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From: drapeau@sioux.Stanford.EDU (George Drapeau)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Dvorak keyboard layout for Xmodmap
Message-ID: <DRAPEAU.90Jun27231718@sioux.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 28 Jun 90 06:17:18 GMT
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In-reply-to: sundarv@hpclsv.HP.COM's message of 22 Jun 90 18:18:29 GMT

In article <3930013@hpclsv.HP.COM> sundarv@hpclsv.HP.COM (Sundar Varadarajan) writes:

   Does someone have a file that I can feed to xmodmap to get the dvorak
   keyboard layout on my qwerty keyboard?

When I learned the Dvorak layout, I wanted to be able to switch back
and forth on an application-by application basis, so that I could have
one xterm with a "talk" session going on in Qwerty (which was still
more comfortable to me) and another xterm session with the Dvorak
typing tutor program.  This solution is not solvable through xmodmap
(although I think that xmodmap is a cool idea).

So, I wrote a translation table.  In my opinion, just that I was able
to remap my keyboard at the touch of a button from within xterm is
proof that the translation tables are an excellent mechanism (Thanks,
X-people).

Here are two versions, neither of which are completely correct but are
certainly good enough for typing.  Specifically what's not correct is
that control keys retain their normal bindings; in other words, while
typing "g" produces an "i", typing Control-g still produces Control-g.
I did this because I tend to use control characters by feel rather
than by thinking "Press Control-g".  To fully convert to Dvorak, I
suppose that the Control sequences should also be rebound.

The two bindings are for XTerm and for Emacs.  Load the first file
into the X Resource Database, and maybe put the second file inte your
~/.emacs file.

To switch to Dvorak in xterm, press your "F1" key; to switch back to
Qwerty, press your "F2" key.

In Emacs, to switch to Dvorak, type "M-x Dvorak" (case is important,
which probably means you can just type "M-x D" then press return).  To
switch back to Qwerty, type "M-x Qwerty" ("M-x Q" is probably good
enough).  If you don't remember your Dvorak, the Dvorak for the word
"Qwerty" is "X,dokt" (in other words, if you're looking at the
keyboard when you switch back to Qwerty, type "M-x X,dokt").

Okay, enough talk.  I hope this helps you some.

	George
--------------- Translation table (plus some other Resources) ---------------
*VT100.Translations:#override	\
<Key>F1:	keymap(Dvorak)	\n\
<Key>F2:	keymap(None)


*DvorakKeymap.translations:#override\
:Ctrl<Key>a:		string(0x01)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>b:		string(0x02)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>c:		string(0x03)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>d:		string(0x04)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>e:		string(0x05)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>f:		string(0x06)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>g:		string(0x07)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>h:		string(0x08)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>i:		string(0x09)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>j:		string(0x0a)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>k:		string(0x0b)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>l:		string(0x0c)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>m:		string(0x0d)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>n:		string(0x0e)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>o:		string(0x0f)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>p:		string(0x10)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>q:		string(0x11)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>r:		string(0x12)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>s:		string(0x13)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>t:		string(0x14)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>u:		string(0x15)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>v:		string(0x16)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>w:		string(0x17)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>x:		string(0x18)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>y:		string(0x19)	\n\
:Ctrl<Key>z:		string(0x1a)	\n\
:<Key>a:		string(a)	\n\
:<Key>b:		string(x)	\n\
:<Key>c:		string(j)	\n\
:<Key>d:		string(e)	\n\
:<Key>e:		string(".")	\n\
:<Key>f:		string(u)	\n\
:<Key>g:		string(i)	\n\
:<Key>h:		string(d)	\n\
:<Key>i:		string(c)	\n\
:<Key>j:		string(h)	\n\
:<Key>k:		string(t)	\n\
:<Key>l:		string(n)	\n\
:<Key>m:		string(m)	\n\
:<Key>n:		string(b)	\n\
:<Key>o:		string(r)	\n\
:<Key>p:		string(l)	\n\
:<Key>q:		string("'")	\n\
:<Key>r:		string(p)	\n\
:<Key>s:		string(o)	\n\
:<Key>t:		string(y)	\n\
:<Key>u:		string(g)	\n\
:<Key>v:		string(k)	\n\
:<Key>w:		string(",")	\n\
:<Key>x:		string(q)	\n\
:<Key>y:		string(f)	\n\
:<Key>z:		string(";")	\n\
:<Key>minus:		string("`")	\n\
:<Key>semicolon:	string(s)	\n\
:<Key>grave:		string("/")	\n\
:<Key>apostrophe:	string("-")	\n\
:<Key>comma:		string(w)	\n\
:<Key>period:		string(v)	\n\
:<Key>slash:		string(z)	\n\
:<Key>quotedbl:		string("_")	\n\
:<Key>underscore:	string("~")	\n\
:<Key>asciitilde:	string("?")	\n\
:<Key>A:		string(A)	\n\
:<Key>B:		string(X)	\n\
:<Key>C:		string(J)	\n\
:<Key>D:		string(E)	\n\
:<Key>E:		string(">")	\n\
:<Key>F:		string(U)	\n\
:<Key>G:		string(I)	\n\
:<Key>H:		string(D)	\n\
:<Key>I:		string(C)	\n\
:<Key>J:		string(H)	\n\
:<Key>K:		string(T)	\n\
:<Key>L:		string(N)	\n\
:<Key>M:		string(M)	\n\
:<Key>N:		string(B)	\n\
:<Key>O:		string(R)	\n\
:<Key>P:		string(L)	\n\
:<Key>Q:		string(0x22)	\n\
:<Key>R:		string(P)	\n\
:<Key>S:		string(O)	\n\
:<Key>T:		string(Y)	\n\
:<Key>U:		string(G)	\n\
:<Key>V:		string(K)	\n\
:<Key>W:		string("<")	\n\
:<Key>X:		string(Q)	\n\
:<Key>Y:		string(F)	\n\
:<Key>Z:		string(":")	\n\
:<Key>less:		string(W)	\n\
:<Key>greater:		string(V)	\n\
:<Key>question:		string(Z)	\n\
:<Key>colon:		string(S)


---------------------- Put this in your .emacs file ----------------------

(defun Dvorak ()
  "Written by George Drapeau, uses a translation table that turns your keyboard
into a Dvorak keyboard.  Try it, you'll like it."
  (interactive)
  (setq keyboard-translate-table "\C-@\C-a\C-b\C-c\C-d\C-e\C-f\C-g\C-h\C-i\C-j\C-k\C-l\C-m\C-n\C-o\C-p\C-q\C-r\C-s\C-t\C-u\C-v\C-w\C-x\C-y\C-z\033\034\035\036\037 !_#$%&-()*+w`vz0123456789SsW=VZ@AXJE>UIDCHTNMBRL\"POYGK<QF:[\\]^~/axje.uidchtnmbrl'po