GNU bug report logs - #45626
flyspell Accessibility Problem

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>

Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 14:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 45626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 45626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45626: flyspell Accessibility Problem
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:20:35 +0100
Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com> 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?

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