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[PATCH] NS: Correct the accessibility role of Emacs windows

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Message #17 received at 77062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rudolf <at> adamkovic.org, 77062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77062: [PATCH] NS: Correct the accessibility role of Emacs
 windows
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:02:56 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:31:34 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    >> Cc: 77062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
    >> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
    >> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:45:54 +0200
    >> 
    >> >>>>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 03:34:21 +0200, Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf <at> adamkovic.org> said:
    >> 
    Rudolf> Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf <at> adamkovic.org> writes:
    >> >> See the commit message in the patch.
    >> 
    Rudolf> Ping.
    >> 
    >> This doesnʼt cause any harm in my testing (with the standard macOS
    >> window manager). Eli?

    Eli> I don't understand what that does, and thus don't have any opinion.

    Eli> Generally speaking, it would be nice to see some official document or
    Eli> standard saying that this is what applications on macOS should do, and
    Eli> then have it in the comments to the code.

I couldnʼt find such a document, but itʼs pretty obvious that

- Emacs is a windowed application, so claiming itʼs a text field is wrong
- Other Emacs ports report that it is the right thing to do

Robert
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