The Status window changes in response to the user's key presses. BounceKeys makes the keyboard ignore spurious extra presses of a key. StickyKeys causes modifier keys such as Shift, Ctrl, and Alt to latch and affect the next key pressed, such that modifier keys and other keys may be pressed in sequence instead of simultaneously. SlowKeys makes the keyboard ignore spurious presses of other keys on the way to a target key. RepeatKeys lets the user toggle whether held keys are acknowledged repeatedly or just once.
Users can define and save groups of settings as profiles.
If this directory is not readable and writable, then the user may still set and activate customized settings, but they will not be remembered across login sessions. The SGI AccessX graphical user interface uses the XKB extension built into the X server in IRIX 6.2 and later releases. Unfortunately, SGI AccessX isn't available for IRIX 6.2 because it would require substantial changes to SGI's 6.2 X libraries implementation. Similar products exist on non-SGI platforms, including Apple, Digital, Sun, and Microsoft Windows. On his Web site he offers free C source code .