On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 5:49 AM, Samuel Thibault < samuel.thiba...@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> Hello, > > So, I also saw the removal of generic modules. > > Unfortunately we currently need it for implementing perfect zoom feature > :) > > The context is that visual-impaired users need magnification of the > desktop. Changing font sizes / dpi etc. have their limit, at some point > we need to just have a zoomed view of a piece of the screen. Currently > compiz' ezoom takes the piece of the screen, and magnify it to show it > on the screen, with obviously awful pixelization effects. > > Our idea was very similar to gtk-vector-screenshot : instead of taking > the output as it is displayed on the screen, get a module loaded within > the application, with which ezoom can discuss to make the application > produce a magnified rendering of its window, which ezoom can then show > in the magnification glass, thus getting perfect zoom. > > Without module loading, I don't know how to implement it :) Or perhaps > this could be added as an AT-SPI interface? > > If it is a toolkit-level feature that is needed desktop-wide, it needs to be implemented in the toolkit proper, not added through the backdoor via a module. I know that this will require some rearchitecting and may not be super-easy, but I still believe that this is the right way forward.
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