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Re: dvorak keyboard



On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:42PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 17:56, p wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 09:58:11AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> > > i'm considering switching to dvorak, half on a whim, half because i
> > > think it might help my geek-related wrist pain (yes, i'm icing and
> > > am going to call a doctor soon).  two questions:
> > > 
> > > 1. i can get it working in console mode fine (`loadkeys dvorak` does
> > >    the trick), but can't seem to make it work with X.  do i need a
> > >    different command / keymap / &c.?
> > 
> > setxkbmap dvorak
> > 
> > > 
> > > 2. does anyone out there use it?  was it hard to switch?  can you now
> > >    type both layouts?  was it worth it to switch?  how long did it
> > >    take to retrain?
> > >
> > 
> > i switched 5 months ago.  it feels much better, and 
> 
> If I decide to take the plunge, I presume that I pop all the keys 
> off my keyboard and replace them in the new positions?
> 
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that would be one approach.  (i'm not that 
sophisticated.)  i just memorized where the 
new keys are--qwerty "i" is now dvorak "c,"
qwerty "p" is now dvorak "l"....

kthxbye.

b.

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