From 49cdcb948cdb55cae09ba3643ed97aa2d6410994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kj Tsanaktsidis <kjtsanaktsidis@groq.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:16:34 +1000
Subject: fix vt escape

---
 kj-laptop01/configuration.nix | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix b/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix
index 354f688..610ecd3 100644
--- a/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix
+++ b/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix
@@ -110,11 +110,25 @@
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
 
   # Disable Alt+Left/Right virtual terminal switching
-  console.keyMap = pkgs.runCommand "disable-vt-switch.map" {
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.kbd ];
-  } ''
-    ${pkgs.kbd}/bin/dumpkeys ${pkgs.kbd}/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz | \
-    sed 's/alt keycode 105 = Console_12/alt keycode 105 = noop/' | \
-    sed 's/alt keycode 106 = Console_18/alt keycode 106 = noop/' > $out
-  '';
+  console.keyMap = "us";
+
+  # Create systemd service to disable only Alt+Arrow VT switching
+  systemd.services.disable-alt-arrow-vt = {
+    description = "Disable Alt+Arrow VT switching";
+    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    after = [ "systemd-vconsole-setup.service" ];
+    script = ''
+      # Define string sequences for Alt+Arrow that generate proper terminal escape sequences
+      cat << 'EOF' | ${pkgs.kbd}/bin/loadkeys
+      string F200 = "\033[1;3D"
+      string F201 = "\033[1;3C"
+      alt keycode 105 = F200
+      alt keycode 106 = F201
+      EOF
+    '';
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      RemainAfterExit = true;
+    };
+  };
 }
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