Re: [PLUG] Dvorak Keyboard [WAS: AntiAd HOSTS file to DNS?]

[Paul <emailme@dpagin.net>]

eric@lucii.org wrote:

> I, too, took a serious look at Dvorak about 3 years ago when a
> sadistic doctor at Bryn Mawr stuck needles in my hand/arm and gave me
> electric shocks to see if there was any "nerve damage".  I don't know if
> there was any damage before he started but there sure was after he was
> done :-(
>  

My father coughs like...let's just say it doesn't sound good.  We both 
believe the only thing keeping him alive is *not* visiting a doctor!

> I could never take the final step and commit to changing though because
> too often I was at a customer's site and could not rely on being able to
> quickly and/or easily changing the QUERTY to Dvorak.  

If you can touch type you could switch formats quickly.  I can switch 
RedHat 9.0 and XP with little effort.  It's just a matter of learning 
the keys.

> What are you doing to make the switch?  Did you buy a special keyboard?
> I know that Windows NT has a way to switch a normal keyboard to Dvorak
> (have to be administrator + probably have to reboot).  What about Linux? 
> I'll bet there's a trivially simple way to get X to remap the keyboard -
> probably could switch back and forth on a whim :-)
>  

I just moved the key caps around, and did the following:

Temporary switch in X:
setxkbmap dvorak
setxkbmap us

Permanent switch in X:
/etc/X11/XF86Config
#Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"

Temporary switch, NOT in X:
loadkeys /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak.map.gz
loadkeys us

Permanent switch, NOT in X:
/etc/sysconfig/keyboard
#KEYTABLE="us"
KEYTABLE="/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak.map.gz"



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