To summarize, this blind user at least doesn't consider 80-characters max width to be a supportive argument. They are more worried, instead, about matching up the terminal width to multiples of their display. And of course, to avoid forced guis.
Sometimes I think it's easy to make arguments about accessibility without actually consulting someone with an accessible need.
I'm confused. I thought I did. Is the link above not correct?
Nicolas Pitre wrote:
"Well, not really."
Is that the "response to the response" you're referring to? If so, that's what I meant as well. I thought Nicolas' response was on point with the discussion about accessibility.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/5/685
To summarize, this blind user at least doesn't consider 80-characters max width to be a supportive argument. They are more worried, instead, about matching up the terminal width to multiples of their display. And of course, to avoid forced guis.
Sometimes I think it's easy to make arguments about accessibility without actually consulting someone with an accessible need.