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Dvorak keyboard remapping in VNC
Authored by: Izzard on May 27, '05 10:53:40AM

My iBook is set to Dvorak at home and my work PC is also set to use Dvorak. When I use VNC to connect to my iBook, I just use the Windows XP "language bar" to change to Qwerty for the VNC client and everything works fine, as say.

Actually, I use the Mac layout called "Dvorak-[Cmd]". This is a fantastic keyboard layout that temporarily reverts to Qwerty when the Cmd key is held down. This is a good thing because the position of common shortcuts (cut, paste, etc) are in sensible places for Qwerty keyboards, not sensible places for Dvorak. I just have to bear in mind that this feature does not work over VNC. When I'm using the 'double-translation' method, as outlined in this hint, the Alt key triggers my Mac's Cmd key but I have to press the correct key on the Dvorak layout (e.g. B for cutting, R for printing, etc), unlike when I'm sitting at the Mac.



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