Re: Dvorak keyboard layout
John S. J. Anderson wrote:
> >>>>> "Owen" == Owen G Emry <oemry@patriot.net> writes:
>
> Owen> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout?
> Owen> I dimly recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a
> Owen> keyboard layout, but I don't know how to change it on an
> Owen> installed system.
>
> The answers from others should work for console, but if you need to do
> this under X, you need to use xmodmap to remap the keys. I've got a
> xmodmap file to do this; mail me if you'd like it.
>
> john.
I've gotten it to work by changing /etc/XF86Config to use the
dvorak layout:
3.3.x: In the section "Keyboard"
XkbSymbols "qwertydvorak(generic101)"
Where /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/qwertydvorak is a combination
of the basic dvorak layout and the "us" layout's special keys (like
more modifer-keys, functionkeys, keypad, etc). I can provide the
file upon request. (Is there a better way to do this?)
4.0.x: In the section "InputDevice" with identifier "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak(basic)"
In 4.0.x, the default dvorak configuration is similar to 3.3.x, but the
modifer keys and friends work somehow...hmm... I still need to look into
this more.
I'd like to see what you have John, I could use that on the X
terminals st school..
My .02
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