FLORENCE(1)
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:man source:   Florence


NAME
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florence - extensible and scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME


SYNOPSIS
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*florence* ['OPTIONS']


DESCRIPTION
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Florence is an extensible scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME. You need it if
you can't use a real hardware keyboard, for example because of injury,
handicap, your keyboard is broken or because you use a tablet PC, but you must
be able to use a pointing device (as a mouse, a trackball, a touchscreen or
opengazer); If you can't use a pointing device, there is gok, which can be used
with just simple switches.

Florence stays out of your way when you don't need it: it appears on the screen
only when you need it. A timer-based auto-click input method is available to
help disabled people having difficulties to click. The ramble mode is another
efficient input method that can help.

Florence is primarily intended to be used with the GNOME desktop, although it
can be used on any desktop environment by using the *--no-gnome* option.


OPTIONS
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*-h, --help*::
  Print help message and exit.

*-V, --version*::
  Print Florence version and exit.

*-c, --config*::
  Open configuration dialog.

*-d, --debug*::
  Launch Florence in verbose mode.

*-n, --no-gnome*::
  Use this option if you are not using the GNOME desktop environment. This
  will disable some GNOME specific features.

*-f* ['WINDOW']*, --focus*[*=*'WINDOW']::
  With this option, any florence input will go to the selected window. The
  window argument is the name of the window (the one that most window
  managers put in the title bar). if the window argument is not provided,
  florence will select the last focused window. This option is useful for
  window managers that don't support the "not focusable" hint and focus the
  keyboard window instead of the output one. It can also be useful if you
  want to input text to a window that is not focused. This option must be
  used for the keyboard to work in GDM.

*-u* 'FILE', *--use-config=*'FILE'::
  Use the configuration file provided instead of gconf. The configuration
  file is a key-value pair file with sections. An example of configuration
  file is provided at '/usr/share/doc/florence/examples/florence.conf'.


SEE ALSO
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Florence documentation in the GNOME help system.

Florence website: <http://florence.sourceforge.net/>

AUTHOR
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François Agrech <f.agrech@gmail.com>