>> Hi. i can't give any input to this, i'd rather like an output.
What is a
>> dvorak keyboard layout ? I only now that Dvorak was a famous composer.
>>
>>
>> Greez
>
>The keyboard layout determines the characters of the keys on a keyboard. For
>example, the qwerty keyboard layout used on nearly all keyboards has the 'Q'
>character on the top-left corner and the 'P' character on the top-right
corner.
>The dvorak layout associates each key with a different character from the one
>used by qwerty.
>
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>The dvorak keyboard layout is designed to provide greater typing speed and
>lower stress on the wrist as compared with the qwerty layout. It takes a
while
>to get used to it but it's well worth the trouble especially if you type a
lot
>and value the health of your hands. Personally, I don't type much but I find
>the dvorak layout a lot more comfortable than qwerty.
>
>
>The keyboard layout is not hardware dependent. You can configure Linux to use
>the dvorak keyboard layout by issuing the command "loadkeys dvorak" at the
>console, and by editing the "XkbLayout" field to the value "dvorak" in the
file
>"/etc/XF86Config" for X.
Thanks for the explanation, but is this keyboard layout optimized for
_any_ language or just for english ?? Is there a german dvorak layout too ?
If yes, what shall i do if i want to use it and type for both languages ?
Just interested.
Greez
Dave
