jayvana@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay van Achterberg) (03/19/90)
I type using the Dvorak keyboard layout (as opposed to the QWERTY layout -- the keys are actually remapped) on my Mac at school. I know that when I go to work this summer, I'll be working on unix workstations like IBM RT's. Does anyone have/know of a unix patch/utility that will let the user type using the Dvorak keyboard layout on the existing keyboard? In case I get no replies to the above question, can someone tell me how to go about writing a program or script that will remap keys, if it is possible? (ex. when I type a ";", I want the operating system to think it was a "s".) Please email replies, I don't read this newsgroup. I will post a summary. Thanks! -Jay (jayvana@wpi.wpi.edu, jayvana@wpi.bitnet)
jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) (03/20/90)
In article <9782@wpi.wpi.edu> jayvana@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay van Achterberg) writes: >I type using the Dvorak keyboard layout (as opposed to the QWERTY layout -- >the keys are actually remapped) on my Mac at school. I know that when I go to >work this summer, I'll be working on unix workstations like IBM RT's. > >Does anyone have/know of a unix patch/utility that will let the user type >using the Dvorak keyboard layout on the existing keyboard? Way way back, before I knew how to type, I got a program for the TRS-80 that remapped the keyboard to use Dvorak. I loved it, it made sense. I learned to type, I used it constantly. Then I went to school, where they had Qwerty. Dang. So I picked up qwerty. Well, then I couldn't type under Dvorak any more. I realized that, while Dvorak was far superior (possible religious war warning) as long as the rest of the world used qwerty I probably should too. So think about it. If you try to switch daily between the 2 keyboard layouts you won't be very good at either. Unless you're either willing to convert every keyboard you use, or only use 1 keyboard day in and day out, it's not worth the hassle. Now, if anyone wants to start a movement we replace qwerty with Dvorak..... -- jim jharkins@sagpd1 "My son beat up the Citizen of the Month at Gage elementry school."