From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35435: 26.1; Gnome magnifier not following cursor when typing in emacs Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:14:47 +0300 Message-ID: <83zhodvx08.fsf@gnu.org> References: <77a6ac4f-aa3c-74ee-764b-e9df21692d36@u-cergy.fr> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="175845"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35435@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eric Danan Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 26 13:22:20 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hJyvr-000je8-QP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:22:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45131 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJyvq-0004bu-QQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:22:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53317) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJypw-0008Dd-S3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:16:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJypt-0008Lp-T2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46641) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJypm-0008Gy-1Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:16:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hJypl-0005CV-Oz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:16:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:16:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35435 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35435-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35435.155627731419926 (code B ref 35435); Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:16:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35435) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Apr 2019 11:15:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60185 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hJyoz-0005BK-K0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38550) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hJyoy-0005B5-3M for 35435@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:15:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:46817) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJyos-0007GJ-IC; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:15:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1996 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hJyor-0005i6-PV; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:15:06 -0400 In-reply-to: <77a6ac4f-aa3c-74ee-764b-e9df21692d36@u-cergy.fr> (message from Eric Danan on Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:05:41 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:158285 Archived-At: > From: Eric Danan > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:05:41 +0200 > > Due to a visual impairment I constantly work with a screen magnifier > turned on (in full screen mode), and I need it to track the cursor/caret > to follow what I am typing. > > So far I am using emacs 26.1 on cygwin on windows 10, and the windows 10 > magnifier does the job of tracking the cursor. > > I am considering switching to gnome on linux and therefore installed the > fedora (version 29) distribution to try it out. The gnome (3.30) shell > magnifier supports cursor tracking and it works in other applications > but not emacs (26.1). > > I previously sent this message to the gnome accessibility list (that was > a long time ago in 2015, so with earlier versions of emacs and gnome) > and got a reply from Alex Arnaud stating: > > > I've tried to test Emacs with Accercicer (a accessibility debug tool) > and my conclusion are Emacs doesn't connect it to AT-SPI (accessibility > stack). The Windows port of Emacs has special code to move the system caret in sync with the cursor. I guess the X build should have something similar, patches are welcome to implement that.