accessx(1)

NAME
     accessx - GUI to set keyboard features for movement-impaired users


SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/accessx


DESCRIPTION
     The accessx graphical interface allows movement-impaired users to set and
     activate special keyboard features.  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.

     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
     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.


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.