Process layout replaceable

BLFS/gen_pkg_book.sh

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ declare -a TARGET
 declare DEP_LEVEL
 declare SUDO
 declare LANGUAGE
+declare KBLAYOUT
 declare WRAP_INSTALL
 declare DEL_LA_FILES
 declare STATS
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ parse_configuration() {    #
       DEL_LA_FILES=*  | \
       STATS=*         | \
       LANGUAGE=*      | \
+      KBLAYOUT=*      | \
       SUDO=*  )  eval ${REPLY} # Define/set a global variable..
                       continue ;;
     esac
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ parse_configuration() {    #
 validate_configuration() { #
 #--------------------------#
   local -r dotSTR=".................."
-  local -r PARAM_LIST="DEP_LEVEL SUDO LANGUAGE MAIL_SERVER WRAP_INSTALL DEL_LA_FILES STATS"
+  local -r PARAM_LIST="DEP_LEVEL SUDO LANGUAGE KBLAYOUT MAIL_SERVER WRAP_INSTALL DEL_LA_FILES STATS"
   local -r PARAM_VALS='${config_param}${dotSTR:${#config_param}} ${L_arrow}${BOLD}${!config_param}${OFF}${R_arrow}'
   local config_param
   local -i index
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ xsltproc --xinclude --nonet \
          --stringparam del-la-files "$DEL_LA_FILES" \
          --stringparam list-stat "$LIST_STAT" \
          --stringparam language "$LANGUAGE" \
+         --stringparam xkblayout "$KBLAYOUT" \
 	 --stringparam fqdn "$(hostname -f)" \
          -o ./scripts/ ${MakeScripts} \
          ${BookXml}

BLFS/xsl/gen_config.xsl

@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ config  LANGUAGE
             Because of the book layout, the 3 fields, ll, CC and charmap are
             mandatory. The @modfier is honoured if present.
 
+config  KBLAYOUT
+        string "Keyboard layout (to be used in GDM)"
+        default "us"
+        help
+            Used in GDM for setting the login screen keyboard layout.
+            See the GDM page in the book for what to put into this field
+
 config  SUDO
         bool "Build as User"
         default y

BLFS/xsl/process-replaceable.xsl

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
         'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')"/>
 <!-- end of host/domain name variables -->
 
+<!--===================================================================-->
+<!-- keyboard layout for the gdm page (as of BLFS 9.0) -->
+  <xsl:param name="xkblayout" select="'us'"/>
+
 <!--===================================================================-->
 <!-- the main template: to be adjusted depending on the book -->
   <xsl:template match="replaceable">
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@
       <xsl:when test="contains(string(),'@modifier')">
         <xsl:copy-of select="$lang-modifier"/>
       </xsl:when>
+<!-- keyboard layout for X/waylang (only GDM as of BLFS-9.0) -->
+      <xsl:when test="contains(string(),'layout')">
+        <xsl:copy-of select="$xkblayout"/>
+      </xsl:when>
 <!-- At several places, the number of jobs is given as "N" in a replaceable
      tag. We either detect "N" alone or &lt;N&gt; Replace N with 4. -->
       <xsl:when test="contains(string(),'&lt;N&gt;') or string()='N'">