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I use QFMLWY which according to http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization is even better than Dvorak and
by mherrmann 11y ago
I use QFMLWY which according to http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization is even better than Dvorak and Colemak. It helped me greatly reduce my wrist pain. Once you get used to it, you immediately feel how it requires much less effort than QWERTY. Drawbacks are that it replaces nearly all keys so takes some getting used to. I went cold turkey (ie. simply stopped using QWERTY) and it took me about a month. Another drawback is that I'm now slow to type on QWERTY and others can't use my computer unless they change the keyboard layout. So it's not suited very well for when you do a lot of pair programming, for example. I'm really happy with it though, since I mostly work on my own. If anyone wants to get started, I can send you instructions for how to configure each OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) for that layout.
- rocky1138 11y agoI love how the last line of your reply reads like an advertisement from the 1800s: 'for useful information on configuration of this amazing keyboard layout for each OS (Windows, Mac, and Linux), reply by mail.' That being said, Linux please.
- mherrmann 11y agoThere you go: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xipilk620vvmd7x/AAAzukU8JoZRARZ0TIciXXZua?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xipilk620vvmd7x/AAAzukU8JoZRARZ0T... :) I used it on Ubuntu
- animal531 11y agoSome years ago I did the same and just learned Dvorak. But programming in C/C++ with it was really annoying, so I eventually went back. I always wanted to make my own mixed typing+coding layout, but I never got around to it.