Re: xkb options
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:38:57 -0500
"Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
> * Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> [070424 08:42]:
> > I understand that. I'm actually currently using dvorak7m to teach
> > myself touch typing using the dvorak keymapping, and I'm using an
> > ordinary qwerty keyboard. I switch back and forth with 'setxkbmap
> > dvorak' / 'setxkbmap us.
> ...
> > I really need to learn to touch type properly, and then there will
> > really be no reason not to use the same keyboard for everything,
> > switching on the fly with 'setkkbmap' or something like I mentioned
> > above (e.g. 'grp:ctrl_rwin_toggle'). Why wouldn't that be the optimal
> > solution?
>
> Yes; that is the optimal solution. I learned to touch type in 1963,
> and I switched to the Dvorak-Classic layout in 1983. The transition
> took only a few weeks, because I refused to return to the QWERTY
> layout. The transition takes much longer if you switch back and forth
> from Dvorak to QWERTY.
>
> However, back then I did use a keyboard in which the keycaps
> were marked according to the Dvorak layout. But now I use a standard
> keyboard on which the keys have QWERTY markings.
>
> English keyboard users who decide to make the switch should choose the
> "Dvorak-Classic" layout instead of the plain "Dvorak" layout. The
> difference is that in the Classic layout -- which follows the original
> as designed by Dvorak himself -- the numeric key row is as follows:
>
> [ 7 5 3 1 9 0 2 4 6 8 ]
>
> But the layout adopted by ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
> about 1983 uses the QWERTY arrangement for the numeric row of keys.
> This sometimes is called the "modified Dvorak" layout, but most of the
> time it simply is called the "Dvorak" layout.
>
> If you wish to be able to type numbers without pain and without error,
> insist upon the Dvorak-Classic layout! Note that Dvorak-Classic is
> available in XKB.
>
> RLH
Thanks for the suggestions. Any recommendations about typing tutor
software or resources? I'm currently using dvorak7m, and I've tried
gtypist.
Celejar
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