NAME accessx - A graphical interface to the AccessX keyboard enhancement utility SYNOPSIS accessx [options] OPTIONS -client -server You can load and save personal default settings for the various AccessX features. Specifying -client instructs AccessX to use your current default AccessX settings. Specifying -server instructs AccessX to use the current AccessX system settings. The default is -client. -status Specifying the -status option instructs the AccessX utility to automatically pop up the status window when AccessX is started. -vmods Specifying the -vmods option instructs the AccessX utility to use the names for virtual modifiers in the status window. For example, when the -vmods switch is on, AccessX displays NumLock instead of Mod5. DESCRIPTION AccessX (accessx) is a graphical user interface utility. The utility provides enhancements to the X Window System to help users with different disabilities interact with workstations. These features make it easier for you to use the standard workstation input devices: the keyboard and the mouse. You interact with your workstation as usual, by entering commands and manipulating menus and dialog boxes. The AccessX keyboard enhancements and corresponding graphical interface are available on any workstation running the X Windows System server that has the XKB keyboard extension. AccessX offers the following features: Sticky Keys Lets you perform multikey operations with one hand, one finger, or a mouth stick. You can use this feature to enter uppercase letters or certain punctuation characters without having to hold down the Shift key while pressing the character key. This feature also makes it easier to enter control characters such as Ctrl/C. Mouse Keys Lets you use keys on the numeric keypad as well as other keyboard keys instead of the mouse to perform input functions such as clicking on objects or moving the cursor. With this feature, you can use one finger or a mouth stick to move the cursor to different areas of the screen, manipulate menus, and select, cut, and paste text. Toggle Keys Provides audio feedback when the Shift Lock (Caps Lock) key has been pressed. This feature can help people who might have difficulty seeing the keyboard light indicator for Shift Lock or people who are using a keyboard that does not provide light indicators for any keyboard settings. Repeat Keys Allows you to adjust how fast the auto-repeat keyboard mechanism responds or to turn it off entirely. With this feature turned on, you can set your keyboard so that holding down a key for a longer than average time does not result in a second entry of that character. Slow Keys Makes keys less likely to respond when brushed accidentally. With this feature turned on, the computer accepts only keystrokes that are held for a certain length of time. The computer ignores light keystrokes that are held only for a moment. Bounce Keys Eliminates the problem of pressing a key and then accidentally pressing it again before moving to another key. You can set this feature to tell the computer not to process a second pressing of a key unless a certain length of time elapses between each pressing. Time Out Shuts off the AccessX features except for Repeat Keys on a workstation after a specified period of time has passed without any keyboard or mouse activity. With this feature turned on, if you are sharing a workstation and have set some AccessX features, the features are automatically turned off before the next person uses the machine. To retain your AccessX settings all the time, turn off the Time Out feature. The application help panels contain more information on the use of these features. You can create an accessx command by typing this line at the DCL prompt: accessx:==$DECW$EXAMPLES:ACCESSX.EXE The ACCESSX uid file should be copied to DECW$USER_DEFAULTS: copy DECW$EXAMPLES:ACCESSX.UID DECW$USER_DEFAULTS:ACCESSX.UID You can invoke the AccessX utility by entering the accessx command at the DCL prompt, with or without options. You use the AccessX dialog boxes to enable and customize the features that you want to set. There is a Features Test area at the bottom of the dialog boxes that allow you to test settings before applying them to your session. X DEFAULTS INFORMATION A file in the DECW$USER_DEFAULTS directory can be used to save and load your default settings. The AccessX settings are stored in X resource file format in the file DECW$USER_DEFAULTS:ACCESSX.DAT. You can also modify resources in this file directly. Any comments are deleted when you perform a save settings action. The format for a resource specification in the ACCESSX.DAT file is: *resource:value resource Specifies the resource. value Specifies the value that is to be assigned to the resource. The following sample shows the AccessX resources and their default values: *EnableAccessXToggle.set: True *SoundOnOffToggle.set: True *ShowStatusToggle.set: False *TimeOutToggle.set: False *TimeOutScale.minimum: 1 *TimeOutScale.maximum: 10 *TimeOutScale.decimalPoints: 0 *TimeOutScale.value: 2 *StickyKeysToggle.set: False *MouseKeysToggle.set: False *ToggleKeysToggle.set: False *RepeatKeysToggle.set: True *SlowKeysToggle.set: False *BounceKeysToggle.set: False *StickyTwoKeysToggle.set: True *StickyModSoundToggle.set: True *MouseMaxSpeedScale.minimum: 1 *MouseMaxSpeedScale.maximum: 500 *MouseMaxSpeedScale.decimalPoints: 0 *MouseMaxSpeedScale.value: 300 *MouseAccelScale.minimum: 1 *MouseAccelScale.maximum: 40 *MouseAccelScale.decimalPoints: 1 *MouseAccelScale.value: 20 *MouseDelayScale.minimum: 1 *MouseDelayScale.maximum: 40 *MouseDelayScale.decimalPoints: 1 *MouseDelayScale.value: 3 *KRGRepeatRateScale.minimum: 1 *KRGRepeatRateScale.maximum: 400 *KRGRepeatRateScale.decimalPoints: 2 *KRGRepeatRateScale.value: 4 *KRGRepeatDelayScale.minimum: 1 *KRGRepeatDelayScale.maximum: 400 *KRGRepeatDelayScale.decimalPoints: 2 *KRGRepeatDelayScale.value: 66 *SlowKeysOnPressToggle.set: True *SlowKeysOnAcceptToggle.set: True *KRGSlowKeysDelayScale.minimum: 1 *KRGSlowKeysDelayScale.maximum: 40 *KRGSlowKeysDelayScale.decimalPoints: 1 *KRGSlowKeysDelayScale.value: 3 *KRGDebounceScale.minimum: 1 *KRGDebounceScale.maximum: 40 *KRGDebounceScale.decimalPoints: 1 *KRGDebounceScale.value: 3