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+;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+(define-module (rosenthal system keyboard)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-9 gnu)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (guix gexp)
+  #:export (keyboard-layout
+            keyboard-layout->console-keymap))
+
+;; Copied from (gnu system keyboard), with package dependencies removed.  To
+;; use this module, packages ‘console-setup’ and ‘xkeyboard-config’ should be
+;; installed into the system profile.
+
+;; Copied from (gnu system keyboard) to avoid package dependencies.
+(define-immutable-record-type <keyboard-layout>
+  (%keyboard-layout name variant model options)
+  keyboard-layout?
+  (name      keyboard-layout-name)                ;string
+  (variant   keyboard-layout-variant)             ;#f | string
+  (model     keyboard-layout-model)               ;#f | string
+  (options   keyboard-layout-options))            ;list of strings
+
+(define* (keyboard-layout name #:optional variant
+                          #:key model (options '()))
+  "Return a new keyboard layout with the given NAME and VARIANT.
+
+NAME must be a string such as \"fr\"; VARIANT must be a string such as
+\"bepo\" or \"nodeadkeys\".  See the 'xkeyboard-config' package for valid
+options."
+  (%keyboard-layout name variant model options))
+
+(define* (keyboard-layout->console-keymap layout)
+  "Return a Linux console keymap file for LAYOUT, a <keyboard-layout> record.
+Layout information is taken from the XKEYBOARD-CONFIG package."
+  (define %current-system
+    "/run/current-system/profile")
+
+  (define build
+    (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+      #~(begin
+          (use-modules (guix build utils)
+                       (ice-9 popen)
+                       (ice-9 match))
+
+          (define pipe
+            (open-pipe* OPEN_READ
+                        (in-vicinity %current-system "bin/ckbcomp")
+                        (string-append
+                         "-I" (in-vicinity %current-system "share/X11/xkb"))
+                        "-rules" "base"
+                        #$@(match (keyboard-layout-model layout)
+                             (#f      '())
+                             (model   `("-model" ,model)))
+                        #$(keyboard-layout-name layout)
+                        #$(or (keyboard-layout-variant layout)
+                              "")
+                        #$(string-join (keyboard-layout-options layout) ",")))
+
+          (call-with-output-file #$output
+            (lambda (output)
+              (dump-port pipe output)))
+
+          ;; Note: ckbcomp errors out when the layout name is unknown, but
+          ;; merely emits a warning when the variant is unknown.
+          (unless (zero? (close-pipe pipe))
+            (error "failed to create console keymap for keyboard layout"
+                   #$(keyboard-layout-name layout))))))
+
+  (computed-file (string-append "console-keymap."
+                                (string-map (match-lambda
+                                              (#\, #\-)
+                                              (chr chr))
+                                            (keyboard-layout-name layout)))
+                 build))