Re: New to the list

Hi Keith,

Nice long interesting email.  I have just two small comments.

Ctrl-X Ctrl-V is still tough, but Ctrl-C Ctrl-V is better.  I can do 
that with one hand now, by moving my left hand to the right side of 
the keyboard and doing it backwards - thumb does the ctrl key, pinkie 
does the c and the v.  (Usually my right hand works the arrow keys or 
something while this is going on.)

I'm a looker too.  A friend recommended (and I think I've seen it 
recommended on the list too) putting a big piece of paper over your 
hands, and taping a printout of the keyboard to the wall next to you. 
If you have to look, look at the printout instead of the keyboard.  
(I finally tried it for the first time this week.  I was amazed how 
much more I knew than I thought I knew.  I realized that I "look" 
when I'm typing a letter I think I don't know, but that I actually 
know.)

Good luck!

Disclaimer: Spelling mistakes are my own and in no way the result of 
using dvorak.

--- In [email protected], "Keith Ratliff" <dracorat@...> 
wrote:

    <SNIP>

> 4- Windows shortcuts. CTRL C X and V were created out of 
convenience - to
> QWERTY typists. When doing large data manipulation, I used to be 
able to hit
> them one-handed with ease. It is now quite a fiasco.

    <SNIP>

> 6- I am a looker. Uh oh, get a rope! But right now, my suffers TOO 
much when
> I don't look at the keyboard. I used to be a looker for QWERTY and 
about
> seven years ago forced myself to stop. Once I get used to Dvorak, 
I'll stop
> looking too. But for now, I find it necessary just to be productive.

    <SNIP>