Try to install NixOS and need colemak keymapping

Help
1

I am new to NixOS and try to install it on a disk which already has a Linux with LUKS and btrfs.

So my idea is

  • booting from the nixos ISO
  • stop the installer
  • create the btrfs subvols required
  • mount things accordingly on /mnt
  • run nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
  • checking config and then run nixos-install

The problem I am facing is that I am used to colemak keyboard layout and in order to have it in the konsole I wanted to change the keyboard layout in Plasma-System settings but adding a layout is not available. Typing without colemak is really hard for me.

Any idea how I could change the keyboard layout here?

2

For Linux consoles, you can use loadkeys(1).
Also what did you mean by not available? Is Colemak not showing up in layout search results?

3

I meant the option to add a layout was not available in System Settings.

This Layouts part

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was not available.

Yeah, I should perhaps switch to a tty and do stuff there.

4

Tried it out and yes, this is a way to do it.