The following topics provide information for users with disabilities:
Performing ClearCase LT Operations in
Rational Developer
Keyboard Shortcuts
Setting ClearCase preferences for accessibility
Additional Information
Although the ClearCase SCM Adapter provided with Rational Developer products is accessible to users with physical disabilities, some of the applications and dialog boxes that are started from the integration are not accessible. Equivalent functionality is available from the ClearCase command line interface (CLI). The table below lists these features along with the commands that provide equivalent functions
The primary CLI to ClearCase and ClearCase LT is cleartool which provides a full set of subcommands that create, modify, and manage the information in VOBs and views. For more information about these commands and a list of available options, type cleartool man command-name or cleartool help command-name.
| ClearCase Application | Description | Equivalent ClearCase CLI command |
|---|---|---|
| ClearCase Explorer | The ClearCase Explorer is used to start common ClearCase applications and wizards, and to navigate and view details for ClearCase views. | See the ClearCase
LT documentation for details about all available cleartool commands. For example, the following
commands can be used to see the ClearCase details for files and
directories in a view:
> cd z:\sourceVOB\MyRADProject > cleartool ls |
| Join Project Wizard | The Join Project wizard allows you to select a project to join, create a development stream, create a development view, and create an integration view. | To create a development stream, use the cleartool mkstream
command.
To create an integration view and development view, use the cleartool mkview command. |
| View Creation Wizard | The View Creation Wizard helps you create a work area (called a view) for contributing to a development project. The view allows you to access files and directories under Rational ClearCase control. In ClearCase LT, the wizard allows you to create a snapshot view. | To create a view, use the cleartool mkview command. |
| History Browser | The History Browser allows you to examine the event records of Rational ClearCase objects, including elements, hyperlinks, types, storage pools, VOB replicas (MultiSite only), and VOBs. | To view the history for a ClearCase object, use the cleartool lshistory command. |
| Find Checkouts Wizard | The Find Checkouts Wizard allows you to specify the criteria used to locate checked-out elements. | To find checkouts from the command line, use the cleartool lsco command. |
| Deliver dialog | The Deliver preview dialog box displays the information that the deliver operation will use and performs the deliver. You can deliver work either in the form of individual activities or in the form of baselines. You can also control whether differences are merged automatically or manually. | To preview the deliver operation,
use the cleartool deliver
preview command.
To perform the delivery, use the cleartool deliver command without the preview option |
To perform any of the context-sensitive ClearCase LT operations in the Rational Developer product, press Ctrl+Shift+F10 and press E to open the Team menu.
To perform any of the operations on the main ClearCase menu, press Alt+C.
To perform any of the operations on the ClearCase toolbar, use the Tab key to navigate to the ClearCase toolbar and use the arrow keys to navigate to a specific ClearCase operation. Press the Enter key to start the desired operation.
The ClearCase integration with Rational Developer products uses icon decorations for ClearCase elements to denote their current status in ClearCase. For example, a blue underlay denotes that a resource is under ClearCase source control and a green check mark indicates that a resource has been checked out.
For users with visual impairments, it is also possible to configure the ClearCase integration to display the ClearCase status using text decorations, which can be read by screen readers, instead of icon decorations. To do this, open the preferences for the Rational Developer products by clicking Window > Preferences, then click the Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter section under the Team preferences. Set the preference for ClearCase decorations to Enable Text Decorations. The keyboard shortcut for this setting in the preferences window is ALT+E.
See the online Help in Rational Developer products for more information about assistance for users with disabilities, including information about navigating the Rational Developer products interfaces, keyboard shortcuts, and accessibility preferences.
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