.TH xvkbd 1 2008-05-05


.SH NAME
\fPxvkbd\fP - virtual keyboard for X window system

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fIxvkbd\fP is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System
which provides facility to enter characters onto other clients (softwares)
by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen.
This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard
such as kiosk terminals or handheld devices.
This program also has facility to send characters
specified as the command line option to another client.
.PP
The standard keyboard layout is based on the traditional US layout,
but some other keyboard layout (see "Screen Shot")
are also supported.
The default window size may be too large for systems with small screen,
but it can be configured to use smaller space (220x90 pixels, for example).
For details,
see also "Screen Shot"
and "How to Customize \fIxvkbd\fP" below,
and resouce files in the distribution.
.PP
\fIxvkbd\fP version 2.1 and later support word completion,
which may make it easier to enter long words with \fIxvkbd\fP.
.PP
\fIIMPORTANT NOTE:\fP
When invoking \fIxvkbd\fP from display managers such as XDM, GDM, etc.,
always use \fIxvkbd\fP with \fB\-secure\fP option
or you will have serious security risk.

.SH "Environment"
\fIxvkbd\fP will work on X11R5 or X11R6.
It is tested on \fIredhat Linux\fP and \fISolaris\fP,
and it will work also on most UNIX-like systems.
.PP
This program uses \fIXaw\fP (use of \fIXaw3d\fP is recommended) 
and no special library is required.

.SH "Operation"

.SH "    Input Keys"
When \fIxvkbd\fP is started, the image of a keyboard 
will be displayed on the screen.
Clicking any key on the \fIxvkbd\fP window will send the character
to the focused window
as if the key had been actually typed with the hardware keyboard.
.PP
If you want to input upper-case alphabets
or other characters on the upper position on the keyboard,
you should click the key after selecting \fIShift\fP by clicking it,
or click the key with mouse button 3 (maybe right button) or mouse button 4.
In the similar manner, if you want to input \fIControl\fPed characters,
you should click the key after clicking \fIControl\fP,
or click the key with mouse button 2 (maybe middle button).
\fIAlt\fP and \fIMeta\fP can be used in the similar manner with \fIControl\fP,
but there are no shortcuts with mouse buttons.

.SH "    ``Quick Modifiers''"
\fIxvkbd\fP 2.5 and later support another way to input characters
with modifiers such as \fIShift\fP, \fIControl\fP, \fIAltGr\fP, etc.,
which may be useful especially for machines with touch panels such as PDAs
- we would call it \fI"Quick Modifiers"\fP.
.PP
\fIQuick Modifiers\fP can be enabled/disabled by the
``\fIEnable "Quick Modifiers?\fP'' entry on the
property panel.
If \fIQuick Modifiers\fP is enabled,
it will be activated by pressing a key on the \fIxvkbd\fP window,
move the pointer outside of the key,
and then release the mouse button or equivalent.
.PP
The direction of the pointer motion will select the modifier:
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.nf
  up        - Shift
  right     - AltGr
  right-up  - Shift AltGr
  left      - Control
  left-up   - Shift Control
  down      - Meta
  left-down - Alt
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.SH "    Setting Input Focus"
If you are using a window manager and clients
where you can set input focus by clicking mouse button on the window 
(and you don't have to keep pointer in the window after that),
you can simply set input focus in the normal way
and then click keys on the \fIxvkbd\fP window 
- the character will be sent to the selected position.
.PP
If you are using a window manager or clients
where you must keep the pointer in the input field to input from the keyboard,
or if the input focus is switched to the \fIxvkbd\fP window
when you clicked on the key on the \fIxvkbd\fP window,
you must make \fIxvkbd\fP to set input focus explicitly
by clicking the \fIFocus\fP button on the \fIxvkbd\fP window
and then click on the input field.
This input focus can be cleared by clicking \fIFocus\fP button
with mouse button 3, or simply clicking \fIFocus\fP button twice.

.SH "    Word Completion"
Choosing ``\fIWord Completion...\fP'' in the main menu
will popup the \fIWord Completion\fP panel.
.PP
When you entered characters by clicked keys on the \fIxvkbd\fP window as usual
while the \fIWord Completion\fP panel open,
words started with the characters will be listed in the panel,
and you can enter the remaining characters of the selected word
by clicking one of the words in the list.
.PP
The dictionary (list of words) file is \fB/usr/share/dict/words\fP by default,
but it can be changed by \fB\-dict\fP option or \fBxvkbd.dictFile\fP resouce.

.SH "    Main Menu"
Pressing the ``xvkbd'' logo on the main keyboard
(placed near left-bottom corner in the default configuration)
will popup the main menu.
.PP
The menu contains following items:
.TP 4
\fIAbout...\fP
Show short description of this program.
.TP 4
\fIManual...\fP
Launch manual page reader.
.TP 4
\fIKeypad...\fP
Open the Keypad panel.
.TP 4
\fISun Function Keys...\fP
Open the Sun Function Keys panel.
.TP 4
\fIDead Keys...\fP
Open the Dead Keys panel
which can be used to enter Latin characters with accent symbol in double stroke.
.TP 4
\fIWord Completion...\fP
Open the Word Completion panel.
.PP
.TP 4
\fIChange Keyboard Layout...\fP
Open a popup window to change the keyboard layout.
In the default configuration,
Default (US),
Belgian,
Danish,
French,
German,
Icelandic,
Italian,
Japanese (JIS-X-6002),
Japanese (JIS-X-6004),
Korean,
Norwegian,
Portuguese,
Russian,
Spanish,
Swedish,
Swiss/German,
United Kingdom
and Latin-1
are available.
.TP 4
\fIEdit Function Keys...\fP
Open a popup window to edit string assigned to function keys.
See also "Assigning Text to Function Keys".
.TP 4
\fIShow Keypad?\fP
Toggle show/hide of the keypad on the main window.
.TP 4
\fIShow Function Keys?\fP
Toggle show/hide of the function keys on the main window.
.TP 4
\fIProperty...\fP
Popup the Property panel.
.TP 4
\fIConnect to Remote Display...\fP
Open a panel to specify the name of a remote display to be connected,
so that following key events will be sent to windows on the remote display.
.TP 4
\fIRevert to Local Display\fP
Disconnect from the remote display
so that following key events will be sent to windows on the local display.

.SH "    Property Panel"
.TP 4
\fIEnable "Quick Modifiers"?\fP
Toggle enable/disable of the
\fIQuick Modifiers\fP feature.
.TP 4
\fILock Shift?\fP
Toggle locking/momentary of \fIShift\fP keys.
.TP 4
\fILock AltGr?\fP
Toggle locking/momentary of \fIAltGr\fP key.
.TP 4
\fILock Control, Alt and Meta?\fP
Toggle locking/momentary of \fIControl\fP, \fIAlt\fP and \fIMeta\fP keys.
.TP 4
\fIAlways on Top?\fP
If this entry is set ON,
\fIxvkbd\fP attempts to keep the \fIxvkbd\fP window always on the top of the display
(i.e. not to be hidden by other windows).
This feature is experimental,
and care should be taken as this feature can cause problem in some situations.
.TP 4
\fIUse XTEST Extension?\fP
XTEST extension will be used if this entry is checked.
If this entry is set inactive,
the X server does not support XTEST extension.
.TP 4
\fIJump Pointer?\fP
If this entry is set ON,
\fIxvkbd\fP will temporary jump the pointer to the focused window,
if XTEST extension is to be used to simulate keyboard events.
.TP 4
\fIKey-Click Sound\fP
Set on/off and duration of key-click sound.
.TP 4
\fIAutomatic Click\fP
Set on/off of the automatic click feature
and the delay before automatic click is activated.
If this feature is set,
\fIxvkbd\fP will work as if left mouse button is clicked
when mouse pointer is moved on a button and stays long enough.
You may want to set \fIJump Pointer?\fP to OFF to avoid auto-repeating.

.SH "    Options"
\fIxvkbd\fP accept following command line options, in addition to
general options such as `\fB\-display\fP'.
.PP
.TP 4
.B "\-xsendevent"
Make \fIxvkbd\fP to use \fIXSendEvent()\fP to simulate keyboard events,
as it was in \fIxvkbd\fP version 1.0.
\fIxvkbd\fP version 1.1 and later will try to use XTEST extension instead
in the default configuration.
.sp 0.5
If XTEST extension is not supported by the X server,
\fIxvkbd\fP will automatically switch to this mode.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.xtest: false\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-no\-sync"
Normally, \fIxvkbd\fP attempts to synchronize with the destinating client step by step.
This can cause problem when the client (or the X server) responded too slow.
In such situation, maybe this \fB\-no\-sync\fP can solve the problem.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.noSync: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-no\-jump\-pointer"
Make \fIxvkbd\fP not to jump the pointer when sending events.
In the default, \fIxvkbd\fP will temporary jump the pointer to the focused window,
if input focus is set explicitly via \fIFocus\fP button,
and XTEST extension is to be used to simulate keyboard events.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.jumpPointer: false\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-no\-back\-pointer"
Make \fIxvkbd\fP not to jump the pointer back to the original position
after events has been sent.
Maybe this can be useful when using \fIxvkbd\fP to move the pointer position.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.jumpPointerBack: false\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-modal"
Make labels on keys in the \fIxvkbd\fP window
to be set independently for each of four shift states,
not shifted, \fIShift\fP, \fIAltGr\fP and \fIShift\fP-\fIAltGr\fP.
This is useful when you want to make the \fIxvkbd\fP window very small.
.sp 0.5
See also "Customizing Keyboard Layout"
and resouce files in the distribution.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.modalKeytop: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-geometry "[\fIwidth\fPx\fIheight\fP][\fB+\fIxoff\fP+\fIyoff\fP]
Set window geometry (size and position).
.sp 0.5
You can use form like \fB\-geometry 400x130\fP to specify the window size,
\fB\-geometry +100+100\fP to specify the window position from left/top edge of the screen,
and \fB\-geometry 400x130+100+100\fP to specify both the size and the position.
You can specify position from right/bottom edge of the screen
by using \fB\-\fP instead of \fB+\fP,
but please note that you must take account of size of the window border.
(If you specify `\fB\-geometry \-0\-0\fP',
the window will not fit in the screen.)
.sp 0.5
This can be set by \fBxvkbd.windowGeometry\fP resource
(note that it is not \fBxvkbd.geometry\fP), too.
.TP 4
.B "\-no\-repeat"
Do not auto-repeat even if key is depressed long time.
.sp 0.5
If auto-repeat is enabled (this is the default),
time before start auto-repeat can be set as
`\fBxvkbd*Repeater.initialDelay: 600\fP',
and period of repeat can be set as
`\fBxvkbd*Repeater.minimumDelay: 100\fP' 
(unit of there parameters are milli-seconds).
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.autoRepeat: false\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-no\-functionkey"
Do not display function keys.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.functionkey: false\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-no\-keypad"
Do not display keypad.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.keypad: false\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-compact"
Do not display function keys nor keypad.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.compact: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-keypad"
Display only keypad.
This option will be ignored
if `\fB\-no\-keypad\fP' or `\fB\-compact\fP' is specified.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.keypadOnly: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.BI "\-text " string
Send the string to the focused window
(see also `\fB\-window\fP' option).
.sp 0.5
If this option is specified,
\fIxvkbd\fP will not open its window
and terminate soon after sending the string.
.sp 0.5
The string can contain:
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\r\fP - Return
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\t\fP - Tab
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\b\fP - Backspace
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\e\fP - Escape
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\d\fP - Delete
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\S\fP - Shift (modify the next character;
please note that modify with ``\fB\\S\fP'' will be ignored in many cases.
For example, ``\fBa\\Cb\\ScD\\CE\fP'' will be interpreted as \fBa\fP,
Control-\fBb\fP, \fBc\fP, Shift-\fBD\fP, and Control-Shift-\fBE\fP.)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\C\fP - Control (modify the next character)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\A\fP - Alt (modify the next character)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\M\fP - Meta (modify the next character)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\[\fP\fIkeysym\fP\fB]\fP - the keysym \fIkeysym\fP
(e.g., \fB\\[Left]\fP)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\D\fP\fIdigit\fP - delay \fIdigit\fP * 100 ms
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\x\fP\fIvalue\fP - move mouse pointer (use "+" or "-" for relative motion)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\y\fP\fIvalue\fP - move mouse pointer (use "+" or "-" for relative motion)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\m\fP\fIdigit\fP - simulate click of the specified mouse button
.TP 4
.BI "\-file " filename
Send the contents of the specified file to the focused window
(see also `\fB\-window\fP' option).
If ``\fB\-\fP'' was specified as the \fIfilename\fP,
string to be sent will be read from the standard input (stdin).
.sp 0.5
If this option is specified,
\fIxvkbd\fP will not open its window
and terminate soon after sending the string.
.TP 4
.BI "\-delay " value
Put \fIvalue\fP ms of delay for every character
when sending characters with \fB\-text\fP or \fB\-file\fP.
Maybe this is useful when problem arises when characters are entered too fast.
.TP 4
.BI "\-window " window
Specify the ID 
(hexadecimal value leaded with `\fB0x\fP', or decimal value) 
or name (instance name or class name) of the window to set input focus.
If this is not specified, \fIxvkbd\fP will use input focus
under control of the window manager,
unless focus is specified explicitly via \fIFocus\fP button.
Even if this option is specified,
you can set input focus to other windows using \fIFocus\fP button,
or clear the input focus.
.sp 0.5
If there are two or more windows which have the name specified with this option,
the window which was found first will be selected.
.TP 4
.BI "\-widget " widget-name
Specify the name of the widget to set the input focus.
To use this feature, the client must support \fIEditres\fP protocol.
In general, this option will be used with `\fB\-window\fP' option.
.sp 0.5
If you want to set input focus to the widget \fBfoo.bar.zot\fP,
you can write \fBzot\fP, \fBbar.zot\fP or \fBfoo.bar.zot\fP
as \fIwidget-name\fP.
To avoid confusion, the \fIwidget-name\fP should match
with a single widget of the client.
.sp 0.5
For example,
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\fBxvkbd \-window xarchie \-widget searchText \-text "\\Ca\\Ckabc\\r\fP"
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will enter the string ``\fBabc\fP'' to the ``Search Term'' field
of a \fBxarchie\fP window.
.TP 4
.B "\-true\-keypad"
If this option is specified,
\fIxvkbd\fP will attempt to use \fIkeysym\fPs such as 
\fIXK_KP_1\fP instead of \fIXK_1\fP.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.keypadKeysym: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.BI "\-dict " filename
Specify the dictionary (list of words) file to be used for
word completion.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.dictFile: \fP\fIfilename\fP' has the same function.
.sp 0.5
See also ``Making your own completion dictionary''.
.TP 4
.B "\-minimizable"
Make \fIxvkbd\fP window can be minimized (iconified)
even if no window manager is in use.
When this feature is enabled,
small triangle will be displayed at left ot the \fIxvkbd\fP main menu,
and \fIxvkbd\fP window will be minimized when the triangle is clicked.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.minimizable: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-secure"
Disable invocation of external commands,
including user assigned command and the online manual reader.
Connection to another displays would also be disabled.
This option may be useful when \fIxvkbd\fP is to be run with some kind of privileges.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.secure: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-nonexitable"
Disable termination of the \fIxvkbd\fP program.
This option may be useful when \fIxvkbd\fP is to be run automatically
for systems with no keyboards and users should not terminate the \fIxvkbd\fP.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.nonexitable: true\fP' has the same function.
.TP 4
.B "\-xdm"
Same as \fB\-secure \-nonexitable\fP.
When \fIxvkbd\fP is to be run for login screen,
it would be suggested to use this option.
.TP 4
.BI "\-modifiers " modifiers
Normally, \fIxvkbd\fP will activate modifiers (control, shift, etc.)
only whille sending characters.
If modifiers were specified with this option,
the specified modifiers will be activated
while corresponding key on the \fIxvkbd\fP window is in active.
For example, you can specify \fB\-modifiers shift,control,meta,alt\fP
to apply this for those four modifiers.
Maybe this can be useful when attempting to decorate
the mouse operations with the modifiers.
Please note that the modifiers will also be applied
when attempting to click on the \fIxvkbd\fP window
and which can prevent the correct operation in some situations.
.sp 0.5
Resource `\fBxvkbd.positiveModifiers: \fP\fImodifiers...\fP' has the same function.

.SH "Screen Shot"
.TP 4
Default (US)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-normal.gif
.TP 4
Belgian
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-belgian.gif
.TP 4
Danish
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-danish.gif
.TP 4
French
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-french.gif
.sp 0.5
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-french2.gif
.TP 4
German
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-german.gif
.TP 4
Icelandic
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-icelandic.gif
.TP 4
Italian
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-italian.gif
.TP 4
Japanese (JIS-X-6002)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-jisx6002.gif
.TP 4
Japanese (JIS-X-6004)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-jisx6004.gif
.TP 4
Norwegian
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-norwegian.gif
.TP 4
Portuguese
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-portuguese.gif
.TP 4
Spanish
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-spanish.gif
.TP 4
Swedish
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-swedish.gif
.TP 4
Swiss/German
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-swissgerman.gif
.TP 4
United Kingdom
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-uk.gif
.TP 4
Latin-1
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-latin1.gif
.TP 4
Small Keyboard (maybe suitable for PDAs)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-small.gif
.TP 4
Hebrew
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-hebrew.gif
.TP 4
Greek
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-greek.gif
.TP 4
Turkish
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-turkish.gif
.TP 4
Slovene
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-slovene.gif
.TP 4
Korean
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-korean.gif
.TP 4
Russian (Cyrillic)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-russian.gif

.SH "Download"
.TP 4
\fILatest Official Release\fP
\fIhttp://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-3.0.tar.gz\fP
.br
- source of version 3.0 (2008-05-05)
.TP 4
previous release
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd\-2.9.tar.gz\fP
.br
- source of version 2.9 (2008-03-30)
.PP
\fIxvkbd\fP is distributed under the terms of the
GNU General Public License.

.SH "Install"
.IP "  o " 4
\fIuntar\fP the source in a directory,
and move to the directory
.IP "  o " 4
If you wish to use genuine \fIXaw\fP insead of \fIXaw3d\fP,
edit \fBImakefile\fP and remove (or comment-out) `\fB#define XAW3D\fP'.
.sp 0.5
When you are installing \fIxvkbd\fP (for example) in very old systems,
you may also want to remove `\fB#define XTEST\fP' and `\fB#define I18N\fP'
to disable XTEST and internationalization facility respectively.
.IP "  o " 4
Run \fBxmkmf; make install install.man\fP

.SH "Customization"

.SH "    How to Customize \fIxvkbd\fP"
Some degree of customization of \fIxvkbd\fP is possible
by setting resources.
Some resources are already described above,
and resources to customizing keyboard layout are described below.
.PP
To set resources, you can:
.IP "  o " 4
put them in your \fB$HOME/.Xdefaults\fP file, or
.IP "  o " 4
load them via \fIxrdb\fP(1), or
.IP "  o " 4
set the filename to the \fB$XENVIRONMENT\fP environment variable, or
.IP "  o " 4
put them in application default directory as `\fBXVkbd\-\fP\fIsuffix\fP'
and set resource ``\fBxvkbd.customization: \-\fP\fIsuffix\fP'', or
.IP "  o " 4
put them in application default directory as \fBXVkbd\fP.
.PP
Here, \fIapplication default directory\fP can be either of:
.IP "  o " 4
directories specified with \fB$XUSERFILESEACHPATH\fP,
\fB$XAPPLRESDIR\fP or else \fB$HOME\fP environment variable
.IP "  o " 4
system's application default directory specified with
\fB$XFILESEACHPATH\fP environment variable,
or else the directory specified when compiling the X
(e.g., \fB/usr/lib/X11/app\-defaults\fP)
.PP
When the application default file is to be stored
in the system's application default directory,
the file must contain ``\fB#include "XVkbd\-common"\fP''
near top of the file.
.PP
\fIxvkbd\fP is distributed with some application default files,
and they will be installed in the system's application default directory.

.SH "    Making Window Small"
Size (and position) of \fIxvkbd\fP window can be set
by `\fBxvkbd.windowGeometry\fP' resource.
When making window small, you may need to choose the smaller font, too.
.sp
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.nf
  xvkbd.windowGeometry: 220x90
  xvkbd.compact: true
  xvkbd*Font: 6x12
.fi
.sp
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.PP
You may also want to set:
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.in +4
.nf
  xvkbd.modalKeytop: true
.fi
.sp
.in -4
to display only the labels for the current shift state,
instead of trying to always display all of them in the small keytop.
.PP
See also \fBXVkbd\-small.ad\fP in the \fIxvkbd\fP distribution.

.SH "    Removing Unwanted Keys"
Keys on \fIxvkbd\fP window can be removed by setting its width to 1.
.PP
To remove \fICompose\fP key and make \fIShift\fP key larger,
you can write:
.sp
.in +4
.nf
  xvkbd*Multi_key.width: 1
  xvkbd*Shift_R.width: 75
.fi
.sp
.in -4
.PP
To remove right \fIAlt\fP and \fIMeta\fP key,
you can write:
.sp
.in +4
.nf
  xvkbd*Alt_R.width: 1
  xvkbd*Meta_R.width: 1
.fi
.sp
.in -4

.SH "    Customizing Keyboard Layout"
Layout of keys on the \fIxvkbd\fP window can be customized
with following resources:
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.NormalKeys"
list of keys available when neighter of \fIShift\fP and \fIAltGr\fP are selected
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.ShiftKeys"
list of keys available when \fIShift\fP is selected
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.AltgrKeys"
list of keys available when \fIAltGr\fP is selected
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.ShiftAltgrKeys"
list of keys available when both \fIAltGr\fP and \fIShift\fP are selected
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.KeyLabels"
list of labels displayed on the keys
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.NormalKeyLabels"
list of labels displayed on the keys
  when neither of \fIShift\fP and \fIAltGr\fP are selected.
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.ShiftKeyLabels"
list of labels displayed on the keys
  when \fIShift\fP is selected
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.AltgrKeyLabels"
list of labels displayed on the keys
  when \fIAltGr\fP is selected
.TP 4
.B "xvkbd.ShiftAltgrKeyLabels"
list of labels displayed on the keys
  when both \fIAltGr\fP and \fIShift\fP are selected
.PP
Four resources to set labels on the keys
(\fBxvkbd.NormalKeyLabels\fP, \fBxvkbd.ShiftKeyLabels\fP,
\fBxvkbd.AltgrKeyLabels\fP and \fBxvkbd.ShiftAltgrKeyLabels\fP)
will be used instead of \fBxvkbd.KeyLabels\fP
when \fBxvkbd.modalKeytop\fP resoruce is set \fBtrue\fP.
.PP
In all of those resources, each keys are separated by spaces,
and rows of keys are terminated with `\fB \\n\\\fP'
(note that `\fB\\n\fP' must have space before it).
Please refer \fBXVkbd\-german.ad\fP and \fBXVkbd\-latin1.ad\fP
in the \fIxvkbd\fP distribution for more about these resources.
.PP
\fBXVkbd\-german\fP and \fBXVkbd\-latin1\fP will be installed
in the system's application default directory,
and setting the resource ``\fBxvkbd.customization: \-german\fP''
will make \fIxvkbd\fP to use the German layout.
For another method to activate those settings, please refer
"How to Customize \fIxvkbd\fP" above.

.SH "    Assigning Text to Function Keys"
Text can be assigned to each function keys
(and, actually, to most other keys).
If text is assigned to the function key,
clicking on the key will send the assigned text
instead of the function key itself.
When pointer is on a key where text is assigned,
the text will be displayed near the key.
.PP
The setting will be read from a text file
which contains text for each function keys as:
.sp
.in +4
.nf
  F1 text for F1
  F2 text for F2
  s:F1 text for Shift-F1
  c:F1 text for Control-F1
  m:F1 text for Meta-F1
  a:F1 text for Alt-F1
  ...
.fi
.sp
.in -4
.PP
`\fBs:\fP', `\fBc:\fP', `\fBm:\fP' and `\fBa:\fP'
before the keys name indicates four modifiers
(\fIShift\fP, \fIControl\fP, \fIMeta\fP and \fIAlt\fP) respectively.
.PP
If the first character of the assigned string is `\fB!\fP',
the string will be used as command to be executed when the key is clicked.
String starting with `\fB!\fP' can be assigned
by putting `\fB\\\fP' before `\fB!\fP'.
.PP
The file is \fB$HOME/.xvkbd\fP in default,
and it can be changed by setting the filename
with \fBxvkbd.keyFile\fP resource.
.PP
For \fBF1\fP to \fBF12\fP with or without \fIShift\fP modifier,
it is possible to edit the assigned string on a panel popped up via
"\fIEdit Function Keys...\fP" in the main menu.

.SH "Miscellaneous Informations"

.SH "    Notes"
.IP "  o " 4
On \fIXFree86\fP, resolution switch with
\fICtrl + Alt + Keypad-Plus\fP and \fICtrl + Alt + Keypad-Minus\fP 
may be simulated.
However, \fICtrl + Alt + Backspace\fP will not be simulated.
.IP "  o " 4
\fIShift\fP is used to decide key to be sent
and it will not used to set modifier bit when sending the event.
You can use \fBxev\fP command to check what is actually sent.
.IP "  o " 4
If \fIAlt\fP or \fIMeta\fP is not defined as modifier,
the key can't be used as modifier.
You can use `\fBxmodmap \-pm\fP' to check how modifiers are defined.
.IP "  o " 4
\fINum Lock\fP (and maybe other modifiers) on the physical keyboard
may not work correctly when \fIxvkbd\fP is in use.

.SH "    Additional Informations"
.TP 4
FAQ - Possible Problems and Solutions
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/faq.html
.TP 4
Making your own completion dictionary
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/make\-dic.html
.TP 4
Note about how to send key events
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/events.html

.SH "Change Log"
.TP 4
Version 0.1 (2000-05-13)
.IP "    - " 6

The first release, not announced anywhere.
.TP 4
Version 0.2 (2000-09-15)
.IP "    - " 6
Compose key is added.
In the environments where Compose key is supported,
some characters (mainly letters with accent symbol)
which can't be entered directly from keyboard
can be entered using dedicated key combinations.
.IP "    - " 6
Make keyboard layout not to be disturbed when
window size if specified with \fB\-geometry\fP option.
.IP "    - " 6
Sample app-defaults file is added.
.TP 4
Version 0.3 (2000-10-05)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\-text\fP option can now accept some modifiers
(\fB\\S\fP, \fB\\C\fP, etc.) and any keysyms 
(\fB\\[\fP\fIkeysym\fP\fB]\fP).
.IP "    - " 6
In addition to the window ID,
\fB\-window\fP option can now accept window name.
.IP "    - " 6
New \fB\-widget\fP option to specify the widget to set the input focus.
.TP 4
Version 1.0 (2000-11-03)
.IP "    - " 6
Keyboard layout can be now configured with resources.
See "Customizing Keyboard Layout" above,
and \fBXVkbd\-german.ad\fP in the distribution.
.IP "    - " 6
\fIxvkbd\fP can now send keys
with \fIMode_switch\fP (\fIAltGr\fP) modifier,
which enables those characters in the position to be entered.
.IP "    - " 6
\fIxvkbd\fP now support \fIAltGr\fP key
so that German (and some other) keyboard layout can be used.
See \fBXVkbd\-german.ad\fP in the distribution.
.IP "    - " 6
\fBXVkbd\-german\fP and \fBXVkbd\-latin1\fP are included
in the distribution, which modifies keyboard layout
and put some non-ASCII keys on the \fIxvkbd\fP window.
.IP "    - " 6
\fICapsLock\fP key is supported now.
.TP 4
Version 1.1 (2000-12-23)
.IP "    - " 6
\fIxvkbd\fP can now use XTEST extension to simulate keyboard events.
It can still use \fIXSendEvent()\fP, as it was in the older release.
(thanks, Bjoern)
.IP "    - " 6
Labels on keys can now be set independently for each of four shift states,
not shifted, \fIShift\fP, \fIAltGr\fP and \fIShift\fP-\fIAltGr\fP.
(thanks, Jim)
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\-kterm\fP option and \fBxvkbd.kterm\fP resource are removed.
.TP 4
Version 1.2 (2001-02-18)
.IP "    - " 6
\fIFocus\fP button is now placed in the main keyboard, too,
so that it will be available also in compact mode.
If you don't need it,
it can be removed by setting ``\fBxvkbd*row5.Focus.width: 1\fP''.
.IP "    - " 6
Input focus set by \fIFocus\fP button can now be cleard
by clicking \fIFocus\fP button twice.
Clicking \fIFocus\fP button with mouse button 3 will
still clear the input focus, too.
.IP "    - " 6
Text can now be assigned to function keys
(and, actually, to most other keys).
.IP "    - " 6
It is now possible to assign keys modified with
\fIShift\fP, \fIControl\fP, \fIAlt\fP and \fIMeta\fP on the main keyboard,
by putting `\fBs:\fP', `\fBc:\fP', `\fBa:\fP' and `\fBm:\fP'
before those keysym name when
customizing the keyboard layout.
.IP "    - " 6
\fIxvkbd\fP now ignores SIGINT and SIGQUIT
so that it will not terminated accidently.
.TP 4
Version 1.3 (2001-03-19)
.IP "    - " 6
New app-defaults file for Swiss-German layout, \fBXVkbd\-swissgerman.ad\fP.
(contributed from Marcel Portner)
.IP "    - " 6
\fIxvkbd\fP now catches MappingNotify event and reload the new mapping.
This allows users to use \fBxmodmap\fP while \fIxvkbd\fP is running.
.IP "    - " 6
\fINumLock\fP key is supported now.
(I'd removed \fIPrint\fP, \fIScrLk\fP and \fIPause\fP from keypad
- somebody need them?)
.TP 4
Version 1.4 (2001-04-22)
.IP "    - " 6
Auto-repeat didn't work
when focus was set explicitly via \fIFocus\fP button.
It is now fixed.
.IP "    - " 6
When required keysym was not defined in the keymap table,
\fIxvkbd\fP will now add it on-the-fly.
This means that we don't have to add them via \fIxmodmap\fP.
.IP "    - " 6
Keypad panel can now be popped up from the main keyboard
as a separate window.
.IP "    - " 6
Sun function keys is now supported.
It can be popped up from the main keyboard as a separate window.
.IP "    - " 6
Manual page is now available.
.TP 4
Version 1.5 (2001-10-08)
.IP "    - " 6
Key events can now be sent to windows on a remote display
(i.e. windows on other X servers)
- use "\fIConnect to Remote Display...\fP" in the main menu
to connect to remote display.
.IP "    - " 6
\fIShift\fP, \fIControl\fP, \fIAlt\fP and \fIMeta\fP can now be locked
- use "\fILock Shift?\fP" and "\fILock Control, Alt and Meta?\fP"
in the main menu.
Those initial settings can be set by 
\fBxvkbd.shiftLock\fP and \fBxvkbd.modifiersLock\fP resource.
.IP "    - " 6
If the first keysym for a key is an alphabet
and the second keysym is \fINoSymbol\fP,
it is now interpreted as if the first keysym is lowercase alphabet
and the second keysym is uppercase alphabet.
Keymap may be defined in this way in some systems including Solaris,
and older \fIxvkbd\fP may not work correctly in such situation.
.TP 4
Version 1.6 (2001-11-10)
.IP "    - " 6
New `\fB\-file\fP' option to send characters in the specified file.
(thanks, Gregory)
.IP "    - " 6
New entry `\fIUse XTEST Extension?\fP' is added
to the main menu,
mainly to indicate the availability of the XTEST extension.
.IP "    - " 6
\fIxvkbd\fP would crash when the window explicitly focused
via \fIFocus\fP button becomes was destroyed.
This problem is now fixed.
.TP 4
Version 2.0 (2001-12-09)
.IP "    - " 6
Keyboard layout (default, German, French, etc.) can now be changed
after \fIxvkbd\fP is invoked.
.IP "    - " 6
Show/hide of the keypad and funcion keys on the main window
can now be toggled from the main menu.
.IP "    - " 6
New app-defaults file for French layout, \fBXVkbd\-french.ad\fP.
(contributed from Jean-Pierre Demailly)
.TP 4
Version 2.1 (2002-01-27)
.IP "    - " 6
When height of the \fIxvkbd\fP window is smaller than
\fBXVkbd.modalThreshold\fP,
\fIxvkbd\fP will now automatically switch the keytop
as if \fB\-modal\fP option was specified.
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\[\fP\fIkeysym\fP\fB]\fP in \fB\-text\fP option
would send wrong keys - this problem is now fixed.
.IP "    - " 6
Target \fBdistclean\fP in the \fBImakefile\fP is renamed
to avoid the possible confusion on some systems.
.IP "    - " 6
Word completion is now supported.
.TP 4
Version 2.2 (2002-03-17)
.IP "    - " 6
String assigned to function keys can now be edited on a panel popped up via
"\fIEdit Function Keys...\fP" in the main menu.
.IP "    - " 6
When ``\fB\-\fP'' was specified as the filename parameter
for \fB\-file\fP option, \fIxvkbd\fP will now read
its standard input (stdin) to get the string to be sent.
.IP "    - " 6
In the previous release,
less-portable \fBsetenv()\fP function was used
instead of \fBputenv()\fP function,
may cause compilation error on some systems including Solaris.
.TP 4
Version 2.3 (2002-04-05)
.IP "    - " 6
New "Dead Keys" panel added.
Which can be used to enter Latin characters with accent symbol in double stroke.
.IP "    - " 6
More localized keyboard layout:
Belgian,
Danish,
French,
German,
Icelandic,
Italian,
Japanese (JIS-X-6004),
Norwegian,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Swedish,
Swiss/German,
United Kingdom
and Latin-1.
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\-keypad\fP option would crash previous version of \fIxvkbd\fP
- this problem is now fixed.
.TP 4
Version 2.4 (2002-10-02)
.IP "    - " 6
Command can now be assigned to function keys
so that clicking on the function key will execute the command
instead of sending the string to clients.
.IP "    - " 6
Assigned string for \fBF1\fP to \fBF12\fP
with \fIShift\fP modifier can now be edited on a panel popped up via
"\fIEdit Function Keys...\fP" in the main menu.
.TP 4
Version 2.5 (2002-10-12)
.IP "    - " 6
\fIQuick Modifier\fP feature added
- now, it is possible to enter characters with modifiers
by pressing a key and then move the pointer.
(suggested by Niklas Rokaeus)
.IP "    - " 6
``\fILock AltGr?\fP'' entry is added in the main menu.
.IP "    - " 6
Status of ``\fILock Shift?\fP'', ``\fILock AltGr\fP'',
``\fILock Control, Alt and Meta?\fP'' will be recorded in \fB$HOME/.xvkbd\fP file
and it will be read when \fIxvkbd\fP is invoked next time.
.TP 4
Version 2.5a (2003-06-25)
.IP "    - " 6
``Fitaly'' layout is now supported
- may be useful for PDAs.
.TP 4
Version 2.6 (2004-05-04)
.IP "    - " 6
Code to adding keysyms which were not found in the keymap table is revised.
\fIxvkbd\fP now avoid to add keysyms in the shifted position of keys
which already have a keysym defined in the non-shifted position,
and entries in the keymap table which is modified keys will be redefined
rather than redefining the entire keymap table.
This change is to avoid possible problem (\fIAltGr\fP key could be effectively disabled)
which may caused in some systems where \fIXGetKeyboardMapping()\fP can produce
incorrect map when keys have more then two keysyms.
.IP "    - " 6
If \fIMode_switch\fP is not defined in the modifier table
but \fIISO_Level3_Shift\fP is defined,
\fIxvkbd\fP now attempt to add \fIMode_switch\fP as the same modifier
with \fIISO_Level3_Shift\fP.
.IP "    - " 6
Korean layout is now supported.
Although Hangul characters will be displayed on the keys,
\fIxvkbd\fP will simply generate alphabet characters when those keys are clicked.
It is intented to be used with "ami" or similar Hangul input program.
.IP "    - " 6
URL of the \fIxvkbd\fP main page is now changes to
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/.
.TP 4
Version 2.7 (2005-05-05)
.IP "    - " 6
Yet another Japanese keyboard layout, JIS X 6002, is now supported.
.IP "    - " 6
It is now possible to minimize (iconify) the main window
even if no window manager is in use.
This feature can be activated by \fB\-minimizable\fP option
or \fBxvkbd.minimizable\fP resource.
.IP "    - " 6
Experimental code to keep the \fIxvkbd\fP window always on the top of the display.
This feature can be activated by \fB\-always\-on\-top\fP option,
\fBxvkbd.alwaysOnTop\fP resource
or the "Always on Top?" entry in the main menu.
Care should be taken as this feature can cause problem in some situations.
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\-text\fP option now support combinations of modifiers and a special key.
For example, \fB\-text '\\C\\A\\d'\fP can be used for Control-Alt-Delete key combination.
.IP "    - " 6
New options:
\fB\-secure\fP option (\fBxvkbd.secure\fP resource)
which disables invocation of external commands,
\fB\-nonexitable\fP option (\fBxvkbd.nonexitable\fP resource)
which inhibits termination of the program,
and \fB\-xdm\fP option which is equivalent to \fB\-secure \-nonexitable\fP
and maybe useful when run \fIxvkbd\fP from a display manager.
.TP 4
Version 2.7a (2005-05-07)
.IP "    - " 6
Fixed a problem that \fIxvkbd\fP could cause segmentation fault on startup.
.TP 4
Version 2.8 (2006-09-10)
.IP "    - " 6
\fIISO_Level3_Shift\fP is now to be prefered over \fIMode_switch\fP
so that \fIAltGr\fP can be used on relatively new systems
where we must use \fIISO_Level3_Shift\fP instead of \fIMode_switch\fP.
.IP "    - " 6
Reference to the target bitmap is changed from
\fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/target\fP to \fB/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/target\fP.
.IP "    - " 6
New options: \fB\-no\-back\-pointer\fP, \fB\-no\-sync\fP, \fB\-modifiers\fP.
.TP 4
Version 2.9 (2008-03-30)
.IP "    - " 6
Russian (Cyrillic) keyboard layout supported. (thanks, Victor)
.IP "    - " 6
New \fB\-delay\fP option.
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\\D\fP special sequence in \fB\-text\fP can be used to put a delay in specific position.
.IP "    - " 6
\fB\-text\fP can now simulate mouse operation
via \fB\\x\fP, \fB\\y\fP and \fB\\m\fP special sequences.
.TP 4
Version 3.0 (2008-05-05)
.IP "    - " 6
New Property panel.
.IP "    - " 6
New automatic click feature.
.IP "    - " 6
Key-click sounds when key is pressed.

.SH "Author"
\fIxvkbd\fP was written by Tom Sato,
and it is distributed under the terms of the
GNU General Public License
Version 2 or any later version.
.PP
Please send any feedback (such as bug reports, requests or comments) to
Tom Sato <VEF00200@nifty.ne.jp>.
.PP
The latest version of this software
and more information about it may be available at
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/.
Release of the new version will be announced
on the Freshmeat (http://freshmeat.net),
and you can probably receive the announce via e-mail if you wish.