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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.indiana.edu!news From: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dvorak Keyboard & FreeBSD Date: 11 Sep 1996 00:19:31 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 29 Sender: jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu Message-ID: <5150ij$aoi@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <01bb9f65$a08c8ea0$6aa048a6@maynardm> NNTP-Posting-Host: fallout.campusview.indiana.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 To: "W Mark Maynard II" <maynardm@ibm.net> In article <01bb9f65$a08c8ea0$6aa048a6@maynardm>, "W Mark Maynard II" <maynardm@ibm.net> writes: > Does FreeBSD have a Dvorak keymap built-in Yes. Just do: kbdcontrol -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.dvorak.kbd If you use X, there are a variety of other options including using the dvorak layout that comes with XFree86 (I think it was added in 3.1.2D, or somewhere around that revision), xmodmap, or xdvorak. Xdvorak is available from ftp.x.org, but I don't recall exactly where. I like xdvorak because it works pretty well on most any xterminal and you can easily toggle between dvorak, and whatever the normal layout was. Useful if other people need to type on your computer. > Also, if I buy a Dvorak keyboard will I still > need a keymap? I have no idea. I've never felt compelled to purchase a "real" dvorak keyboard. I don't really see why you would need one. If you touch type, you don't need the letters on the keycaps anyway. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================