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NAME

       xvkbd - virtual keyboard for X window system

DESCRIPTION

       xvkbd  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.

       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 xvkbd" below, and resouce files in the distribution.

       xvkbd  version  2.1  and later support word completion, which may make it easier to enter long words with
       xvkbd.

       IMPORTANT NOTE: When invoking xvkbd from display managers such as XDM, GDM, etc., always use  xvkbd  with
       -secure option or you will have serious security risk.

Environment

       xvkbd  will  work  on X11R5 or X11R6.  It is tested on redhat Linux and Solaris, and it will work also on
       most UNIX-like systems.

       This program uses Xaw (use of Xaw3d is recommended) and no special library is required.

Operation

    Input Keys
       When xvkbd is started, the image of a keyboard will be displayed on the screen.  Clicking any key on  the
       xvkbd window will send the character to the focused window as if the key had been actually typed with the
       hardware keyboard.

       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 Shift 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 Controled  characters,  you
       should  click the key after clicking Control, or click the key with mouse button 2 (maybe middle button).
       Alt and Meta can be used in the similar manner with Control,  but  there  are  no  shortcuts  with  mouse
       buttons.

    ``Quick Modifiers''
       xvkbd 2.5 and later support another way to input characters with modifiers such as Shift, Control, AltGr,
       etc., which may be useful especially for machines with touch panels such as  PDAs  -  we  would  call  it
       "Quick Modifiers".

       Quick  Modifiers can be enabled/disabled by the ``Enable "Quick Modifiers?'' entry on the property panel.
       If Quick Modifiers is enabled, it will be activated by pressing a key  on  the  xvkbd  window,  move  the
       pointer outside of the key, and then release the mouse button or equivalent.

       The direction of the pointer motion will select the modifier:

             up        - Shift
             right     - AltGr
             right-up  - Shift AltGr
             left      - Control
             left-up   - Shift Control
             down      - Meta
             left-down - Alt

    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 xvkbd window - the character will be sent to the selected
       position.

       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 xvkbd window when you clicked on the key on
       the xvkbd window, you must make xvkbd to set input focus explicitly by clicking the Focus button  on  the
       xvkbd window and then click on the input field.  This input focus can be cleared by clicking Focus button
       with mouse button 3, or simply clicking Focus button twice.

    Word Completion
       Choosing ``Word Completion...'' in the main menu will popup the Word Completion panel.

       When you entered characters by clicked keys on the xvkbd window as usual while the Word Completion  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.

       The dictionary (list of words) file is /usr/share/dict/words by default, but it can be changed  by  -dict
       option or xvkbd.dictFile resouce, or on the Property panel.

    Main Menu
       Pressing  the  ``xvkbd''  logo  on  the  main  keyboard  (placed  near  left-bottom corner in the default
       configuration) will popup the main menu.

       The menu contains following items:

       About...
           Show short description of this program.

       Manual...
           Launch manual page reader.

       Keypad...
           Open the Keypad panel.

       Sun Function Keys...
           Open the Sun Function Keys panel.

       Dead Keys...
           Open the Dead Keys panel which can be used to enter Latin characters with  accent  symbol  in  double
           stroke.

       Word Completion...
           Open the Word Completion panel.

       Change Keyboard Layout...
           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.

       Edit Function Keys...
           Open a popup window to edit string assigned to function keys.  See also "Assigning Text  to  Function
           Keys".

       Show Keypad?
           Toggle show/hide of the keypad on the main window.

       Show Function Keys?
           Toggle show/hide of the function keys on the main window.

       Property...
           Popup the Property panel.

       Connect to Remote Display...
           Open  a  panel  to  specify  the  name of a remote display (in the meaning of the X Window System) to
           connect, so that following key events will be sent to windows on the remote display.

       Revert to Local Display
           Disconnect from the remote display so that following key events will be sent to windows on the  local
           display.

    Property Panel
       Enable "Quick Modifiers"?
           Toggle enable/disable of the Quick Modifiers feature.

       Lock Shift?
           Toggle locking/momentary of Shift keys.

       Lock AltGr?
           Toggle locking/momentary of AltGr key.

       Lock Control, Alt and Meta?
           Toggle locking/momentary of Control, Alt and Meta keys.

       Always on Top?
           If  this  entry  is  set ON, xvkbd attempts to keep the xvkbd 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.

       Behave as Toolbar Window?
           xvkbd  attempts  to  be  a  toolbar  window when it is used with some kind of window managers such as
           Matchbox window manager.

       Use XTEST Extension?
           XTEST extension will be used if this entry is checked.  If this entry is set inactive, the  X  server
           does not support XTEST extension.

       Jump Pointer?
           If  this  entry  is  set  ON,  xvkbd  will temporary jump the pointer to the focused window, if XTEST
           extension is to be used to simulate keyboard events.

       Key-Click Sound
           Set on/off and duration of key-click sound.

       Automatic Click
           Set on/off of the automatic click feature and the delay before automatic click is activated.  If this
           feature  is  set, xvkbd 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 Jump Pointer? to OFF to avoid auto-repeating.

       Completion Dictionary
           Set  the  filename  to  be  used  for  word  completion.   This  setting  take  precedence  over  the
           `xvkbd.dictFile' resource and the -dict option.

    Options
       xvkbd accept following command line options, in addition to general options such as `-display'.

       -version
           Display version information and exit.

       -xsendevent
           Make  xvkbd  to  use XSendEvent() to simulate keyboard events, as it was in xvkbd version 1.0.  xvkbd
           version 1.1 and later will try to use XTEST extension instead in the default configuration.
           If XTEST extension is not supported by the X server, xvkbd will automatically switch to this mode.
           Resource `xvkbd.xtest: false' has the same function.

       -no-sync
           Normally, xvkbd 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 -no-sync
           can solve the problem.
           Resource `xvkbd.noSync: true' has the same function.

       -no-jump-pointer
           Make xvkbd not to jump the pointer when sending events.  In the default, xvkbd  will  temporary  jump
           the  pointer  to  the  focused  window,  if input focus is set explicitly via Focus button, and XTEST
           extension is to be used to simulate keyboard events.
           Resource `xvkbd.jumpPointer: false' has the same function.

       -no-back-pointer
           Make xvkbd not to jump the pointer back to the original position after events has been  sent.   Maybe
           this can be useful when using xvkbd to move the pointer position.
           Resource `xvkbd.jumpPointerBack: false' has the same function.

       -modal
           Make  labels  on  keys in the xvkbd window to be set independently for each of four shift states, not
           shifted, Shift, AltGr and Shift-AltGr.  This is useful when you want to make the  xvkbd  window  very
           small.
           See also "Customizing Keyboard Layout" and resouce files in the distribution.
           Resource `xvkbd.modalKeytop: true' has the same function.

       -geometry  [widthxheight][+xoff+yoff]
           Set window geometry (size and position).
           You can use form like -geometry 400x130 to specify the window size, -geometry +100+100 to specify the
           window position from left/top edge of the screen, and -geometry 400x130+100+100 to specify  both  the
           size  and  the  position.   You  can specify position from right/bottom edge of the screen by using -
           instead of +, but please note that you must take account of size  of  the  window  border.   (If  you
           specify `-geometry -0-0', the window will not fit in the screen.)
           This can be set by xvkbd.windowGeometry resource (note that it is not xvkbd.geometry), too.

       -no-repeat
           Do not auto-repeat even if key is depressed long time.
           If  auto-repeat  is  enabled  (this  is  the  default),  time  before start auto-repeat can be set as
           `xvkbd*Repeater.initialDelay: 600', and period of repeat can be set as  `xvkbd*Repeater.minimumDelay:
           100' (unit of there parameters are milli-seconds).
           Resource `xvkbd.autoRepeat: false' has the same function.

       -no-functionkey
           Do not display function keys.
           Resource `xvkbd.functionkey: false' has the same function.

       -no-keypad
           Do not display keypad.
           Resource `xvkbd.keypad: false' has the same function.

       -compact
           Do not display function keys nor keypad.
           Resource `xvkbd.compact: true' has the same function.

       -keypad
           Display only keypad.  This option will be ignored if `-no-keypad' or `-compact' is specified.
           Resource `xvkbd.keypadOnly: true' has the same function.

       -text string
           Send the string to the focused window (see also `-window' option).
           If  this  option  is  specified,  xvkbd will not open its window and terminate soon after sending the
           string.
           The string can contain:

           - \r - Return

           - \t - Tab

           - \b - Backspace

           - \e - Escape

           - \d - Delete

           - \S - Shift (modify the next character; please note that modify with ``\S'' will be ignored in  many
             cases.   For example, ``a\Cb\ScD\CE'' will be interpreted as a, Control-b, c, Shift-D, and Control-
             Shift-E.)

           - \C - Control (modify the next character)

           - \A - Alt (modify the next character)

           - \M - Meta (modify the next character)

           - \[keysym] - the keysym keysym (e.g., \[Left]), which will be processed in the similar  matter  with
             other general characters

           - \{keysym} - the keysym keysym (e.g., \{Left}), which will be processed in more primitive matter and
             can also be used for modofier keys such as Control_L, Meta_L, etc.; also, \{+keysym} and \{+keysym}
             will simulate press and release of the key, respectively

           - \Ddigit - delay digit * 100 ms

           - \xvalue - move mouse pointer (use "+" or "-" for relative motion)

           - \yvalue - move mouse pointer (use "+" or "-" for relative motion)

           - \mdigit - simulate click of the specified mouse button

       -file filename
           Send  the contents of the specified file to the focused window (see also `-window' option).  If ``-''
           was specified as the filename, string to be sent will be read from the standard input (stdin).
           If this option is specified, xvkbd will not open its window and  terminate  soon  after  sending  the
           string.

       -delay value
           Put value ms of delay for evey characters when sending characters with -text or -file.  Maybe this is
           useful when problem arises when characters are entered too fast.

       -window window
           Specify the ID (hexadecimal value leaded with `0x', or decimal value), the  name  (instance  name  or
           class  name)  of  the  window,  or the title of the window to set input focus.  It is possible to use
           wildcard characters `*' and `?'  to match the window name or the window title.
           If this is not specified, xvkbd will use input focus under control  of  the  window  manager,  unless
           focus  is specified explicitly via Focus button.  Even if this option is specified, you can set input
           focus to other windows using Focus button, or clear the input focus.
           If there are two or more windows which have the name specified with this option, the window which was
           found first will be selected.

       -widget widget-name
           Specify  the name of the widget to set the input focus.  To use this feature, the client must support
           Editres protocol.  In general, this option will be used with `-window' option.
           If you want to set input focus to the widget foo.bar.zot, you can write zot, bar.zot  or  foo.bar.zot
           as widget-name.  To avoid confusion, the widget-name should match with a single widget of the client.
           For example,

               xvkbd -window xarchie -widget searchText -text "\Ca\Ckabc\r"

           will enter the string ``abc'' to the ``Search Term'' field of a xarchie window.

       -remote-display display
           Specify the display (in the meaning of the X Window System) to connect;
             see also Connect to Remote Display....
             .TP  4  -true-keypad If this option is specified, xvkbd will attempt to use keysyms such as XK_KP_1
           instead of XK_1.
           Resource `xvkbd.keypadKeysym: true' has the same function.

       -dict filename
           Specify the default dictionary (list of words) file to be used for word completion.  The  `Completion
           Dictionary' filename set on the Property panel takes precedence over this.
           Resource `xvkbd.dictFile: filename' has the same function.
           See also ``Making your own completion dictionary''.

       -minimizable
           Make  xvkbd  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 xvkbd main menu, and xvkbd window
           will be minimized when the triangle is clicked.
           Resource `xvkbd.minimizable: true' has the same function.

       -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 xvkbd
           is to be run with some kind of privileges.
           Resource `xvkbd.secure: true' has the same function.

       -nonexitable
           Disable  termination  of  the  xvkbd  program.   This  option  may  be useful when xvkbd is to be run
           automatically for systems with no keyboards and users should not terminate the xvkbd.
           Resource `xvkbd.nonexitable: true' has the same function.

       -xdm
           Same as -secure -nonexitable.  When xvkbd is to be run for login screen, it would be suggested to use
           this option.

       -modifiers modifiers
           Normally,  xvkbd  will  activate modifiers (control, shift, etc.)  only while sending characters.  If
           modifiers were  specified  with  this  option,  the  specified  modifiers  will  be  activated  while
           corresponding  key  on  the  xvkbd  window  is  in  active.   For example, you can specify -modifiers
           shift,control,meta,alt 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 xvkbd  window  and  which  can  prevent  the  correct
           operation in some situations.
           Resource `xvkbd.positiveModifiers: modifiers...' has the same function.

       -debug
           Make xvkbd to output debug information.  It also disable keyboard width adjustment, to help adjusting
           key size when making keyboard layout file.
           <!--

       -version
           Output version information and exit.  -->

Screen Shot

       Default (US)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-normal.gif

       Belgian
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-belgian.gif

       Danish
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-danish.gif

       French
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-french.gif
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-french2.gif

       German
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-german.gif

       Icelandic
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-icelandic.gif

       Italian
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-italian.gif

       Japanese (JIS-X-6002)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-jisx6002.gif

       Japanese (JIS-X-6004)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-jisx6004.gif

       Norwegian
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-norwegian.gif

       Portuguese
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-portuguese.gif

       Spanish
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-spanish.gif

       Swedish
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-swedish.gif

       Swiss/German
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-swissgerman.gif

       United Kingdom
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-uk.gif

       Latin-1
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-latin1.gif

       Small Keyboard (maybe suitable for PDAs)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-small.gif

       Hebrew
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-hebrew.gif

       Greek
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-greek.gif

       Turkish
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-turkish.gif

       Slovene
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-slovene.gif

       Korean
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-korean.gif

       Russian (Cyrillic)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-russian.gif

Download

       Latest Official Release
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-3.3.tar.gz
           - source of version 3.3 (2012-03-03)

       previous release
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-3.2.tar.gz
           - source of version 3.2 (2010-03-14)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-3.1.tar.gz
           - source of version 3.1 (2010-01-17)

       xvkbd is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Install

         o untar the source in a directory, and move to the directory

         o If you wish to use genuine Xaw insead of Xaw3d, edit Imakefile and remove (or  comment-out)  `#define
           XAW3D'.
           When you are installing xvkbd (for example) in very old systems, you may also want to remove `#define
           XTEST' and `#define I18N' to disable XTEST and internationalization facility respectively.

         o Run xmkmf; make install install.man

Customization

    How to Customize xvkbd
       Some degree of customization of xvkbd is possible by  setting  resources.   Some  resources  are  already
       described above, and resources to customizing keyboard layout are described below.

       To set resources, you can:

         o put them in your $HOME/.Xdefaults file, or

         o load them via xrdb(1), or

         o set the filename to the $XENVIRONMENT environment variable, or

         o put  them  in application default directory as `XVkbd-suffix' and set resource ``xvkbd.customization:
           -suffix'', or

         o put them in application default directory as XVkbd.

       Here, application default directory can be either of:

         o directories specified with $XUSERFILESEACHPATH, $XAPPLRESDIR or else $HOME environment variable

         o system's application default directory specified with $XFILESEACHPATH environment variable,  or  else
           the directory specified when compiling the X (e.g., /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults)

       When the application default file is to be stored in the system's application default directory, the file
       must contain ``#include "XVkbd-common"'' near top of the file.

       xvkbd is distributed with some application default files, and they will  be  installed  in  the  system's
       application default directory.

    Making Window Small
       Size  (and  position)  of xvkbd window can be set by `xvkbd.windowGeometry' resource.  When making window
       small, you may need to choose the smaller font, too.

             xvkbd.windowGeometry: 220x90
             xvkbd.compact: true
             xvkbd*Font: 6x12

       You may also want to set:

             xvkbd.modalKeytop: true

       to display only the labels for the current shift state, instead of trying to always display all  of  them
       in the small keytop.

       See also XVkbd-small.ad in the xvkbd distribution.

    Removing Unwanted Keys
       Keys on xvkbd window can be removed by setting its width to 1.

       To remove Compose key and make Shift key larger, you can write:

             xvkbd*Multi_key.width: 1
             xvkbd*Shift_R.width: 75

       To remove right Alt and Meta key, you can write:

             xvkbd*Alt_R.width: 1
             xvkbd*Meta_R.width: 1

    Customizing Keyboard Layout
       Layout of keys on the xvkbd window can be customized with following resources:

       xvkbd.NormalKeys
           list of keys available when neighter of Shift and AltGr are selected

       xvkbd.ShiftKeys
           list of keys available when Shift is selected

       xvkbd.AltgrKeys
           list of keys available when AltGr is selected

       xvkbd.ShiftAltgrKeys
           list of keys available when both AltGr and Shift are selected

       xvkbd.KeyLabels
           list of labels displayed on the keys

       xvkbd.NormalKeyLabels
           list of labels displayed on the keys
             when neither of Shift and AltGr are selected.

       xvkbd.ShiftKeyLabels
           list of labels displayed on the keys
             when Shift is selected

       xvkbd.AltgrKeyLabels
           list of labels displayed on the keys
             when AltGr is selected

       xvkbd.ShiftAltgrKeyLabels
           list of labels displayed on the keys
             when both AltGr and Shift are selected

       Four    resources   to   set   labels   on   the   keys   (xvkbd.NormalKeyLabels,   xvkbd.ShiftKeyLabels,
       xvkbd.AltgrKeyLabels  and  xvkbd.ShiftAltgrKeyLabels)  will  be  used  instead  of  xvkbd.KeyLabels  when
       xvkbd.modalKeytop resoruce is set true.

       In all of those resources, each keys are separated by spaces, and rows of keys are terminated with ` \n\'
       (note that `\n' must have space before it).  Please refer  XVkbd-german.ad  and  XVkbd-latin1.ad  in  the
       xvkbd distribution for more about these resources.

       XVkbd-german  and  XVkbd-latin1  will  be  installed  in  the system's application default directory, and
       setting the resource ``xvkbd.customization: -german'' will make xvkbd to  use  the  German  layout.   For
       another method to activate those settings, please refer "How to Customize xvkbd" above.

    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.

       The setting will be read from a text file which contains text for each function keys as:

             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
             ...

       `s:',  `c:',  `m:'  and `a:' before the keys name indicates four modifiers (Shift, Control, Meta and Alt)
       respectively.

       If the first character of the assigned string is `!', the string will be used as command to  be  executed
       when the key is clicked.  To assign string starting with `!' or `\', put `\' before the string.

       The  file  is  $HOME/.xvkbd  in default, and it can be changed by setting the filename with xvkbd.keyFile
       resource.

       For F1 to F12 with or without Shift modifier, it is possible to edit  the  assigned  string  on  a  panel
       popped up via "Edit Function Keys..." in the main menu.

Miscellaneous Informations

    Notes
         o On  XFree86,  resolution  switch  with  Ctrl + Alt + Keypad-Plus and Ctrl + Alt + Keypad-Minus may be
           simulated.  However, Ctrl + Alt + Backspace will not be simulated.

         o Shift is used to decide key to be sent and it will not used to set  modifier  bit  when  sending  the
           event.  You can use xev command to check what is actually sent.

         o If  Alt  or Meta is not defined as modifier, the key can't be used as modifier.  You can use `xmodmap
           -pm' to check how modifiers are defined.

         o Num Lock (and maybe other modifiers) on the physical keyboard may not work correctly when xvkbd is in
           use.

    Additional Informations
       FAQ - Possible Problems and Solutions
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/faq.html

       Making your own completion dictionary
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/make-dic.html

       Hints to use xvkbd -text
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-text.html

       Note about how to send key events
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/events.html

Change Log

       Version 0.1 (2000-05-13)

           -

             The first release, not announced anywhere.

       Version 0.2 (2000-09-15)

           - 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.

           - Make keyboard layout not to be disturbed when window size if specified with -geometry option.

           - Sample app-defaults file is added.

       Version 0.3 (2000-10-05)

           - -text option can now accept some modifiers (\S, \C, etc.) and any keysyms (\[keysym]).

           - In addition to the window ID, -window option can now accept window name.

           - New -widget option to specify the widget to set the input focus.

       Version 1.0 (2000-11-03)

           - Keyboard layout can be now configured with resources.  See "Customizing Keyboard Layout" above, and
             XVkbd-german.ad in the distribution.

           - xvkbd can now send keys with Mode_switch (AltGr) modifier, which enables those  characters  in  the
             position to be entered.

           - xvkbd  now  support  AltGr  key  so  that German (and some other) keyboard layout can be used.  See
             XVkbd-german.ad in the distribution.

           - XVkbd-german and XVkbd-latin1 are included in the distribution, which modifies keyboard layout  and
             put some non-ASCII keys on the xvkbd window.

           - CapsLock key is supported now.

       Version 1.1 (2000-12-23)

           - xvkbd  can  now use XTEST extension to simulate keyboard events.  It can still use XSendEvent(), as
             it was in the older release.  (thanks, Bjoern)

           - Labels on keys can now be set independently for each of four  shift  states,  not  shifted,  Shift,
             AltGr and Shift-AltGr.  (thanks, Jim)

           - -kterm option and xvkbd.kterm resource are removed.

       Version 1.2 (2001-02-18)

           - Focus  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 ``xvkbd*row5.Focus.width: 1''.

           - Input focus set by Focus button can now be cleard by clicking Focus button twice.   Clicking  Focus
             button with mouse button 3 will still clear the input focus, too.

           - Text can now be assigned to function keys (and, actually, to most other keys).

           - It  is now possible to assign keys modified with Shift, Control, Alt and Meta on the main keyboard,
             by putting `s:', `c:', `a:' and `m:' before those keysym name when customizing the keyboard layout.

           - xvkbd now ignores SIGINT and SIGQUIT so that it will not terminated accidently.

       Version 1.3 (2001-03-19)

           - New app-defaults file for Swiss-German  layout,  XVkbd-swissgerman.ad.   (contributed  from  Marcel
             Portner)

           - xvkbd now catches MappingNotify event and reload the new mapping.  This allows users to use xmodmap
             while xvkbd is running.

           - NumLock key is supported now.  (I'd removed Print, ScrLk and Pause  from  keypad  -  somebody  need
             them?)

       Version 1.4 (2001-04-22)

           - Auto-repeat didn't work when focus was set explicitly via Focus button.  It is now fixed.

           - When  required  keysym was not defined in the keymap table, xvkbd will now add it on-the-fly.  This
             means that we don't have to add them via xmodmap.

           - Keypad panel can now be popped up from the main keyboard as a separate window.

           - Sun function keys is now supported.  It can be popped up from  the  main  keyboard  as  a  separate
             window.

           - Manual page is now available.

       Version 1.5 (2001-10-08)

           - Key  events  can now be sent to windows on a remote display (i.e. windows on other X servers) - use
             "Connect to Remote Display..." in the main menu to connect to remote display.

           - Shift, Control, Alt and Meta can now be locked - use "Lock  Shift?"  and  "Lock  Control,  Alt  and
             Meta?"    in   the   main  menu.   Those  initial  settings  can  be  set  by  xvkbd.shiftLock  and
             xvkbd.modifiersLock resource.

           - If the first keysym for a key is an  alphabet  and  the  second  keysym  is  NoSymbol,  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 xvkbd may
             not work correctly in such situation.

       Version 1.6 (2001-11-10)

           - New `-file' option to send characters in the specified file.  (thanks, Gregory)

           - New  entry `Use XTEST Extension?' is added to the main menu, mainly to indicate the availability of
             the XTEST extension.

           - xvkbd would crash when the window explicitly focused via Focus button becomes was destroyed.   This
             problem is now fixed.

       Version 2.0 (2001-12-09)

           - Keyboard layout (default, German, French, etc.) can now be changed after xvkbd is invoked.

           - Show/hide of the keypad and funcion keys on the main window can now be toggled from the main menu.

           - New app-defaults file for French layout, XVkbd-french.ad.  (contributed from Jean-Pierre Demailly)

       Version 2.1 (2002-01-27)

           - When  height of the xvkbd window is smaller than XVkbd.modalThreshold, xvkbd will now automatically
             switch the keytop as if -modal option was specified.

           - \[keysym] in -text option would send wrong keys - this problem is now fixed.

           - Target distclean in the Imakefile is renamed to avoid the possible confusion on some systems.

           - Word completion is now supported.

       Version 2.2 (2002-03-17)

           - String assigned to function keys can now be edited on a panel popped up via "Edit Function Keys..."
             in the main menu.

           - When  ``-''  was  specified  as  the  filename  parameter for -file option, xvkbd will now read its
             standard input (stdin) to get the string to be sent.

           - In the previous release, less-portable setenv() function was used instead of putenv() function, may
             cause compilation error on some systems including Solaris.

       Version 2.3 (2002-04-05)

           - New  "Dead  Keys"  panel  added.  Which can be used to enter Latin characters with accent symbol in
             double stroke.

           - 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.

           - -keypad option would crash previous version of xvkbd - this problem is now fixed.

       Version 2.4 (2002-10-02)

           - 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.

           - Assigned string for F1 to F12 with Shift modifier can now be edited on a panel popped up via  "Edit
             Function Keys..." in the main menu.

       Version 2.5 (2002-10-12)

           - Quick Modifier feature added - now, it is possible to enter characters with modifiers by pressing a
             key and then move the pointer.  (suggested by Niklas Rokaeus)

           - ``Lock AltGr?'' entry is added in the main menu.

           - Status of ``Lock Shift?'', ``Lock AltGr'', ``Lock Control, Alt and  Meta?''  will  be  recorded  in
             $HOME/.xvkbd file and it will be read when xvkbd is invoked next time.

       Version 2.5a (2003-06-25)

           - ``Fitaly'' layout is now supported - may be useful for PDAs.

       Version 2.6 (2004-05-04)

           - Code to adding keysyms which were not found in the keymap table is revised.  xvkbd 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 (AltGr key  could  be
             effectively  disabled)  which  may  caused  in some systems where XGetKeyboardMapping() can produce
             incorrect map when keys have more then two keysyms.

           - If Mode_switch is not defined in the modifier table but  ISO_Level3_Shift  is  defined,  xvkbd  now
             attempt to add Mode_switch as the same modifier with ISO_Level3_Shift.

           - Korean  layout  is  now supported.  Although Hangul characters will be displayed on the keys, xvkbd
             will simply generate alphabet characters when those keys are clicked.  It is intented  to  be  used
             with "ami" or similar Hangul input program.

           - URL of the xvkbd main page is now changes to http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/.

       Version 2.7 (2005-05-05)

           - Yet another Japanese keyboard layout, JIS X 6002, is now supported.

           - It is now possible to minimize (iconify) the main window even if no window manager is in use.  This
             feature can be activated by -minimizable option or xvkbd.minimizable resource.

           - Experimental code to keep the xvkbd window always on the top of the display.  This feature  can  be
             activated by -always-on-top option, xvkbd.alwaysOnTop resource or the "Always on Top?" entry in the
             main menu.  Care should be taken as this feature can cause problem in some situations.

           - -text option now support combinations of modifiers and a special key.  For example, -text  '\C\A\d'
             can be used for Control-Alt-Delete key combination.

           - New options: -secure option (xvkbd.secure resource) which disables invocation of external commands,
             -nonexitable option (xvkbd.nonexitable resource) which inhibits termination  of  the  program,  and
             -xdm  option  which  is  equivalent  to -secure -nonexitable and maybe useful when run xvkbd from a
             display manager.

       Version 2.7a (2005-05-07)

           - Fixed a problem that xvkbd could cause segmentation fault on startup.

       Version 2.8 (2006-09-10)

           - ISO_Level3_Shift is now to be prefered over Mode_switch so that AltGr can be used on relatively new
             systems where we must use ISO_Level3_Shift instead of Mode_switch.

           - Reference   to   the   target  bitmap  is  changed  from  /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/target  to
             /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/target.

           - New options: -no-back-pointer, -no-sync, -modifiers.

       Version 2.9 (2008-03-30)

           - Russian (Cyrillic) keyboard layout supported. (thanks, Victor)

           - New -delay option.

           - \D special sequence in -text can be used to put a delay in specific position.

           - -text can now simulate mouse operation via \x, \y and \m special sequences.

       Version 3.0 (2008-05-05)

           - New Property panel.

           - New automatic click feature.

           - Key-click sounds when key is pressed.

       Version 3.1 (2010-01-17)

           - Changed the default setting for automatic click to OFF, which was set ON in the previous release in
             error and caused confusion.

           - The keypad is now customizable, too (see XVkbd-strip.ad for the example).

           - Up to 25x25 keys can now be supported both for the main keyboard and the keypad.

           - Able to open the keypad panel when startup, by setting `xvkbd.keypad: false' and `xvkbd.keypadOnly:
             true'.

           - Fixed errors in some keyboard layout files (Korean, Slovene, UK).

           - A new sample layout file XVkbd-strip.ad.

       Version 3.2 (2010-03-14)

           - New option `Behave as Toolbar Window?' on the Property panel,
               which may make xvkbd works better with some kind of window managers
               such as Matchbox window manager. (Thanks, Patrick)

           - `Always on Top' will work rather better with window managers
               which support extended window manager hint _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE.

           - -window option can now find window which have title match with
               the specified string.

           - -window option now accept wildcard characters
               `*' and `?'.

           - Word completion dictionary file to be used with `Word Completion...'
               can now be specified on the Property panel.

           - Only the words which have two or more characters will be appeared
               in the word completion list.

           - New -version option to display version information.

       Version 3.3 (2012-03-03)

           - -text can now accept \{keysym}
               so that the specified key can be processed in more primitive manner,
               and so that modofier keys such as Control_L, Meta_L, etc.
               can also be simulated.
               Also, \{+keysym} and \{+keysym}
               will now simulate press and release of the key, respectively.

           - New option -remote-display to make xvkbd connect to
               the specified display when startup.

           - Bug fixed: KP_0 now works.

Author

       xvkbd was written by Tom Sato, and it is distributed under the terms of the GNU  General  Public  License
       Version 2 or any later version.

       Please send any feedback (such as bug reports, requests or comments) to Tom Sato <VEF00200@nifty.ne.jp>.

       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  Freecode
       (http://freecode.com), and you can probably receive the announce via e-mail if you wish.

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