[comp.sys.mac.misc] Help needed with Dvorak and sys7 keymaps!

bskendig@dry.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (04/14/91)

I'm a relatively fast hunt-'n'-peck typist, but I figured it's high
time I learn some organized method of typing. What better way than to
teach myself Dvorak?

So I grabbed the "Keyboard Layout" cdev for my Mac.  Since I'm running
System 7.0, I decided to turn the cdev into a keymap file that I could
then pop into my System file.

Well, first off, in my ResEdit tinkerings, I've somehow managed to
make the Dvorak keymap a permanent part of my System file!  It no
longer shows up when I open the System file, although I can get at it
through ResEdit as a keymap resource.

What makes a keymap file a keymap file?  What resources do I need to
put into it?

And it's a pain that the Control keys aren't mapped, although this is
supposedly set straight in the "Electronic Dvorak" cdev.  I can't find
ED anywhere; could someone please tell me where to find it, or send me
a copy, please?

Thanks for any help you might be able to offer!  (I'm typing this
letter in Dvorak right now, and averaging about four or five words per
minute; let's hope I improve!  ;)

     -- Brian --  (now, where are the greater-than and less-than
                   keys on this thing?)

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