====== mine Keyboard Layout on NixOS unstable ======

[[https://www.neo-layout.org/Layouts/mine/|mine]] is an optimized german keyboard layout.

===== Manual per user install =====

<code bash>
mkdir -p ~/.config/xkb/symbols
curl https://dl.neo-layout.org/custom_mine_2.39 > ~/.config/xkb/symbols/custom
</code>

Add keyboard layout:

<code>
GNOME Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources > Add Input Source > Other > A user-defined custom Layout > Add
</code>

Choose keyboard layout with the drop-down menu in the top right of the GNOME Shell status bar.


===== Find directory paths from which keymaps are loaded =====

If the keyboard layout cannot be found, press the litte eye icon or "View Keyboard Layout" next to the "A user-defined custom Layout" entry in GNOME Settings and find the error message in the systemd journal.

<code bash>
bash$ journalctl -et org.gnome.Settings
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338] Couldn't find file "symbols/custom" in include paths
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338] 1 include paths searched:
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338]         /nix/store/3kj098kkfh4mw4d70yjqg1flxzj3xw21-xkeyboard-config-2.46/etc/X11/xkb
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338] 4 include paths could not be added:
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338]         /home/clerie/.config/xkb
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338]         /home/clerie/.config/xkb
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338]         /home/clerie/.xkb
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-338]         /etc/xkb
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-661] Couldn't process include statement for 'custom'
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-769] Abandoning symbols file "(unnamed map)"
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: Failed to compile xkb_symbols
Apr 08 20:08:07 helium org.gnome.Settings[25083]: xkbcommon: ERROR: [XKB-822] Failed to compile keymap
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