suggestion correctly, but it works:

Since I didn't know how to customize /sys/src/9/boot/bootfs.proto, I added a kbmap to /sys/lib/kbmap/, specified it in plan9.ini and rebuilt the kernel.

This worked wonderfully, thanks again! 

Best regards, 
Alex

cinap_lenrek@felloff.net <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> schrieb am Sonntag, 23. Juni 2024 um 13:17:

> Adding it to $home/lib/profile is one way,
> but remember that this is run also on rcpu
> logins. Of course, you can make sure to only
> apply it when ~ $service terminal and
> ~ $terminal reform ...
> 
> Probably better approach is adding that to
> /cfg/$sysname/termrc or... Which only runs
> at boot before the login.
> 
> Or make a "reform" keyboard map file and add it to
> /sys/src/9/boot/bootfs.proto,
> including it into the kernel's bootfs.paq
> file system:
> 
> Then set kbmap=reform in your plan9.ini.
> 
> see /sys/src/9/boot/bootrc:
> 
> if(! ~$#kbmap 0){
> if(test -f /sys/lib/kbmap/$kbmap){
> echo 'setting kbmap to' $kbmap
> cat /sys/lib/kbmap/$kbmap >/dev/kbmap
> 
> }
> }
> 
> That way, the keyboard will behave even before
> the file-system is mounted.
> 
> --
> cinap