On 7/21/24 02:33, Russell L. Harris wrote:
is it possible to remap keyboard to Dvorak in X Window? does anyone use it to speed up typing?The same reasons the standard typewriter keyboard is QWERTY rather than Dvorak: = The precedent set by the first to market is powerful. = The influence of advertising upon a populace lacking in discernment and addicted to novelty is deadly. Add to that extortion and bribes and a compromised legal system. The QWERTY system was designed to slow down typists so as to reduce the problem of jamming of keys of a poorly-designed mechanism.