Dvorak and me
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:date: 2013-03-13T21:20:13Z
:category: blog
:tags: linux
:url: blog/2013/3/13/dvorak-and-me.html
:save_as: blog/2013/3/13/dvorak-and-me.html
:status: published
:author: Gergely Polonkai

A few months ago I have decided to switch to the Dvorak layout.  After using QWERTY (well, QWERTZ,
to be precise) for almost 17 years, it was a hard decision, but now I think it worthed the try.  I
started with the UK (Dvorak with UK punctuation) layout, and in about four weeks, I’ve almost
reached my original typing speed.  Today I have modified the Hungarian xkb definitions file to add
the Hungarian accended letters like ű to the layout, so I don’t have to use dead keys anymore
(which apparently turned out to be a problem, as the Linux version of Java doesn’t support dead
keys at all).

Best thing is, as I never learned proper 10-finger typing, but learned Dvorak that way, I can
switch between QWERTY and Dvorak more or less painlessly (about 10 minutes of confusion, so to
say).

Conclusion: I don’t know yet if this was actually a good decision, but it wasn’t bad, after all.
But seeing people’s faces when they try to type on my machine totally worths it.
