[sllug-members]: Switching keyboard layouts (Dvorak)

[Colby W.]

On Dec 18, 2007 11:23 AM, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do you deal with using other's keyboards?

Hunt and peck if it is Windows or let the other person do the typing.
If it is Linux/BSD, then setxkbmap does the trick.

> Do
> you just pop your keys off your Qwerty keyboard and rearrange them for
> a Dvorak layout or is it better to purchase a Dvorak-intended
> keyboard?

Most of us leave their qwerty keyboards unmolested as it is
easier/better/etc. to learn to touch-type the Dvorak layout.

>
> Are there Bluetooth Dvorak keyboards?  Ergonomic Dvorak keyboards?
> Bluetooth and Ergonomic Dvorak keyboards?

Yes, but they can be expensive. It is cheaper to buy a relabeling kit
or not bother with it at all.

 --- Colby