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     13 <refentry id="libatk-10-3">
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     15 <refmeta><refentrytitle>&cmd;</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
     16 <refmiscinfo class="date">31 Aug 2004</refmiscinfo>
     17 <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man3;</refmiscinfo>
     18 <refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
     19 <refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
     20 <refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>
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     22 <indexterm><primary>&cmd;</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Accessibility
     23 Toolkit API</primary></indexterm>
     24 <refnamediv id="libatk-10-3-name"><refname>&cmd;</refname><refpurpose>
     25 Accessibility Toolkit API</refpurpose></refnamediv>
     26 
     27 <refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
     28 
     29 <para>ATK (Accessibility Tool Kit) is a set of interfaces which, when
     30 implemented by applications and user-interface component libraries, supports
     31 the use of applications by persons with disabilities.  ATK provides a consistent
     32 set of in-process interfaces which conforming components implement, either
     33 directly or via the use of add-on libraries. These interfaces are in turn
     34 exported out-of-process for use by assistive technologies (see <citerefentry>
     35 <refentrytitle>at-spi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>). 
     36 </para>
     37 
     38 <para>Using ATK, applications can explicitly provide descriptive information
     39 about their components. By using ATK-enabled toolkits such as GTK+, applications
     40 obtain built-in accessibility support.</para>
     41 
     42 <para>The ATK API is a queryable, interfaced API for obtaining textual, attribute-based,
     43 and coordinate information from user interface components, and also provides
     44 a means of activating and interacting with those components without the direct
     45 use of the keyboard or system pointing device.</para>
     46 <para>To access the API documentation, you must install the developer version
     47 of the package.</para>
     48 </refsect1>
     49 
     50 <refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
     51 <para>The following files are used by this library:</para>
     52 <variablelist termlength="wholepage">
     53 <varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/lib/&cmd;.so</filename></term><listitem>
     54 <para>Accessibility Toolkit API shared library</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     55 <varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/atk</filename></term><listitem>
     56 <para>Location of developer documentation</para></listitem></varlistentry>
     57 </variablelist></refsect1>
     58 
     59 <refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
     60 <para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
     61 <refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
     62 for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
     63 <informaltable frame="all">
     64 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
     65 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
     66 <thead>
     67 <row>
     68 <entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry>
     69 <entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
     70 </thead>
     71 <tbody>
     72 <row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>SUNWgnome-base-libs SUNWgnome-base-libs-64</para></entry></row>
     73 <row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Committed</para></entry></row>
     74 </tbody>
     75 </tgroup>
     76 </informaltable>
     77 </refsect1>
     78 <refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
     79 <!--Reference to another man page-->
     80 <!--Reference to a Help manual-->
     81 <!--Reference to a book.-->
     82 <para>
     83 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>at-spi-registryd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     84 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>magnifier</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     85 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>at-spi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     86 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libcspi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     87 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgailutil</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     88 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgnome-mag</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     89 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgnomespeech</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     90 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libloginhelper</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     91 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     92 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-interfaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     93 </para>
     94 </refsect1>
     95 <refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
     96 <para>Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004, 2006.
     97 </para>
     98 </refsect1>
     99 </refentry>
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