2014-10-18 11:34 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: > This is the continuation from the thread > "XFCE weather plugin does not work" > > 2014-10-18 10:03 GMT+03:00 Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: >> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:37:16 +0100 >> David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:33:45 +0100, Neil Bothwick (n...@digimed.co.uk) >>> wrote about "Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE weather plugin does not work" >>> (in <20141017223345.16c96...@digimed.co.uk>): >>> >>> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:13:52 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: >>> > >>> >> And last, can any patch that ends in .patch be applied to the >>> >> intended ebuild or does the gentoo ebuild auther have to put some >>> >> special code into an (EAPI-5) ebuild to facilitate user patches? >>> > >>> > AFAIR the ebuild simply has to call epatch_user() in src_unpack() >>> > and any matching patches in /etc/portage/patches are applied. >>> >>> The usual place is src_prepare(). >>> >>> I have prepared some patches from the Xfce repository with line >>> addressing to match the Gentoo sources tarball. I attach a tarball of >>> theses patches that can be untarred in /etc/portage/patches/. >> >> I have unpacked your patches to /etc/portage/patches as described here: >> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches >> and then run # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin >> >> After restarting xfce4, the weather-plugin started to work. Thank you. >> >> Nevertheless, just >> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world >> instead of # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin >> did not worked. >> >>> The ebuild should have the following lines added: >>> >>> src_prepare() { >>> epatch_user >>> } >> >> I have not done this relying on the promise by Greg Kubaryk >> that the ebuild is epatch_user enabled. >> >>> Don't forget to redo the manifest for the ebuild. >> >> I never dealt with ebuilds on a maintaner level. >> So, may I ask if it is really necessary and for which purpose. > > Just after emerging xfce4-weather-plugin with the patches > provided by David W Noon, I have noticed that I lost all my > alternative keyboard layouts. > > I tried to set them anew via xfce4 Keyboard Layouts Plugin > version 0.5.6 but there is no keyboard layout that suits my > keyboard. > > Unfortunately, unmerging xfce4-weather-plugin did not help. > > Another thing I did just before re-emerging xfce4-weather-plugin > was a routine system update. This time only net-dns/libidn package > was updated from version 1.28 to version 1.29, and before that > update my alternative keyboard layouts were still present, as > I remember using them just after the update but before rebooting > the system. > > So, it also may be that updating libidn package caused the damage. > > I remember that, while installing Gentoo about 15 months ago, > I set my keyboard layout not via an xfce4 plugin but somewhere > in the X11 settings. (At that time I had gnome2 instead of xfce4 anyway). > > So, may be now, re-emerging xfce4-weather-plugin, or trying > to set the alternative keyboard layout anew, I have created some > xfce4 configuration file that shadows X11 (or old gnome2) settings > that xfce4 used for keyboard layout previously. > > > Any thoughts?
I have found out that my problem with xfce4 keyboard plugin reduces to the fact that now I cannot choose Russian Winkeys alternative keyboard: there is no such option in the corresponding keyboard layout settings. So, I have to choose Osetinian Winkeys alternative keyboard as it is appears to be the next best choice: only one extra unnecessary letter "ӕ" in place of "э" and the letter "э" is set in another easy to remember position. But everything worked perfect before emerging xfce4-weather-plugin with patches and libidn!
