I seem to remember that there is already a dvorak key map somewhere in Plan 9. I was able to just use it. On Dec 2, 2012 7:34 PM, "Murray Colpman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/12/12 01:08, Bakul Shah wrote: > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:45:29 GMT Murray Colpman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an > >> error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages, > >> it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a > >> '#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa > >> letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing > >> it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I > >> don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly. > >> Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown > >> device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa). > > > > You need to compile the driver in. Add > > kbmap > > to the dev section in config file /sys/src/9/bcm/pi. mk and > > then copy 9pi to the dos partition. > > > > dossrv -f /dev/sdM0/dos > > mount -c /sv/dos /n/dos > > cp /sys/src/9/bcm/9pi /n/dos/9pi > > fshalt > > > Thank you very much for the instructions! > > Just tried it, kbmap now works perfectly, and I have now set the > keyboard map in my lib/profile. It all works :D - now I just have to > hack together a UK Dvorak - the map files look easy enough to fiddle > with. I'll do this tomorrow as I should really be sleeping now, though. > > Thanks a lot! > Murray Colpman. > >
