keyboard: set and use extraLayouts

README.md

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 > Deine Configs sind wunderschön <3 —[flxai](https://github.com/flxai/)
 
 ## To do
-- [ ] `services.xserver.xkb.extraLayouts`
+- [ ] get rid of `nixinate`

configs/keyboard/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  config,
   pkgs,
   lib,
   ...
@@ -63,45 +64,42 @@ in
 
   # man 7 xkeyboard-config
   services.xserver = {
-    exportConfiguration = true; # link /usr/share/X11 properly
+    exportConfiguration = lib.mkForce true; # link /usr/share/X11 properly
     xkb.layout = defaultLanguage.code;
     # T3: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/German-Keyboard-Layout-T3-Version1-large.png
     # buckwalter: http://www.qamus.org/transliteration.htm
     xkb.variant = defaultLanguage.variant;
     xkb.options = commaSep xkbOptions;
-    xkb.dir = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
-      name = "x-keyboard-directory";
-      paths = [
-        "${pkgs.xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb"
-        (pkgs.linkFarm "custom-x-keyboards" (
-          lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: {
-            name = "symbols/${name}";
-            path = value;
-          }) (lib.filterAttrs (_: value: !(value ? "code")) languages)
-          ++ [
-            {
-              name = "symbols/ir";
-              path = ./farsi;
-            }
-          ]
-        ))
-      ];
+    xkb.extraLayouts = {
+      coptic = {
+        languages = [ "cop" ];
+        description = "Coptic is the latest stage of the Egyptian language and was used by Egyptian Christians. The Coptic script is based on the Greek alphabet with some letters borrowed from Demotic Egyptian.";
+        symbolsFile = ./coptic;
+      };
+      avestan = {
+        languages = [ "ave" ];
+        description = "Avestan is an ancient Iranian language known primarily from its use in the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta. It is an Indo-Iranian language that was spoken in ancient Persia.";
+        symbolsFile = ./avestan;
+      };
+      gothic = {
+        languages = [ "got" ];
+        description = "Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex Argenteus, a 6th-century manuscript containing a translation of the Bible into Gothic.";
+        symbolsFile = ./gothic;
+      };
+      farsi = {
+        languages = [ "fas" ];
+        description = "Farsi, also known as Persian, is an Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan (where it is known as Dari), and Tajikistan (where it is called Tajik). It has a rich literary tradition and is written in a modified Arabic script.";
+        symbolsFile = ./farsi;
+      };
     };
   };
 
   environment.etc."x11-locale".source = toString pkgs.xorg.libX11 + "share/X11/locale";
 
   home-manager.users.me = {
-    home.file =
-      lib.mapAttrs' (name: path: lib.nameValuePair ".xkb/symbols/${name}" { source = path; }) (
-        lib.filterAttrs (_: value: !(value ? "code")) languages
-      )
-      // {
-        ".xkb/symbols/ir".source = ./farsi;
-      }
-      // {
-        ".XCompose".source = ./XCompose;
-      };
+    home.file = {
+      ".XCompose".source = ./XCompose;
+    };
   };
 
   console.keyMap = "de";
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ in
         swaymsg -s $SWAYSOCK 'input * xkb_options "${lib.concatStringsSep "," xkbOptions}"'
       fi
     ''
-  ) languages;
+  ) (languages // config.services.xserver.xkb.extraLayouts);
 
   # improve held key rate
   services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = "${pkgs.xorg.xset}/bin/xset r rate 300 50";