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The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout
ESC FFFFF FFFFF DEL
` 12345 67890 [] BCK
TAB ',.py fgcrl /= \
CTL AoeuI dhtns - ENT
SHF ;qJkx bMwvz SHF
LCK ALT SPC ALT CTL arrows
Commands are denoted here in these notes by ^, which signifies use
of Control, Alt, or a leading Escape before a key. (Some Control
keys don't work the same in a Linux console; Escape always works.
Control-[ is the same as Escape.)
Non-command characters are inserted or searched for.
Self-insertion automatically cuts when cursor < mark.
There are multiple windows, views, and texts. Every window has a view,
but not every view has a window. Every view has a text and every text
has at least one view. Some texts have files. The cursor, mark, and
macro are local to their view.
* below means "must be this character".
() indicate synonyms
[;] indicate variants activated by ^Space, possibly with value
/ indicates behavior with mark unset / set
Command characters
* ESC function keys and query responses, ALT
* Fk global macro execute [start; repeat]
^@ (^Space)
^^ literal, control [; unicode]
* ^[ (ESC or "smaller font")
^] move to corresponding or nearest bracket [AVAILABLE]
* TAB tab / tab completion [align; set tab stop]
^P select another window [closing current; by index]
^Y split window [vertically] / narrow to selection
^F AVAILABLE / copy [pre/append; replicate]
^G backward to line start [paragraph start; multiple lines]
^C forward to line end [paragraph end; multiple lines]
^R backward screen(s) [beginning of view]
^L forward screen(s) [end of view]
^/ (^_)
* ^? (BCK) delete character before cursor
* ^+ -- larger font
^\ [quit without saving]
* ^A -- reserved by screen(1), synonym for ^/(^_)
^O macro end, macro execute [macro start; repeat]
^E shell [end children] / pipe clipbuffer to command
^U undo [redo]
* ^I (TAB)
^D cut char [select whitespace] / cut [pre/append; replicate]
^H backward char(s) [up line; multiple chars]
^T forward char(s) [down line; multiple chars]
^N backward word(s) [sentence; multiple words]
^S forward word(s) [sentence; multiple words]
* ^- -- smaller font in some WMs, otherwise (^_)
* ^_ (^/) incremental search mode [regexp]
* ENT (^M) newline
^ENT (^J)
^Q suspend editor [quit]
* ^J (^ENT) newline with automatic alignment
^K save all [single]
^X get path / visit file [set path]
^B paste / exchange with clip buffer [; register]
* ^M (ENT)
^W select other view [closing current]
^V set/unset mark [select line / exchange mark with cursor; force unset]
^Z recenter view [single window, reset display; go to line]
^SP (^@) variant, beginning of value
Non-control characters -- commands must be [variants]
= [; set bookmark]
- [; go to bookmark]
; [new anonymous text]
' [go to tag]
, [fold view on indentation] / [fold selection]
. [unfold; unfold entire view] / [unfold selection once]
# [get current position]
? [help]
0-9 decimal argument
x 0-9 a-f A-F hexadecimal argument
unused: ` ~ ! @ $ % & ( ) { } " < > | :
Missing features:
multiple column characters (using wcwidth)
preserving window layouts
moving to prior window
saving, restoring, rewriting F-key definitions
Idioms
- search and replace: cut replacement text, search for first occurrence,
then repeat ^B^F^/^/ to exchange target with replacement, restore
replacement text in the clip buffer, and proceed to the next hit
- also, can pipe text through sed 's/X/Y/g' for global replacement
- also, can use a macro
- exchanging cursor and mark and then retyping with automatic cut
is often faster than an explicit cut.
- going forward or back a half screenful: use ^R/^L, then ^Z
- inserting with a repeat count: cut with repeat, then paste
QWERTY->Dvorak command mapping
qwert yuIop
Asdfg hJkl;
zxcvb nM,./
navigation: G:t C:y R:o L:p
H:g T:h N:k S:l
Z:n
selection: V:u F:c D:x B:v
windows: P:s Y:d W:f
files: Q:q K:w X:e
others: O:b E:r U:z
Unicode tips:
0x2000-206f general punctuation
0x2100-22ff math
0x2300-23ff misc. technical
0x2400-24ff printable control chars, boxed numbers and letters
0x2500-25ff block graphics
0x2600-26b2 misc. symbols
0x2700-27ff dingbats
Compose key sequences for Latin-1:
0xa1 (¡) !! 0xa2 (¢) c/ 0xa3 (£) l-
0xa4 (¤) ox 0xa5 (¥) Y= 0xa6 (¦) 0xa7 (§) so
0xa8 (¨) "" 0xa9 (©) OC 0xaa (ª) a_ 0xab («) <<
0xac (¬) ,- 0xad () --- 0xae (®) OR 0xaf (¯) ^-
0xb0 (°) 0xb1 (±) +- 0xb2 (²) ^2 0xb3 (³) ^3
0xb4 (´) '' 0xb5 (µ) u/ 0xb6 (¶) p! 0xb7 (·) ^.
0xb8 (¸) ,, 0xb9 (¹) ^1 0xba (º) o_ 0xbb (») >>
0xbc (¼) 0xbd (½) 0xbe (¾) 0xbf (¿) ??
0xc6 (Æ) AE
0xd0 (Ð) D-
0xd7 (×) xx
0xde (Þ) TH 0xdf (ß) ss
0xe6 (æ) ae
0xf0 (ð)
0xf7 (÷) :-
0xfe (þ) th
(€) C=
0x203b ※ 0x2230 ∰ 0x237e ⍾ 0x2615 ☕ 0x2620 ☠ 0x2767 ❧
---- no mark ---- ------ mark ------
raw ^Space arg raw ^Space arg
Q suspend quit
U Z undo redo
K W save save 1
\ AVAIL abort
X E (get path) visit (set path)
H G <-ch up <-chs
T H ch-> down chs->
N K <-wd <-sent <-wds
S L wd-> sent-> wds->
G T <-ln <-pp <-lns
C Y ln-> pp-> lns->
R O <-pg home
L P pg-> end
] []
Z N center reset ->line#
_ search regexp
J (auto-align new line)
Tab (tab complete) Tab
^ (literal/ctl) unicode
V U mark selline unmark unmark swap unmark
F C AVAIL copy append repl
D X cutch selwhite cut append repl
B V paste exch register
W F view close
Y D split vsplit narrow
P S window close ->window#
O B macro macstart macros
E R shell endchildren pipe
= bookmk bookmk#
- gotomk gotomk#
; (new anon text)
' (go to tag)
, (fold view) (fold selection)
. unfold unfoldall (unfold selection)
# where
? help
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