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From: raveling@vaxa.isi.edu (Paul Raveling)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Why doesn't my ~/.Xkeymap do what I want?
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Date: 26 Feb 88 19:46:55 GMT
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In article <7199@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:
>
>I was interested in leaving behind the archaic world of qwerty
>keyboards, preferring to condition my fingers to a Dvorak keyboard
>arrangement.  I don't know if this is totally correct, but the Dvorak
>arrangement I had in mind was:
>
>+--------------------------------+
>| ;  ,  .  p  y  f  g  c  r  l   |
>|  a  o  e  u  i  d  h  t  n  s  |
>|   /  q  j  k  x  b  m  w  v  z |
>+--------------------------------+
>

	At the end of this message there's an illustration of
	a non-QWERTY, non-Dvorak layout that I've been using
	with minor variations for about 8 years.  I find it
	MUCH easier to use than QWERTY, and believe it would
	still be an improvement over Dvorak.

	Key placement was chosen initially to suit measured
	frequencies of characters in editing.  Placing vowels under
	the right hand and the most frequently used consonants
	under the left improves ability to alternate hands.  Little
	fingers are regarded as poor choices for typing anywhere
	other than home position.

	If anyone would like to try this layout I can supply the
	keymap definition HP keyboards on X10.4.


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Paul Raveling
Raveling@vaxa.isi.edu



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