[Kde-accessibility] Mouse emulation on/off

rampsonc at comcast.net rampsonc at comcast.net
Wed Jun 1 16:10:10 CEST 2005


I am a systems admin and am trying to convert my handicapped friend from Windoze to Linux. In using KDE, he has found some Access features lacking.

The story is thus - In Windoze, you can turn the mouse keys on by using the Num Lock key. In KDE you need to use Left-Shift, Left-Alt, Num Lock. This is unacceptable for the following reason;

When playing games (using VMWare workstation 5 and Windoze XP), he needs to switch between mouse keys and keypad in real time. Key pads are used for movement of game pieces (in this case Ultima Online), and he may need to move in a hurry! 

He is a quadrapelegic, and has use of ONLY his right hand - so the left side of his keyboard is not very accessible.

Q: How can I get the KDE Mouse emulation to work EXACTLY like the Windoze mouse keys i.e. JUST using the Num Lock key?

Thanks everyone!

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Chris Rampson


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