gcaball2@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Gary Caballero) (05/16/88)
Is there any software available that allows on Macintosh keyboards to be mapped as a Dvorek keyboard ?
avalon@ssyx (Scott A. McIntyre) (05/16/88)
+-In article <weird numbers>, gcaball2@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Gary) wrote:- +---------- |Is there any software available that allows on Macintosh keyboards to be |mapped as a Dvorek keyboard ? +---------- I hope not. No, really. I did see a DA a few years (no joke!) ago. It was PD, and was offered by the San Diego Mac User's Group...their pd librarian works at Educomp, you may want to pick up one of their catalogs. The DA somehow mapped regular keys to Dvorak....I only used it once, found it incredibly silly, since I dont have a Dvorak keyboard, and uninstalled it. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- avalon@ssyx.ucsc.edu ARPA/Internet \ or > Me! avalon@ucsck.BITNET Bitnet / "Hey, when you can't trust your basic Pulse Rifle when hunting down a Xenomorph, what's the Universe coming to?" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
pkahn@meridian.ads.com (Phil Kahn) (05/17/88)
In article <328@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> gcaball2@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Gary Caballero) writes: >Is there any software available that allows on Macintosh keyboards to be >mapped as a Dvorek keyboard ? Take a look at QuickKeys. This award-winning software allows arbitrary and powerful binding of commands, keystrokes, mousing, etc to keystrokes. It also has a dvorak keyboard binding if that's what you want. Well worth the money!! (Needless to say, I have no affiliation with this company, blah, blah, blah). Phil Kahn
mcb@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Hungry mind and open eyes . . .) (05/17/88)
Yeah!! The Dvorak layout is vastly faster than the QWERTY, and on the new Macintoshes, it works beautifully. The Dvorak keyboard layout is documented in Tech note #160 (key mapping). The deal, basically, is this: The new Macintoshes use a two-stage key decoding sequence. In the first stage, which involves the KMAP resource, keys are mapped from their hardware values to some device independent values. The KMAP resource should only be used for this purpose. To switch the logical keyboard mapping, you use a KCHR resource. This translates the device-independent key values into ascii values. The format of the KCHR resource is documented in TN160- essentially, it consists of a number (usually 8) of 128 byte tables which control key mapping under different modifier keys. What you should probably do is copy the 'US' KCHR resource from the System file, and modify it to suit your needs. You then install the new KCHR resource, along with a SICN resource of the same number into the System file. From now on, the Keyboard panel of the control panel will allow you to choose between the US and Dvorak layouts. If anyone wants a ready-made KCHR and SICN set, send me mail. Incidentally, certain badly-written programs, like Telnet and MS Word, do not work properly with a Dvorak layout. -Matt -- Matt Bamberger "Truth is after all a moving target 1005 E. 60th St., #346 Hairs to split, and pieces that don't fit. 312-753-2261 How can anybody be enlightened? ...ihnp4!oddjob!mcb Truth is after all so poorly lit." - Rush
benjamin_kuo@pedro.UUCP (Benjamin Kuo) (05/20/88)
I have at least 5 of those DA's, INITs, and applications... (I used to give stuff to Educomp [now EDUCORP].. But they've changed their trade ratio from one 400K disk for five 400K disk for 1 800K for 3 400K). If I ever figure out where I stashed Binhex 5.0 I'll try to upload one or two... (One probably)