[Fwd: Re: [Kde-accessibility] Help for people with sight problems]

[Bill Haneman]

Anders Bruun Olsen wrote:

>On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:34:22PM -0500, Maksim Orlovich wrote:
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>>>If not, is such a feature then planned and can anything be done to get
>>>this feature here and now?
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>>Hi... Could your colleague perhaps try this little app and comment on
>>whether it's doing the right thing? Here is how to install it:
>>1. compile it with g++ curhl.cpp -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -o curhl
>>2. Run kmenuedit. Add a menu entry for the binary to some remote corner of
>>menu where it wouldn't bother the user. Uncheck the "use launch feedback
>>icon"[1] At the bottom, there is a little "Current shortcut key" label
>>with "None" as its appropriate setting. Select something appropriate. I
>>used ctrl-shift-p. Save.
>>Now, when the user presses the select shortcut, the app will pop up a
>>bunch of concentric ... squares (sorry, too lazy to do circles for a
>>prototype), centered around the cursor. A click anywhere should close it.
>>(Though I probably should ask Seli to review the grab code, since I am not
>>sure it's 100% safe).
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>It looks good, but I think it's not going to be deemed good enough by my
>collegue since there is very little movement. If something was flashing
>or otherwise moving, it would be better. I know that it probably does
>help some, since spotting a large square like that should be a heck of
>a lot easier than just a small cursor, but I still think that with no
>actual movement or flashes or something like that, it's not going to be
>effective enough.
>Anyway, I can't get to my collegue today (thursday) since I am working
>at home today, but tomorrow I will test out on her and post her feedback
>here.
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why not steal the graphics code for the gnome one?  It's LGPL after all :-)

http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-locate-pointer.c?view=markup