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| <section id="accessibility"> |
| <title>Accessibility</title> |
| <para> |
| The following preferences can be changed on the |
| <emphasis role="strong">Text Editors > Accessibility</emphasis> |
| page. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| <informaltable> |
| <tgroup cols="3"> |
| <colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1* " /> |
| <colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" /> |
| <colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" /> |
| <thead> |
| <row> |
| <entry>Option</entry> |
| <entry>Description</entry> |
| <entry>Default</entry> |
| </row> |
| </thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <row> |
| <entry>Use custom caret</entry> |
| <entry> |
| This option replaces the original caret with |
| a custom caret and shows a different caret |
| for Overwrite and Insert mode. |
| </entry> |
| <entry>On</entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry>Enable thick caret</entry> |
| <entry> |
| This option replaces the original caret with |
| a more visible, thicker caret. |
| </entry> |
| <entry>On</entry> |
| </row> |
| <row> |
| <entry> |
| Use characters to show changes on line |
| number bar |
| </entry> |
| <entry> |
| Quick Diff shows the changes in a vertical |
| ruler using colors. Color blind persons can |
| enable this option to show the differences |
| with different characters in the line number |
| ruler. |
| </entry> |
| <entry>Off</entry> |
| </row> |
| </tbody> |
| </tgroup> |
| </informaltable> |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| Here is what the Accesibility preferences page looks like: |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| <screenshot> |
| <mediaobject> |
| <imageobject> |
| <imagedata scale="50" |
| fileref="images/accessibility_screen.png" format="PNG" /> |
| </imageobject> |
| </mediaobject> |
| </screenshot> |
| </para> |
| </section> |