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+---
+title: Dvorak resources
+date: 2021-06-16
+---
+
+Since about 2011 I've started using dvorak as my main keyboard layout and like the efficiency compared to QWERTY.
+
+## Table of contents
+
+- [Notes](#notes)
+       - [Note to self (2015-10-30)](#note-to-self-2015-10-30)
+- [Dosbox](#dosbox)
+       - [Update (2020-06-11)](#update-2020-06-11)
+- [Dos](#dvorak-in-dos)
+- [Russian (2014-10-07)](#russian-2014-10-07)
+       - [Update (2015-04-16)](#update-2015-04-16)
+
+## Notes
+### Note to self (2015-10-30)
+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?
+
+## Dosbox
+Dvorak is also usable in dosbox via a custom mapper file that your can find [here](files/dvorak-0.74.map)
+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.
+
+### Update (2020-06-11)
+Dvorak is now built in as a keymap in dosbox.
+You can enable the layout by running `KEYB dv103` in a dosbox
+prompt or setting the following in your dosbox config file.
+
+```
+[dos]
+keyboardlayout=dv103
+```
+
+## Dvorak in dos
+To use dvorak in dos download this [file](files/dvorak_dos.tar) containing dvorak.com
+Transfer it to your C:\DOS folder for example and add this to your AUTOEXEC.bat:
+
+```
+C:\DOS\DVORAK.COM
+```
+
+When your computer boots the program will say DVORAK is loaded and you're good to go
+
+The MS-DOS supplemental disk also contains a dvorak keyboard layout. Install and put this in your AUTOEXEC.bat:
+```
+KEYB DV,,C:\DOS\DVORAK.SYS
+```
+
+## Russian (2014-10-07
+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](files/phonetic_dvorak.gz). 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</pre>
+```
+
+### Update (2015-04-16)
+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](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/localectl.html)
+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
+```