ACCESSX(1)ACCESSX(1)NAMEaccessx - GUI to set keyboard features and focus policy for movement-
impaired users
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/accessx
DESCRIPTION
The accessx graphical interface allows movement-impaired users to set and
activate special keyboard features and desired desktop focus policy for
desktop windows, to either 'click to type' or 'point to type'. It uses
the XKB extension built into the X server in IRIX 6.2 and later releases.
The accessx panel can be run from a Unix shell command line or from the
toolchest (Desktop > Customize > Accessibility). Like most other IRIX
Interactive Desktop (IID) customization panels, accessx has the
``runonce'' feature, meaning only one instance of the application will
run at one time. Attempting to launch the application a second time will
have the effect of deiconifying the application window or popping it to
the top on the current desk.
The accessx software has a main Status window and an accompanying
Settings window. The following special keyboard features are
configurable:
MouseKeys turns the user's keyboard number pad into a pointer controller,
enabling the user to move the pointer without the mouse.
BounceKeys makes the keyboard ignore spurious extra presses of a key.
StickyKeys causes modifier keys such as Shift, Ctrl, and Alt to latch and
affect the next key pressed, such that modifier keys and other keys may
be pressed in sequence instead of simultaneously.
Keyboard Focus changes the method in which the user is able to gain
keyboard input focus to desktop windows. By default, the user moves the
mouse cursor over a window to type in it. This is called implicit focus
or "point to type." You can change the focus behavior to explicit focus
or "click to type" as an alternative. "Click to type" is useful for
traversing throughout the desktop windows using ALT-TAB.
SlowKeys makes the keyboard ignore spurious presses of other keys on the
way to a target key.
RepeatKeys lets the user toggle whether held keys are acknowledged
repeatedly or just once.
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For full usage instructions, see the Accessibility Software Help. The
help may be installed from accessx.books.AccessX_Help.
FILES
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/accessx
/usr/X11/lib/accessx/accessibility
Users can define and save groups of settings as profiles. These profiles
are saved in each user's $HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/accessx directory. If
this directory is not readable and writable, then the user may still set
and activate customized settings, but they will not be remembered across
login sessions.
An adition to user defined profiles are global 'templates'. A template
allows an administrator to globaly define accessx settings that best
suits the users needs. The benefits are that many global templates can be
created with different variations. The global templates are located in
the /usr/X11/lib/accessx directory. Accessx only reads from this
directory and does not and cannot write to it. If the global template
directory does not exist, then accessx will ignore. For full template
creation and modification instruction, see the Accessibility Software
Help.
AVAILABILITY
The accessx graphical user interface uses the XKB extension built into
the X server in IRIX 6.2 and later releases. The accessx product ships
with IRIX 6.5. In the future, it may also ship as a patch for IRIX 6.2.
SEE ALSOIID(1)NOTES
The designers wish to thank Erik Fortune and Robert Malone for many
helpful conversations.
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