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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 
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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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