Re: Alternative defaults for visually impaired users? (was: [RFC] The best way to choose an "action" at point: context-menu-mode, transient, which-key or embark? (was: Fwd: Org-cite: Replace basic follow-processor with transient menu?))

[Ihor Radchenko]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>   > I guess that Emacsspeak already provides some good defaults for blind,
>   > thanks to T.V. Raman's continuous dedication.
>   > But maybe we want things to be available in vanilla Emacs as well?
>
> It depends what "available" means.  If it means having a package
> that would install suitable different bindings and settings, it sounds
> fine in principle -- but does Raman want to maintain them that way?
> It might be a bigger change for him than for users of his work.

No, I did not mean a package. I meant support and maintenance in Emacs
core. IMHO, these features are too important for third-party package that
might be abandoned.

The initial input about alternative defaults may come from Raman,
Samuel, or other interested users who had to customize Emacs in similar
ways.

>                                                                       Not
>   > just for blind, but also settings with large font sizes.
>
> I have a feeling that the changes for large fonts would be totally
> dissimilar to those for screen reading.  I'm not an expert, though,
> bu does anyone actually _know_ whether they have much in common?

I do not think that they have much in common in terms of specific
changes to Emacs defaults. What might be common is the way to enable
accessibility defaults - I have specific API design in mind, but do not
want to discuss it before I see how the general idea is received.

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