Since about 2011 I've started using dvorak as my main keyboard layout and like the efficiency compared to QWERTY.
+Dvorak is now built in as a keymap in dosbox. + You can enable the layout by running
KEYB dv103in a dosbox + prompt or setting
+[dos] +keyboardlayout=dv103 +in your dosbox config file. + +
Note to self: x-keyboard-config on arch linux overwrites the + file where the dvorak russian keymap is stored and by that the + xserver fails to set the keymap, returning to default qwerty. + This can be solved by loading the keymap from a custom + location? Or maybe to pin the file so that the package manager + doesn't overwrite it?
+ +Since having to setup the keyboard after login can be useful if you + don't have the rights to edit system configuration files on your system(eg. + work) but it's not a durable solution for your own system. If you want to + make these things semipermanent you can use the handy program called + + localectl + which writes an xorg.conf.d/ file. In my specific case these are the + commands to set the keymap for the console and for within X. For the + console I only use normal dvorak whereas in X I want to be able to + switch(with menu key) and use the right alt as compose key. +
+# localectl set-x11-keymap --no-convert dvorak,ru pc104 ,phonetic_dvorak compose:ralt,grp:menu_toggle +# localectl set-keymap --no-convert dvorak ++ + +
When learning russian I had to type some stuff in russian, as I found + out that there was a phonetic keyboard I was excited but it didn't work on + dvorak layout. So some guy named Oleg made a phonetic russian keyboard + layout in dvorak and you can download it + here. When you want to use it you + have to append the information from the file to +
/usr/share/X11//xkb/symbols/ru+ When you want to load it you can + type +
setxkbmap -layout ru -variant phonetic_dvorak+ +
To use dvorak in dos download this file containing dvorak.com
Transfer it to your C:\DOS folder for example and add this to your AUTOEXEC.bat: