I've consistently found Synergy painfully buggy on OS X, though. Teleport just works, and excellently. However, Synergy does allow cross-platform pairing -- but that's not a requirement for us since we all use macs.
Bo On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Mark Wotton <[email protected]> wrote: > Another option is using synergy from synergy2.sf.net - it lets you > share a keyboard and mouse between two machines, and it preserves your > settings. Thus, you could have two machines, one set to Dvorak and the > other set to Qwerty, and just connect through synergy from one to the > other. > > mark > another cussed dvorak user > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jack Chen <[email protected]> wrote: >> As a Dvorak user, I found that it was always a hurdle to learn >> something like vim since the keybindings weren't going to be the same >> for me ('hjkl' etc), so I was interested when I saw the heading come >> up when Bo and I were watching it at work. >> >> We pair program at work, so we did have to deal with the hurdle of >> having conflicting keyboard layouts while pairing. I use Dvorak, Bo >> uses Colemak and everyone who aren't as cool as us use QWERTY. There >> has been plenty of times a pair would have attempted to do something >> in the other layout and gotten somewhat angry because it didn't do >> what they wanted. >> >> Our setup is we have our own laptops, and one is connected to the 30" >> monitor. The person without the monitor uses Teleport to control the >> main screen. As you may know, when you type through Teleport/Screen >> Sharing, the keys appear in the keyboard layout of the target machine, >> so that didn't work. >> >> I whipped up a quick SIMBL plugin named Telefrag (first stab at Cocoa >> and SIMBL, actually) for Teleport which allow you to add custom >> keyboard layouts between computers in Teleport. It's not very smart.. >> you have to symlink the keymap plist that you want to use (It comes >> with all combinations for QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak), so if you use >> Dvorak and your pair is on QWERTY, you would symlink >> Dvorak_QWERTY.plist to Keymap.plist, etc, but it's helped us overcome >> this barrier while pair programming, increasing efficiency and >> improving morale. >> >> Works on 10.5 fine, and there's a script you need to run to have it >> work on Snow Leopard which I'll put up on the git repo if anyone needs >> it. >> >> http://github.com/chendo/telefrag/tree >> >> On Feb 4, 3:58 am, Ben Orenstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Fellow Rails-ers, >>> >>> Pardon the shameless self-promotion, but I've just completed something I'm >>> quite proud of and wanted to share. >>> >>> The project is a screencast called Vim For Rails >>> Developers<http://www.codeulatescreencasts.com/collections/frontpage/products/vi...>. >>> I write Rails apps full-time using vim, and this video represents the best >>> of what I've learned for getting stuff done quickly. >>> >>> If you're a vim-user writing Ruby or Rails code, I think you'll find a bunch >>> of useful tips and plugins to make you more productive. The product is $9, >>> which I think easily pays for itself with just a few hours saved. >>> >>> This is my first venture into a new medium, so feedback is extra welcome! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ben >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > A UNIX signature isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent of a > black velvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets surrounding a > quote from a literary giant of weeniedom like Heinlein or Dr. Who. > -- Chris Maeda > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
