Re: how to setup default.kmap.gz
Well the asdf and aoeu are two scripts from dvorak7min. Its a typing
tutor program for dvorak (in unstable).
Blurb from package:
dvorak7min is a typing tutor to help you learn dvorak.
Also included are a pair of useful scripts to easily change between qwerty
and dvorak layouts.
james
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Didn't know about that one. Just discovered another trick:
>
> man asdf
> man aoeu
>
> ...switch between QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard layouts, in both console
> and X Windows.
>
> While this is a neat hack, it's a bit annoying to have a command which
> is simply a common random sequence of keypresses -- I discovered the
> commands when testing my keyboard configuration having just run
> kbdconfig and switching to a console window. Wanting to type something,
> I did "asdf"...and got a message that I was loading the Dvorak keymap.
> As root, natch. Granted it's nice to have a set of commands which uses
> the same keystroke pattern to munge and de-munge a keyboard, but this is
> happening a little too silently for my preferences.
>
> Moreover, the standard keymap which is substituted back in is different
> from the one specified in my console-tools configuration (I switch
> control and caps-lock). Poor design -- the tools should be integrated.
>
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> Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com)
> What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
>
> Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/
> Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/
>
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