_posts/en/2021-06-16-dvorak.md

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   2 layout: post
   3 title: Dvorak resources
   4 date: 2021-06-16
   5 language: en
   6 language_reference: dvorak
   7 published: true
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  10
  11 Since about 2011 I've started using dvorak as my main keyboard layout and like the efficiency compared to QWERTY.
  12
  13 {% include toc.html %}
  14
  15 ## Notes
  16 ### Note to self (2015-10-30)
  17 Note to self: x-keyboard-config on arch linux overwrites the
  18 file where the dvorak russian keymap is stored and by that the
  19 xserver fails to set the keymap, returning to default qwerty.
  20 This can be solved by loading the keymap from a custom
  21 location? Or maybe to pin the file so that the package manager
  22 doesn't overwrite it?
  23
  24 ## Dosbox
  25 Dvorak is also usable in dosbox via a custom mapper file that your can find [here](files/dvorak-0.74.map)
  26 You can enable the layout by saving this in your settings directory and `mapperfile=dvorak-0.74.map` to your sdl section of your dosbox config.
  27
  28 ### Update (2020-06-11)
  29 Dvorak is now built in as a keymap in dosbox.
  30 You can enable the layout by running `KEYB dv103` in a dosbox
  31 prompt or setting the following in your dosbox config file.
  32
  33 ```
  34 [dos]
  35 keyboardlayout=dv103
  36 ```
  37
  38 ## Dvorak in dos
  39 To use dvorak in dos download this [file](files/dvorak_dos.tar) containing dvorak.com
  40 Transfer it to your C:\DOS folder for example and add this to your AUTOEXEC.bat:
  41
  42 ```
  43 C:\DOS\DVORAK.COM
  44 ```
  45
  46 When your computer boots the program will say DVORAK is loaded and you're good to go
  47
  48 The MS-DOS supplemental disk also contains a dvorak keyboard layout. Install and put this in your AUTOEXEC.bat:
  49 ```
  50 KEYB DV,,C:\DOS\DVORAK.SYS
  51 ```
  52
  53 ## Russian (2014-10-07
  54 When learning russian I had to type some stuff in russian, as I found
  55 out that there was a phonetic keyboard I was excited but it didn't work on
  56 dvorak layout. So some guy named Oleg made a phonetic russian keyboard
  57 layout in dvorak and you can download it
  58 [here](files/phonetic_dvorak.gz). When you want to use it you
  59 have to append the information from the file to
  60 `/usr/share/X11//xkb/symbols/ru`
  61 When you want to load it you can type
  62 ```
  63 setxkbmap -layout ru -variant phonetic_dvorak</pre>
  64 ```
  65
  66 ### Update (2015-04-16)
  67 Since having to setup the keyboard after login can be useful if you
  68 don't have the rights to edit system configuration files on your system(eg.
  69 work) but it's not a durable solution for your own system. If you want to
  70 make these things semipermanent you can use the handy program called
  71 [localectl](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/localectl.html)
  72 which writes an xorg.conf.d/ file. In my specific case these are the
  73 commands to set the keymap for the console and for within X. For the
  74 console I only use normal dvorak whereas in X I want to be able to
  75 switch(with menu key) and use the right alt as compose key.
  76
  77 ```
  78 # localectl set-x11-keymap --no-convert dvorak,ru pc104 ,phonetic_dvorak compose:ralt,grp:menu_toggle
  79 # localectl set-keymap --no-convert dvorak
  80 ```