On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 08:16:37AM -0500, Owen Ford wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 01:29, Adam Scriven wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:57:57PM +0100, Stroller wrote: > > > On 30 Aug 2003, at 10:59 am, Owen Ford wrote: > > > >I guess I should have included this very helpful link as well :) > > > > > > > >http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue33/ayers_kbd.html > > > > > > > >If you need any more help, feel free to email me off-list. > > > > > > NO! Please keep in ON-list. This is interesting & useful! > > > > Well, here's how I ended up doing it, but right now I forget where the idea > > came from (this is from my tcsh .alias file): > > alias aoeu 'setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us' > > alias asdf 'setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout dvorak' > > > > One word of warning for long-term QWERTY users... it is SLOW. > > I'm basically back to hunt and peck, but slower 'cause the keys are in > > the wrong place! > > :) > > > > Thanks for all the help, everyone! Eventually I'll get it working in the > > console too, when I can type more than 5 words a minute. > > When I switched to dvorak I did not rearrange my keys. It prevented > cheating. I also hung a printed keymap next to my monitor for a few > weeks. The keymap was quite handy since my WinOS machine at work > required me to authenticate in QWERTY.
I've printed up a layout too (OpenOffice to the rescue), but since I use an old IBM mechanical keyboard I decided to take the 5 minutes to switch the keys around. It helps my wife use the keyboard, since she's not used to it either. :) Adam -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
