[ltp] No "hardware" Dvorak reconfiguration possible with Thinkpads

[Ignacio Fernández Galván]

David A. Desrosiers, 22-06-2005:

> 	Changing the layout to support dvorak is easy.. so I figured I
> would also pop off the keytops on my Thinkpad (a T42p) and reconfigure
> them so it would be easier for me to hunt-n-peck my way back up to
> 120wpm using dvorak, since I don't even look at the keyboard now for
> qwerty.
>
> 	Bzzt, no can do, not on a Thinkpad...
>
> 	IBM decided to change the underlying "scissormount" for the
> "F" and "J" key on the keyboard (the ones with the raised dimples), so
> they can't be put anywhere else on the keyboard but on those two
> locations. Likewise, you can't put the "U" where the "F" is now, or
> the "H" where the "J" is now. The "scissormount" is flipped backwards
> (180 degrees) on those two keymounts.

... and then you have the trackpoint, which forces a special shape for G,  
H and B keys.

		
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