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leejkennedy

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Registered: 2012-04-02

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dvorak uk layout (alternative) keymap file

Hi

I've created an alternative UK variant of the dvorak.map keymap found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak.map.gz. This keymap is in line with the  wikipedia british english dvorak layout which looks like this:

This is the keymap that would be specified in /etc/rc.conf.

It wasn't clear to me which keymaps to use when configuring runlevel 3, the gnome 3 window manager, or GDM; below is what I finally used for each (after several days of pain...):

RunLevel 3
Copy the keymap linked above to /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorakuk.map
In /etc/rc.conf, edit the KEYMAP line to read

KEYMAP="dvorakuk.map"

Gnome 3
System Settings>>Keyboard>>Typing>>Layout Settings
Click +
Select 'English (UK, Dvorak)'
#note that the keymap labelled as 'English (UK, Dvorak with UK Punctuation)' is very similar to the layout of classic dvorak with minimal movements to accommodate the sterling symbol. Unfortunately I have already configured my windows installation and keyboards at home and at work to use the wikipedia mapping above... 

GDM
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
Make the section with the identifier labelled as evdev keyboard catchall as

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
        Option "XkbVariant" "dvorak"
        #Option "XkbModel" "microsoft4000"
EndSection

The XkbModel line is optional; you can identify which keyboard models are available in the file found at /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst

Hopefully someone else will also find this useful.

# dvorak uk layout
# adapted from dvorak keymap
# sterling added
# at and quotedbl switched
# numbersign and backslash moved
# 2012-04-02 21:36:11
# 
keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-9,12
alt_is_meta
include "linux-with-alt-and-altgr.inc"
strings as usual

	keycode   1 = Escape           
	keycode   2 = one              exclam          
	keycode   3 = two              quotedbl
	keycode   4 = three            sterling  
	keycode   5 = four             dollar           dollar          Control_backslash
	keycode   6 = five             percent         
	control keycode   6 = Control_bracketright
	keycode   7 = six              asciicircum     
	control keycode   7 = Control_asciicircum
	keycode   8 = seven            ampersand        Control_underscore
	keycode   9 = eight            asterisk         bracketleft     Delete
	keycode  10 = nine             parenleft        bracketright    
	keycode  11 = zero             parenright       braceright      
	keycode  12 = bracketleft      braceleft       
	control keycode  12 = Escape          
	keycode  13 = bracketright     braceright       Control_bracketright
	keycode  14 = Delete           
	keycode  15 = Tab              
	shift	keycode  15 = Meta_Tab
	keycode  16 = apostrophe       at
	control keycode  16 = Control_g       
	keycode  17 = comma            less            
	keycode  18 = period           greater         
	keycode  19 = p               
	keycode  20 = y               
	keycode  21 = f               
	keycode  22 = g               
	keycode  23 = c               
	keycode  24 = r               
	keycode  25 = l               
	keycode  26 = slash            question        
	control keycode  26 = Delete          
	keycode  27 = equal            plus            
	keycode  28 = Return          
        alt     keycode  28 = Meta_Control_m
	keycode  29 = Control         
	keycode  30 = a               
	keycode  31 = o               
	keycode  32 = e               
	keycode  33 = u               
	keycode  34 = i               
	keycode  35 = d               
	keycode  36 = h               
	keycode  37 = t               
	keycode  38 = n               
	keycode  39 = s               
	keycode  40 = minus           underscore       backslash     Control_underscore 	Control_underscore
	keycode  41 = grave            notsign          bar              nul      
	control keycode  41 = nul             
	keycode  42 = Shift           
	keycode  43 = numbersign            asciitilde	            
	control keycode  43 = Control_backslash
	keycode  44 = semicolon        colon           
	keycode  45 = q               
	keycode  46 = j               
	keycode  47 = k               
	keycode  48 = x               
	keycode  49 = b               
	keycode  50 = m               
	keycode  51 = w               
	keycode  52 = v               
	keycode  53 = z               
	keycode  54 = Shift           
	keycode  56 = Alt             
	keycode  57 = space            
	control keycode  57 = nul             
	keycode  58 = Caps_Lock       
	keycode  86 = backslash        bar              bar              Control_backslash             
	keycode  97 = Control         

If anyone can tell me how to suggest this variant be included in the default install, I would appreciate it...

Lee

Last edited by leejkennedy (2014-04-24 21:10:39)