/everything-dvorak

When QWERTY just isn't enough

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Everything Dvorak

Whats included?

This package provides several keymapping files related to the Dvorak keyboard layout

kbd

  • Classic Dvorak layout

xkb

  • Classic Dvorak International layout
  • Customized Classic Dvorak layout (provides tenkey shortcuts, by holding down Alt Gr)
  • Customized Programmers Dvorak layout (shortcuts similar to above)

Installation

Requirements

System Install

This option will install kbd layout into /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/classic-dvorak.map.gz and the xkb layouts into /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/custom

Install

make install

Configure

kbd

localectl --no-convert set-keymap classic-dvorak

Note: You may need to restart your machine for the new locale to take effect.

xkb

localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap custom "" LAYOUT_NAME ctrl:swapcaps

where LAYOUT_NAME can be one of

  • dvorak-classic-intl
  • dvorak-classic-intl-custom
  • dvp-custom

Notes:

  • --no-convert prevents localectl from converting the keymap between the console and X11
  • the "" is where your keyboard layout would go, but we don't want to configure that manually, so we leave it blank.
  • ctrl:swapcaps swaps ctrl and capslock keys

User Installation

This method explains how to configure the layout for Sway. Xserver does not load user defined layouts by default, however, you may have luck trying this method described in the Arch Wiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_keyboard_extension#Using_keymap

Install

make install-user

Configure

Add the following section in your Sway configuration file (~/.config/sway/config)

input type:keyboard {
    xkb_layout dvp-custom
}

This sets the layout for all keyboards. If you want to target a specific keyboard, get its indentifier, by running

swaymsg -t get_inputs

and replace type:keyboard with the keyboard's identifier

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the differences between classic Dvorak and simplified Dvorak?

The differences between simplified Dvorak and classic Dvorak are limited to the numeric row and the first alphabetic row as described in the first paragraph of this article:

http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2006-July/016530.html

What is included in the Custom Layouts?

This custom layouts defines my personal shortcuts. When holding down Alt GR, you get arrow keys in an inverted-T on your right hand.
(g) home (c) ↑ (r) pgup
(h) ← (t) ↓ (n) → (s) bcksp
(m) end (w) (v) pgdn

How do I switch between profiles

To switch between normal qwerty and my layout you must add the us keymap in localectl:

localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap custom,us "" dvorak-classic-custom ctrl:swapcaps

To switch to layout custom( dvorak-classic-custom) use:

setxkbmap -layout custom\(dvorak-classic-custom\)

To switch to us(intl):

setxkbmap -layout us\(intl\)