
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.

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 main menu.  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/dict/words by default,
       but it can be changed by -dict option or xvkbd.dictFile resouce.

    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, 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.

       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.

       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.

       Connect to Remote Display...
           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.

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

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

       -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)

           - \C - Control (modify the next character)

           - \A - Alt (modify the next character)

           - \M - Meta (modify the next character)

           - \[keysym] - the keysym keysym
             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.

       -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.

       -window window
           Specify the ID (hexadecimal value leaded with `0x', or decimal
           value) or name (instance name or class name) of the window to
           set input focus.  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.

       -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 dictionary (list of words) file to be used for word
           completion.
           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.

       -always-on-top
           Attempt 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.
           Resource `xvkbd.alwaysOnTop: true' has the same function.

       -modifiers modifiers
           Normally, xvkbd 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 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.

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

Download
       Latest Official Release
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-2.8.tar.gz
           - source of version 2.8 (2006-09-10)

       previous release
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-2.7a.tar.gz
           - source of version 2.7a (2005-05-07)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-2.6.tar.gz
           - source of version 2.6 (2004-05-04)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-2.5a.tar.gz
           - source of version 2.5a (2003-06-25)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-2.5.tar.gz
           - source of version 2.5 (2002-10-12)
           http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/xvkbd-2.4.tar.gz
           - source of version 2.4 (2002-10-02)

       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.
       String starting with `!' can be assigned by putting `\' before `!'.

       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

       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.

Author
       xvkbd was written by Tom Sato, and it is distributed under the terms
       of the GNU General Public License.

       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 Freshmeat
       (http://freshmeat.net), and you can probably receive the announce
       via e-mail if you wish.

