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The Question is: I use the Dvorak layout on my PC's at home and on my other work PC, however on my Alpha (running OpenVMS 7.3 and DECWindows 1.2-6) I cannot figure out how to either change the layout to Dvorak or remap the keys to reflect a Dvorak layout. What would be th e best way to switch DECWindows to Dvorak? The Answer is : OpenVMS itself does not provide support for converting to or from a Dvorak keyboard layout, nor is the OpenVMS Wizard aware of an available Dvorak keyboard supported by OpenVMS. Assuming DECwindows is in use, you might attempt to use a Dvorak keyboard with the system -- assuming that the keyboard supports scanset 3, it will probably work with X Windows and thus with OpenVMS. (The third-party keyboards that have support for scanset 3 -- support for key-up and key-down, in particular -- will also tend to list support for one or more X Windows platforms.) If you are willing to operate with mislabeled keycaps or you are willing (entirely unsupported, of course, and can easily and irreparably damage your keyboard) to pry off and redistribute keycaps across the keyboard, you could conceivably remap a supported keyboard using the X Windows key mapping mechanisms. At least one site is apparently offering a Dvorak DECW$KEYMAP key mapping file for DECwindows.
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