26 lines
1.2 KiB
ReStructuredText
26 lines
1.2 KiB
ReStructuredText
Dvorak and me
|
||
#############
|
||
|
||
: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.
|