[9fans] Dvorak on Plan9; Plan9/Acme for Unix

[9fans] Dvorak on Plan9; Plan9/Acme for Unix

[Ulrich Hobelmann]

I just started toying around with Plan9.  Some questions:

Are there ways to switch my keyboard layout, to Dvorak?  If not, 
what file would I have to edit in what way to get a new layout?

Are there Acme or even total Plan9 clones for Unix (in particular 
Mac OS X, but X11 windowing would be fine)?  I know there's Wily, 
but I can't get it to compile, and the website seems kindof 
old/unmaintained.  Are there other, still alive versions of some 
Acme for Unix, or of a library that emulates the Plan9 interface?

Re: [9fans] Dvorak on Plan9; Plan9/Acme for Unix

[andrey mirtchovski]

> Are there Acme or even total Plan9 clones for Unix (in particular 
> Mac OS X, but X11 windowing would be fine)?  

http://swtch.com/plan9port

:)

Re: [9fans] Dvorak on Plan9; Plan9/Acme for Unix

[Russ Cox]

> Are there ways to switch my keyboard layout, to Dvorak?  If not,
> what file would I have to edit in what way to get a new layout?

You should be able to use the kbmap kernel device. 
Someone else will know, I'm sure.

> Are there Acme or even total Plan9 clones for Unix (in particular
> Mac OS X, but X11 windowing would be fine)?  I know there's Wily,
> but I can't get it to compile, and the website seems kindof
> old/unmaintained.  Are there other, still alive versions of some
> Acme for Unix, or of a library that emulates the Plan9 interface?

http://swtch.com/plan9port

Russ

Re: [9fans] Dvorak on Plan9; Plan9/Acme for Unix

[andrey mirtchovski]

oh, forgot: see /sys/lib/kbmap for available keyboard maps, kbmap(1)
and kbmap(3) should also help.

i don't see a dvorak kbmap among the ones there, perhaps you can send
it to us if you write one?  :)

Re: [9fans] Dvorak on Plan9; Plan9/Acme for Unix

[Satoshi Kida]

> i don't see a dvorak kbmap among the ones there, perhaps you can send
> it to us if you write one?  :)

i wrote kbmap files for Dvorak keyboard layout.
http://www.tip9ug.jp/who/kida/

i think Dvorak one-handed layout matches to mouse operation.
but i cannot use that layout, so difficult to me :(

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KIDA Satoshi