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bug#2608: 23.0.90; `w32-use-visible-system-carat' should be a defcustom
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Drew Adams |
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bug#2608: 23.0.90; `w32-use-visible-system-carat' should be a defcustom |
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Sun, 24 May 2009 17:47:34 -0700 |
> > 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.
I don't see this as fixed in 23.0.94.1. I'm looking at both the doc string and
the Emacs manual section about this variable.
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