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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" >
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="org.freedesktop.locale1" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>org.freedesktop.locale1</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.locale1</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>org.freedesktop.locale1</refname>
+ <refpurpose>The D-Bus interface of systemd-localed</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is a system service that can be used to control the system locale and keyboard mapping from user
+ programs. This page describes the D-Bus interface.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>The D-Bus API</title>
+
+ <para>The service exposes the following interfaces on the bus:</para>
+
+ <programlisting executable="systemd-localed" node="/org/freedesktop/locale1" interface="org.freedesktop.locale1">
+node /org/freedesktop/locale1 {
+ interface org.freedesktop.locale1 {
+ methods:
+ SetLocale(in as locale,
+ in b interactive);
+ SetVConsoleKeyboard(in s keymap,
+ in s keymap_toggle,
+ in b convert,
+ in b interactive);
+ SetX11Keyboard(in s layout,
+ in s model,
+ in s variant,
+ in s options,
+ in b convert,
+ in b interactive);
+ properties:
+ readonly as Locale = ['...', ...];
+ readonly s X11Layout = '...';
+ readonly s X11Model = '...';
+ readonly s X11Variant = '...';
+ readonly s X11Options = '...';
+ readonly s VConsoleKeymap = '...';
+ readonly s VConsoleKeymapToggle = '...';
+ };
+ interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer { ... };
+ interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable { ... };
+ interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties { ... };
+};
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <!--Autogenerated cross-references for systemd.directives, do not edit-->
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.locale1"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.locale1"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="SetLocale()"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="SetVConsoleKeyboard()"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="SetX11Keyboard()"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="Locale"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="X11Layout"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="X11Model"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="X11Variant"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="X11Options"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="VConsoleKeymap"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="VConsoleKeymapToggle"/>
+
+ <!--End of Autogenerated section-->
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Methods</title>
+
+ <para>If you set a new system locale all old system locale settings will be dropped and the new
+ settings will be saved to disk. The locale will also be passed to the system manager, and subsequently started
+ daemons will inherit the new system locale. Note that already running daemons will not learn about the
+ new value.</para>
+
+ <para>The <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function> method may be used to set the key mapping for the
+ virtual console. Similarly, <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function> may be used to set the default key
+ mapping of any X11 servers.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function> instantly applies the new key mapping to the
+ console, while <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function> simply sets a default that may be used by later
+ sessions.</para>
+
+ <para>The boolean argument <varname>convert</varname> may be set to optionally convert the console
+ keyboard configuration to X11 keyboard mappings and vice versa. If true and
+ <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function> is used, the nearest X11 keyboard setting for the chosen
+ console setting is set. If true and <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function> is used, the nearest console
+ keyboard setting for the chosen X11 setting is set. Hence, it is usually sufficient to call only one of the
+ two functions.</para>
+
+ <para>For graphical UIs that need to set the system keyboard mapping simply invoke
+ <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function>, set <varname>convert=true</varname> and ignore
+ <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function>.</para>
+
+ <para>Use the empty string for the keymap parameters you wish not to set.</para>
+
+ <para>The <varname>interactive</varname> boolean parameters can be used to control whether
+ <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/">polkit</ulink>
+ should interactively ask the user for authentication credentials if required.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Signals</title>
+
+ <para>Whenever the system locale or keymap is changed via the daemon,
+ <function>PropertyChanged</function> signals are sent out to which clients can subscribe.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Properties</title>
+
+ <para>The system locale is shown in the <varname>Locale</varname> property. It is an array containing
+ environment-variable-assignment-like strings. The following strings are known:
+ <varname>LANG=</varname>, <varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>, <varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_TIME=</varname>, <varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>, <varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>, <varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>, <varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>, <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>, <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <varname>X11Layout</varname>, <varname>X11Model</varname>, <varname>X11Variant</varname>, and
+ <varname>X11Options</varname> properties show values configurable with
+ <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function> described above (or <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function>
+ with <varname>convert=true</varname>). The <varname>VConsoleKeymap</varname> and
+ <varname>VConsoleKeymapToggle</varname> properties show values configurable with
+ <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function> (or <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function> with
+ <varname>convert=true</varname>).</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Security</title>
+
+ <para>Changing the system locale or keymap using this interface is authenticated via polkit. The
+ polkit action for <function>SetLocale()</function> is
+ <constant>org.freedesktop.locale1.set-locale</constant>. The polkit action for
+ <function>SetX11Keyboard()</function> and <function>SetVConsoleKeyboard()</function> is
+ <constant>org.freedesktop.locale1.set-keyboard</constant>.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Introspect <interfacename>org.freedesktop.locale1</interfacename> on the bus</title>
+
+ <programlisting>
+$ gdbus introspect --system \
+ --dest org.freedesktop.locale1 \
+ --object-path /org/freedesktop/locale1
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="versioning">
+ <title>Versioning</title>
+
+ <para>These D-Bus interfaces follow <ulink url="https://0pointer.de/blog/projects/versioning-dbus.html">
+ the usual interface versioning guidelines</ulink>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>