Re: libcolorblind as a dependency?

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Le mercredi 28 mars 2007, à 14:10, Andre Klapper a écrit :
> (discussing this on the list, as decided at the last meeting.)
> 
> Carlos Eduardo R. Diógenes proposed libcolorblind as an external
> dependency for gnome-mag [1].
> 
> Daniel Ruoso (the maintainer) wrote that "usually the people who would
> use the colorblind filters would not need the zooming [...]
> Probably just creating a gnome-applet that does what test/control-client
> (inside gnome-mag source) does [...]"[2] and "I'm colorblind, but I
> don't need a screen magnifier."[3]
> 
> so in my humble opinion, i would prefer to get this somewhere else into
> the system, perhaps the window manager (someone may correct me if i'm
> wrong), because it's not really a magnifier issue, but a more general
> approach is needed.
> 
> comments welcome.

I'm not opposed to this dependency: it's a good thing for a11y. I agree
gnome-mag might not be the best place to make use of it, though.

Vincent

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