C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Customizing SoftBench for Native Language Support (NLS)
SoftBench Keyboard Accelerators and Non-USASCII Character Inputs
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SoftBench Keyboard Accelerators and
Non-USASCII Character Inputs
Some of the SoftBench tools' menu commands have keyboard
accelerators. Accelerators are keystrokes (such as Alt-Shift-E for "File:
Edit…") that can be used to invoke the menu command without having to
pull down the menu itself. These SoftBench keyboard accelerators may
conflict with the key(s) used for entering multibyte characters using
Input Method Servers.For example,you will not be able to invoke "File:
Edit…" using Alt-Shift-E if the Alt key is used for accessing the Input
Method Server for entering a multibyte character. If such a conflict
exists, and you wish to eliminate that conflict, you can do so by
customizing the keyboard accelerators directly.
Customizing Keyboard Accelerators
Keyboard accelerators are defined in the files:
/opt/softbench/app-defaults/ toolclass
/opt/softbench/menus/.../C
Select the keyboard accelerator resources that are in conflict for each of
the tools and modify them to your liking.
For example, suppose you wish to customize all of the SoftBench File
Compare tool's keyboard accelerators so that it uses the Function keys,
such as F2, instead of Alt-Shift-SomeKey keystrokes.
1. Copy the appropriate SoftBench File Compare tool's resource
specifications into your $HOME/.Xresources file:
Softcom*fileedit.accelerator: Shift Meta<Key>E
Softcom*fileedit.acceleratorText: Shift+Alt+E
Softcom*filecontext.accelerator: Shift Meta<Key>D
Softcom*filecontext.acceleratorText: Shift+Alt+D
2. Replace the accelerator resource with the keystroke you desire, and
the acceleratorText resource with the actual label you expect to see
in the menu pick. For instance:
Softcom*fileedit.accelerator: <Key>F2
Softcom*fileedit.acceleratorText: F2
Softcom*filecontext.accelerator: <Key>F3
Softcom*filecontext.acceleratorText: F3