<g> Serves me right for installing random debs, eh? Still, the default keyboard setting ought to correspond with the kbd or console-tools settings.
On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 12:45:17PM -0600, James Sasitorn wrote: > Well the asdf and aoeu are two scripts from dvorak7min. Its a typing > tutor program for dvorak (in unstable). > > Blurb from package: > dvorak7min is a typing tutor to help you learn dvorak. > Also included are a pair of useful scripts to easily change between qwerty > and dvorak layouts. > > > james > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > Didn't know about that one. Just discovered another trick: > > > > man asdf > > man aoeu > > > > ...switch between QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard layouts, in both console > > and X Windows. > > > > While this is a neat hack, it's a bit annoying to have a command which > > is simply a common random sequence of keypresses -- I discovered the > > commands when testing my keyboard configuration having just run > > kbdconfig and switching to a console window. Wanting to type something, > > I did "asdf"...and got a message that I was loading the Dvorak keymap. > > As root, natch. Granted it's nice to have a set of commands which uses > > the same keystroke pattern to munge and de-munge a keyboard, but this is > > happening a little too silently for my preferences. > > > > Moreover, the standard keymap which is substituted back in is different > > from the one specified in my console-tools configuration (I switch > > control and caps-lock). Poor design -- the tools should be integrated. > > > > -- > > Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) > > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > > > Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ > > Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/ > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/
