Enable KeymapSwitcher automatically

[diver]

data/system/boot/first_login/default_deskbar_items.sh

# install KeymapSwitcher for certain locales
if [[ `locale -l` =~ ^(ru|uk|be)$ ]]; then
   /boot/system/preferences/KeymapSwitcher --deskbar
fi

Resolves a TODO ​https://git.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/src/apps/firstbootprompt/BootPromptWindow.cpp#n71

[pulkomandy]

Does it need further configuration? Which keymap should be the default then? Also, this wouldn't work in Installer since DeskBar isn't running then, right?

[diver]

Yes, by default only current keymap is added to KeymapSwitcher. So it needs additional configuring. KeymapSwitcher icon in the Deskbar should give a visual clue where to do that.

message /boot/home/config/settings/Switcher

BMessage('pref') {
        version = string("1.2.7.11", 9 bytes)
        hotkey = int32(0x2000 or 8192)
        beep = bool(true)
        disabled = bool(false)
        active = int32(0x0 or 0)
        keymaps = int32(0x1 or 1)
        n0 = string("US-International", 17 bytes)
        d0 = int32(0x3f7 or 1015)
        system_wide = int32(0x0 or 0)

We cant't install it without Deskbar running, unless it's possible to insert it here

message /boot/home/config/settings/deskbar/replicants

BMessage(0x0) {
        replicant_path[0] = string("/boot/system/apps/ProcessController", 36 bytes)
        replicant_path[1] = string("/boot/system/apps/NetworkStatus", 32 bytes)
        replicant_path[2] = string("/boot/system/bin/desklink", 26 bytes)
        replicant_path[3] = string("/boot/system/apps/NetPulse", 27 bytes)
        replicant_path[4] = string("/boot/system/bin/vmware_tray", 29 bytes)
        replicant_path[5] = string("/boot/system/preferences/KeymapSwitcher", 40 bytes)

[diver]

Ideally we should add current locale's keymap and activate hotkey remapping -- last two lines -- this will avoid configuring KeymapSwitcher altogether.

BMessage('pref') {
        version = string("1.2.7.11", 9 bytes)
        hotkey = int32(0x2000 or 8192)
        beep = bool(true)
        disabled = bool(false)
        active = int32(0x0 or 0)
        keymaps = int32(0x2 or 2)
        system_wide = int32(0x0 or 0)
        d0 = int32(0x3f7 or 1015)
        n0 = string("US-International", 17 bytes)
        d1 = int32(0x3f7 or 1015)
        n1 = string("Russian", 8 bytes)
        remap = int32(0x1 or 1)

[diver]

The latter should be fixed on the KeymapSwitcher side ​https://github.com/HaikuArchives/KeymapSwitcher/blob/master/Settings.cpp#L58

[X512]

Is it OK to hardcode calling external component from Haiku code?

[pulkomandy]

At some point we will somehow integrate this into Haiku, it's required for normal operation in some locales. Probably the settings will be moved in Keymap or Input preferences.

[diver]

The KeymapSwitcher part is now done in ​https://github.com/HaikuArchives/KeymapSwitcher/commit/981cfb56

[waddlesplash]

Yes, there is a ticket about integrating it, but currently the way KeymapSwitcher functions is considered a hack. There are blueprints somewhere about how to integrate it properly into input_server, but these are unimplemented.

[pulkomandy]

Yes, there is a ticket about integrating it, but currently the way KeymapSwitcher functions is considered a hack.

If we don't integrate it, no one will fix it.

Anyway, patch moved to Gerrit: ​https://review.haiku-os.org/c/haiku/+/2597

[diver]

Fixed in hrev54141. We can drop the TODO in ​​https://git.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/src/apps/firstbootprompt/BootPromptWindow.cpp#n71