On 18-May-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> dvorak is simply a format of keyboard ... they have the same key
> layout as a normal keyboard but different characters assigned to the
> keys (ie 'a' on a normal keyboard might be 't' on DVORAK). You
> simply have to tell your computer you have a DVORAK keyboard and then
> figure out what keys are what. There isn't a shape difference
> between QWERTY and DVORAK so you don't have to buy an new keyboard.
True, but there are also keyboards which has all the keys appropriately wired
and labeled for dvorak. They allow you to use the dvorak keyboard layout
directly without any software settings. They are mainly useful under an OS like
DOS where keyboard control is often handled directly by the application. They
tend to be hard to find and are rather expensive.
Under Linux, there is no real need to obtain a hardware dvorak keyboard since
as far as I know, all Linux applications can make use of software dvorak
keyboard mapping. But if you wish to use a hardware dvorak keyboard, it should
work under Linux without any special settings. As far as the OS is concern, the
physical position of the keys are irrelevent.
Just for the record, the 'a' key on a qwerty is in the same position as the 'a'
key in the dvorak.
Cort
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