One handed Dvorak on Linux/X11

Posted by Jeffrey Aylesworth on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Jeffrey Aylesworth
Published on 2010-05-18T02:02:26Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 2:11 UTC
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I can change to standard dvorak by running setxkbmap dvorak, how do I change to right handed Dvorak, is there a new keymap I need to download?

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