doc: Explain how to change the keyboard layout at run time.

* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Mention GNOME's "Region & Language",
setxkbmap, and loadkeys.
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@ -11002,6 +11002,8 @@ special-case and is automatically added whether or not it is specified.
@node Keyboard Layout @node Keyboard Layout
@section Keyboard Layout @section Keyboard Layout
@cindex keyboard layout
@cindex keymap
To specify what each key of your keyboard does, you need to tell the operating To specify what each key of your keyboard does, you need to tell the operating
system what @dfn{keyboard layout} you want to use. The default, when nothing system what @dfn{keyboard layout} you want to use. The default, when nothing
is specified, is the US English QWERTY layout for 105-key PC keyboards. is specified, is the US English QWERTY layout for 105-key PC keyboards.
@ -11101,6 +11103,34 @@ a different layout. The @code{set-xorg-configuration} procedure communicates
the desired Xorg configuration to the graphical log-in manager, by default the desired Xorg configuration to the graphical log-in manager, by default
GDM. GDM.
We've discussed how to specify the @emph{default} keyboard layout of your
system when it starts, but you can also adjust it at run time:
@itemize
@item
If you're using GNOME, its settings panel has a ``Region & Language'' entry
where you can select one or more keyboard layouts.
@item
Under Xorg, the @command{setxkbmap} command (from the same-named package)
allows you to change the current layout. For example, this is how you would
change the layout to US Dvorak:
@example
setxkbmap us dvorak
@end example
@item
The @code{loadkeys} command changes the keyboard layout in effect in the Linux
console. However, note that @code{loadkeys} does @emph{not} use the XKB
keyboard layout categorization described above. The command below loads the
French bépo layout:
@example
loadkeys fr-bepo
@end example
@end itemize
@node Locales @node Locales
@section Locales @section Locales