From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: skearney@accessbee.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: OT: MacKeyboard Date: 27 Mar 2005 17:01:17 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1111971677.247281.327310@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111971842 18305 80.91.229.2 (28 Mar 2005 01:04:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:04:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 28 03:04:01 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DFifU-0001YD-Ls for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:03:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DFivU-0008Od-BI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:20:20 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 59 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.19.229.130 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1111971681 4405 127.0.0.1 (28 Mar 2005 01:01:21 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:01:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.19.229.130; posting-account=zqx4hA0AAAAU3DxRiQRw8ImUuU7oB_B7 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129671 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25224 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25224 Aset keyboard It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and prevent jamming. On a Dvorak keyboard almost sixty percent of average text is typed from the home keys. Transposing the letters 'etni' with 'dfjk' would put more than 55% of text on the home keys, up from only 26% on the qwerty layout. Thats more than twice the text typed without lifting a finger. The change is quite pleasent and easy to learn. I hope you will pass this on. To put e, t, n and i back where they belong, there is a keyboard remapping program that is free, downloads quickly and is very easy to use. I am typing this email on a keyboard remapped to the 'etni' transposition layout. The program is called 'Keytweak 2.11' and can be googled up by that name. It is available from several sites, including PC magazine and recommended by several keyboard manufacturers, including TypeMatrix. The creator of the program is Travis Krumsick. 1) After you have loaded the program click start. 2) Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will appear. 3) Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen. 4) A box will appear. Click "Begin Teach Mode". 5) Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it reassigned to, in this case D to E. 6) Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2" 7) The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear in the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right. 8) Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining six remaps. 9) Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the computer to apply the changes. At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give you back your qwerty layout. I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in thirty seconds, not including the restart. You can try out the sample lines of text below to discover that your fingers already know where etni should go. nineteen lean little saints settle in a nest jkjdfddj ldaj lkffld askjfs sdffld kj a jdsf an alien eats an ant antenna in atlanta aj alkdj dafs aj ajf ajfdjja kj aflajfa elite sense entails a siesta in a satin seat dlkfd sdjsd djfakls a skdsfa kj a safkj sdaf a stain is seen at a linen sale a sfakj ks sddj af a lkjdj sald a latent latin talent tast tests in seattle a lafdjf lafkj faldjf fasf fdsfs kj sdaffld insane santa sails in sea salt kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda salf