Dvorak
This is a quick blurb for setting or converting your keymaps to dvorak instead of qwerty.
Setting dvorak layout
See Keyboard configuration in console or Keyboard configuration in Xorg for configuration details.
These variants are available in both console and Xorg:
-
dvorak
, standard dvorak layout -
dvorak-l
, left-handed dvorak layout -
dvorak-r
, right-handed dvorak layout
Note: For console, these are standalone keymaps, but for Xorg these are variants of the
us
layout, you need to pass them to XkbVariant
variable. See Keyboard configuration in Xorg#Setting keyboard layout for an explanation.The following variants are available only in Xorg:
-
dvorak-intl
, international layout with dead keys
For international users
Swedish
Swedish people interested in trying dvorak can find the swedish "version", called svorak, at aoeu.info! To convert to svorak in X you do not need to download any additional files from www.aoeu.info.
Spanish
In console, specify dvorak-es
instead of dvorak
to use the Spanish dvorak variant.
In Xorg, specify es
as XkbLayout
and dvorak
as XkbVariant
.
Typing tutors
- Console
- DvorakNGAUR
- GUI