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| author | Alejandro Piñeiro <apinheiro@igalia.com> | 2014-02-18 18:29:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Alejandro Piñeiro <apinheiro@igalia.com> | 2014-02-18 18:29:29 +0100 |
| commit | fdf5f9c1cb5af00fd9a85534bc1460fa3d2869e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f517e8404462459d0c1a7d4f2119e6d6e0ecfa7 | |
| parent | 12861d77fb76628e41c1f7837e1b291c5fb1165c (diff) | |
| download | atk-fdf5f9c1cb5af00fd9a85534bc1460fa3d2869e1.tar.gz | |
doc: add an overview
This is the same overview used for ATK releases. In any case
this should be improved and updated.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/atk-docs.sgml | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/atk-docs.sgml b/docs/atk-docs.sgml index dfe315a..9f9c736 100644 --- a/docs/atk-docs.sgml +++ b/docs/atk-docs.sgml @@ -42,7 +42,25 @@ <chapter id="overview"> <title>Overview</title> - Atk is cool + <para> + GNOME provides support for accessibility devices using the ATK + framework. This framework defines a set of interfaces to which + graphical interface components adhere. This allows, for instance, + screen readers to read the text of an interface and interact with its + controls. ATK support is built into GTK+ and the rest of the GNOME + platform, so any application using GTK+ will have reasonable + accessibility support for free. + </para> + + <para> + Nonetheless, you should be aware of accessibility issues when when + developing your applications. Although GTK+ interfaces provide + reasonable accessibility by default, you can often improve how well + your program behaves with accessibility tools by providing additional + information to ATK. If you develop custom widgets, you should ensure + that they expose their properties to ATK + </para> + </chapter> <chapter id="atkobject"> |