From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Jason Rumney'" <jasonr@gnu.org>, <2608@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>
Cc: 'Tomas Valusek' <tvalusek@seznam.cz>
Subject: bug#2608: 23.0.90; `w32-use-visible-system-carat' should be a defcustom
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:01:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00a301c9a191$0c5fe1f0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49B67E35.4070201@gnu.org>
> From: Jason Rumney Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:50 AM
> > A visually impaired new Emacs user just asked a question about this
> > variable on help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. I had never heard of this
> > variable. I see now that it is a defvar, even though it seems to be
> > documented as a user "flag". Seems like it should be a defcustom.
> >
>
> It was originally intended as a user option, but code was added to
> automatically set it according to whether screen reading
> software is in use. So it should just do the right thing.
> Documentation probably needs updating to reflect that, and the
> fact that it is only useful for screen reading software, as the
> user seems to have gotten the idea that it might help them even
> though they don't use such software - in fact Emacs
> drawn cursors are far more useful, as they can be configured
> to be more or less visible as the user requires.
I see. Yes, I think clarifying this in the doc would help. And perhaps add a
link to a manual section about customizing the cursor, for people such as the OP
who don't use screenreaders.
Beyond this bug fix, perhaps it would be useful to add a top-level Emacs-manual
section about Accessibility (aka help for the disabled) with links to pertinent
sections of the manual that might be of special help.
CC'ing the OP.
Thx - Drew.
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2009-03-09 6:55 ` bug#2608: 23.0.90; `w32-use-visible-system-carat' should be a defcustom Drew Adams
2009-03-10 14:50 ` Jason Rumney
2009-03-10 15:01 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2009-05-25 0:47 ` Drew Adams
2009-03-11 13:30 ` bug#2608: marked as done (23.0.90; `w32-use-visible-system-carat' should be a defcustom) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-05-25 1:20 ` Emacs bug Tracking System
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