In current BLFS we don't do much to configure xorg, but when we do
we seem to have a mixture of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (drivers) and
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d (testing and configuration).
For some years I've been using ${XORG_PREFIX}/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
which is what I though was the right way to go [ strictly, I only
ever build in /usr ]. I guess I'm not too fussed about using /etc,
if that is agreed to be preferred, but I now think of an xorg.conf
file as 'legacy', like the core fonts (yes, I know we still have
those, and I think they are a waste of space and SBUs :)
Variation is a strength, but mixing an xorg.conf file and files in
xorg.conf.d/ seems messy to me. Maybe I'm just out on my own again
;-)
Also, the basic book is no doubt fine for people who use an American
keyboard (QWERTY, # on shifted 3, no key to the left of Z), but
everyone else will have to find their own settings. At one time we
had an example for switching between en_US and ru (it's in
archive/x-setup.xml) with some explanation, but AFAICS we no longer
have any pointers for people with different keyboard layouts
(AZERTY, QWERTY variants, and QWERTZ ]. Perhaps that is "so basic"
that we don't need to comment on it ? I think it might be useful to
mention the options, but perhaps I'm living in the past and everyone
now expects their DM to handle keyboard layouts ?
ĸen
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