"Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> wrote: > > If you're interested in learning, I found the best way is to save your > current keymap to a file using: > xmodmap -pke > keyboard.default > > Then grab http://www.signal15.com/keyboard.dvorak and type "xmodmap > keyboard.dvorak". Then print out http://www.signal15.com/dvorak.gif and > tape it to the top of your monitor. Then just start chatting on IRC or > ICQ, or type up some emails. Only look at the map on your monitor if > you forget where a key is. After about two hours or so of solid typing, > you should be able to type without even looking at the map. I just thought I should note that most Linux distros I've played with recently have a Dvorak layout already on the system. In X, run `setxkbmap dvorak' to go to Dvorak and `setxkbmap us' to go back to normal (Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config for a more permanent change, obviously..) In console, (on RedHat, not sure about other distros) run kbdconfig and just select Dvorak. Windows 9x/Me also usually have Dvorak layouts installed. Just go to the keyboard control panel. I think I tried looking in W2K once, and couldn't find it, but I might have been looking in the wrong places. I have no idea about Mac, but sim said that it's already there too.. Of course, the most annoying thing is when you accidentally apply a Dvorak layout twice and get the whole keyboard _really_ screwed up ;-) -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ If a jogger runs at the / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ speed of sound, can he \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) still hear his Walkman? [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ]
