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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] USB keyboard remapping

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 05:37 -0400, Sebastien Bailard wrote:
> On Friday 30 September 2005 01:25 am, Jeff East wrote:
> >     Since I switched to Dvorak about a year ago, I find that an
> > interesting idea.  I'm aware that some BIOS-es will swap in the USB
> > keyboard before you boot, but that won't help you.  Nor have I access
> > to a USB keyboard to test, so have to pass wait for someone else to
> > respond.
> >
> > PS I use Mondo-Archive to do backups, and it's CD's will boot on a
> > bare system.  After I login, a "loadkeys dvorak" lets me run loose.
> > No idea if one can make LILO read as Dvorak, tho.
> 
> Two questions:
> Is the switch to dvorak worth it?   (My right pinky is killing me, but I think 
> that's from too much nethack.)
> And
> Does anyone know of a way to use key combination like ctrl-shift-f12
> to toggle dvorak/qwerty?
I don't really know how it's done but I just installed SuSE 10RC1 and
there I can switch between us and Swedish keyboard with alt-shift. Can
probably be done the same with some other layout like dvorak.

> 
> -Sebastien
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