User Feedback :: Keyboard layouts

I really like the looks and size of DSL, however, it would be infinitely more useful (to me anyway) if I could select a different keyboard layout; dvorak in my case.

Any chance on seeing a feature like this in a future release?

There are some keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps/i386/dvorak. To change the keymap (probably there are other ways, but this is the only way I have found):

1. crtl+alt+backspace (to kill X)
2. loadkeys dvorak
3. startx (to restart X)

See also the Help forum. It has a Keyboard section.

Outstanding! Thanks for the information.

Ive tried searching the fourm myself but I cant find an answer to this:

I have a UK keyboard layout, and im running DSL in VMware workstaion using the supplied VMware X server.

Ive got everything up and running... but there's one small annnoyance:

The Backspace key dosnt work properly. It should move the cursor left and delete that character... but it only does the latter. Is there a nice and simple way to get the backspace key to work under DSL / VMware?

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