BSD Ports

x11/florence 0.6.3_6 DragonFly

Extensible scalable virtual keyboard

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
GFDL, GPLv2+
Categories
x11
Package size
177.4 KiB, 828.2 KiB installed

Description

Florence is an extensible scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME. You need it if you can't use a real keyboard either because of a handicap, disease, broken keyboard or tablet PC but you can use a pointing device. If you can't use a pointing device, there is gok: http://www.gok.ca/ Florence stays out of your way when you don't need it. It appears on the screen only when you need it. There is an auto-click functionality To help people having difficulties to use the click button.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 0.7.2, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
DragonFlyx11/florence0.6.3_6 behind since 2026-09-02none known-[email protected]-
FreeBSDx11/florence0.7.2 newestnone known-[email protected]2026-09-02
HardenedBSDx11/florence0.7.2 newestno data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDx11/florence0.7.2 newestno data-[email protected]-

Install

Binary package:

pkg install florence

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/x11/florence && make install clean

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

Run dependencies 14

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts
none

Message after installing

===>   NOTICE:

The florence port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing