Re:Test drive a Dvorak keyboard (Score 1)

Forget making an alias, there's an even easier way -- map it to an Fkey. I'll try to dig up my old .Xmodmap file, but it comes down to this: make two functions in the file, one to set QWERTY keycaps and one to set Dvorak keycaps, and assign them to two Fkeys (say, F11 & F12). (Or, if you prefer a toggle, assign one to a single Fkey, and have each function assign the other to the Fkey as part of the remapping.) That way, you don't need to be in a shell to change between the two.