Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Jordan Curzon
On 9/27/07, Stephen Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe really lame, but one of the things that I did was taking an old > keyboard and ripping all of the keys off and putting them back on using the > dvorak layout. That got me started, unfortunately I've fallen back to > qwerty for the time

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Eric Wald
Von Fugal wrote: > I feel like I should say you oughta go 100% dvorak at first, like the > others said. Maybe even so far as to have dvorak be the only layout (no > out) until you've got it down. But at the very least, have dvorak be the > default layout, and only revert if you absolutely must. I

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread justin
On 9/27/07, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have recently decided that I would like to invest the time in learning > the Dvorak keyboard layout i used to do a lot of CAD work, so i learned left-handed Dvorak. at the time i could type about as fast

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 11:53:30AM -0600, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > On Thursday 27 September 2007, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > On 9/27/07, Nicholas Leippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The esc key started getting flaky (I use it all the time in emacs). Try using the meta key, which is ALT on a st

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Nicholas Leippe
On Thursday 27 September 2007, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > On 9/27/07, Nicholas Leippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you can pick up a Kinesis cheap on ebay or somewhere, go for it. New > > will set you back over $200, though you may be able to get your employer > > to foot the bill if it is health

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Jonathan Ellis
On 9/27/07, Nicholas Leippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you can pick up a Kinesis cheap on ebay or somewhere, go for it. New will > set you back over $200, though you may be able to get your employer to foot > the bill if it is health related, or perhaps write it off somehow. I paid full price

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Kenneth Burgener
Aaron Toponce wrote: > If you really must have a different keyboard, then I would recommend > spending the $90 to get a Das Keyboard II (http://www.daskeyboard.com). > I love mine, and would never part with it. A blank keyboard. Interesting. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.ne

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Nicholas Leippe
On Thursday 27 September 2007, Kenneth Burgener wrote: > Nicholas Leippe wrote: > > For the past 8 years, I have used a Kinesis keyboard. It does the > > keymapping for me, so I get the Dvorak layout even when in the bios. > > Which Kinesis keyboard did you get? I took at look at the Maxim > keybo

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Michael L Torrie
Kenneth Burgener wrote: > 2. Lack of keyboards. The few Dvorak keyboards I have found are all > $100+, and I have yet to find an "ergonomic" shaped Dvorak keyboard. > The most common Dvorak keyboard I have found is the TypeMatrix 2030, > but it is not ergonomic. For now I have settled upon usi

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Stephen Shaw
On 9/27/07, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have recently decided that I would like to invest the time in learning > the Dvorak keyboard layout, to help reduce such things as Carpal Tunnel > Syndrome. I am curious to find out who here

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Von Fugal
I feel like I should say you oughta go 100% dvorak at first, like the others said. Maybe even so far as to have dvorak be the only layout (no out) until you've got it down. But at the very least, have dvorak be the default layout, and only revert if you absolutely must. I did this last summer, 100

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Thursday 27 September 2007 10:18:54 am Kenneth Burgener wrote: > Hello all, > > I have recently decided that I would like to invest the time in > learning the Dvorak keyboard layout, to help reduce such things as > Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  I am curious to find out who here us

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Kenneth Burgener
Nicholas Leippe wrote: > For the past 8 years, I have used a Kinesis keyboard. It does the keymapping > for me, so I get the Dvorak layout even when in the bios. Which Kinesis keyboard did you get? I took at look at the Maxim keyboard [1] which has the ergonomic layout, but I do not see anythin

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Von Fugal
Let me just say, forget xmodmap. There are so much better ways to do it nowadays. I use gnomes built in layout management. I change capslock to bet the key to change layouts, and set the capslock led to indicate dvorak mode. Gnome tracks the layout setting per window as well. It's fun to have a win

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Nicholas Leippe
Hi. I have used the Dvorak layout going on 14 years now. I learned on my Atari 1040ST where I wrote a TSR to remap the keys for me. In windows, I just used the software remapping that is built in. In linux, with a standard keyboard, I used xmodmap, and just deal with the VI key changes. For the

Re: Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Colby W.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 9/27/07, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have recently decided that I would like to invest the time in learning > the Dvorak keyboard layout, to help reduce such things as Carpal Tunnel > Syndr

Dvorak Keyboard Layout

2007-09-27 Thread Kenneth Burgener
Hello all, I have recently decided that I would like to invest the time in learning the Dvorak keyboard layout, to help reduce such things as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I am curious to find out who here uses the Dvorak keyboard, and what tips and tricks they have found to make the switch easier