Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:53:57 -0400 From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard Message-ID: <199607151953.PAA08249@garion.hq.ferg.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:03:49 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.94.960715125612.5534G-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu>
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John Fieber uttered with conviction:
>On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
> It just remaps. It uses the X api directly, not xmod map. It also
> messes up on some cheap Mac and Windows X servers. I have a tweaked
> version which uses Microsoft's dvorak layout, which is the most
> common handling of the keys in the upper rig ht quadrant of the
> keyboard ([{}]=+).
>
> The best dvorak tutor is a little keyboard picture ta ped just below
> your monitor.
>
> I'm by no means a fast typist, I peak at around 30 wo rds per minute
> on qwerty and 80 words per minute on dvorak. Your mileage may vary.
> If you are typing 100 words per minute on qwerty, I doubt going
> dvorak will make a huge change. It might increase endurance though,
> since all the vowels and snthd are on the home row. Excursions to
> the bottom row are quite rare.
ok... so where does one get a dvorak keyboard?
-branson
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