accessx(1)

NAME
     accessx - 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.
     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 ALSO
     IID(1)


NOTES
     The designers wish to thank Erik Fortune and Robert Malone for many
     helpful conversations.