Subject: Re: bug#45626: flyspell Accessibility Problem

From: Christopher Dimech <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:26:41 +0100

> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 at 3:20 AM
> From: "Lars Ingebrigtsen" <[email-masked]>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: bug#45626: flyspell Accessibility Problem
>
> Christopher Dimech <[email-masked]> writes:
>
> > After a round of Software Accessibility iterations with Protesilaos Stavrou
> > regarding the wavy underline provided by flyspell, it was determined that
> > the wavy line is too thin for colour contrast ratios to make any difference.
> >
> > One idea we came up with was to have the wavy line thicker.  However, the usual
> > way ispell-word highlights the word is the way forward.  Flyspell should use the
> > same approach highlight words as ispell-word does, eliminating the
> > wavy underline.
>
> I'm not quite sure I understand the request here -- this is about the
> `flyspell-incorrect' and `flyspell-duplicate' faces?  Can't people just
> customise that to whatever they want?

Yes, but one cannot make the wavy line thicker.  This means that changing
the colour of the wavy underline according to WCAG AAA Standard is not
sufficient for compliance.

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