Re: dvorak keyboard
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:35:08PM +0000, p wrote:
> 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.
>
> //
oops, i should have mentioned that i printed
out the dvorak layout as my guide.
http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/layout.html
b.
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