> Mac OS X (like Mac OS 9 before it) has a special keyboard layout
> called "Dvorak-Qwerty" available in the International control panel.
> It works just like the regular Dvorak layout, except that when you
> hold down the Command key, it rearranges to QWERTY - that way, you can
> use Dvorak for all your ordinary typing, but your muscle-memory
> shortcuts like Cmd-Q and Cmd-W remain unaffected.

> When I set up a mapping in MacVim like:

>     nmap <special> <D-e> :echo "foo"<CR>

> ...I would expect to have to press Command plus the key labelled "E"
> to trigger it (even though that key produces "." in Dvorak. It turns
> out I have to press Command plus the key labelled "D" (which is the
> key that produces "e" in Dvorak).

> Interestingly, shortcuts that appear in menus (such as <D-T> for New
> Tab) work fine.

> On a related note, it seems that while you can map either "<C-E>" or
> "<C-e>" equivalently, it seems that trying to map <D-E> doesn't work
> at all.