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Carrok · 2024-09-03T02:00:06 1725328806

I’m still confused. The letters being in the wrong location doesn’t affect me in the slightest. My laptop is printed with QWERTY keys, and I type on it with DVORAK. What’s the issue?

And if I need to use someone else’s computer I just type in QWERTY. It’s not like I forgot how.

numpad0 · 2024-09-03T05:19:50 1725340790

Can I install bunch of low level keyboard handling stuffs from my GitHub repo to your laptop to get keyboard work for me? I need to Google something.

elaus · 2024-09-03T05:34:07 1725341647

I think most of the common alternative keyboard layouts are available by default on Windows, Linux and Mac

0cf8612b2e1e · 2024-09-03T05:29:16 1725341356

If you wanted to do this, you could use a programmable keyboard like QMK. Physically toggle the switch and the keyboard would send to the QWERTY physical layout equivalent to the one you typed. This would enable fast switching and no faffing about with software configuration.

horsawlarway · 2024-09-03T14:29:13 1725373753

And we've come full circle back to the original

>"What am I suppose to do, carry a Dvorak keyboard around with me (with the right adapters as well)?"

point of the original post. Which is genuinely the only real answer if you have to interact with machines you can't customize to your liking, and is a bad answer.

yjftsjthsd-h · 2024-09-03T02:21:28 1725330088

> And if I need to use someone else’s computer I just type in QWERTY. It’s not like I forgot how.

I think that's the sticking point; not everyone can/does keep 2 layouts in their head. My QWERTY is certainly weaker than my preferred layout.

justahuman74 · 2024-09-03T05:39:00 1725341940

I forgot qwerty very quickly. I can do it at medium-speed when I looking at the keyboard, but it's not touch-typing

waynecochran · 2024-09-03T16:01:29 1725379289

So does every OS have a simple and quick mechanism to switch keyboard interpretation? Is this practical?

Carrok · 2024-09-03T16:40:41 1725381641

macOS has multiple ways to switch. Configurable keyboard shortcuts or you can keep an input picker in the status bar.

sugarkjube · 2024-09-03T16:38:32 1725381512

Don't know about linux, but (left) alt-shift in windows does.

mkl · 2024-09-03T21:09:44 1725397784

Only after you've set up the keyboard layouts. Most computers won't have your favourite layout set up and ready to go.