Orca does not speak

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I'll do my best to release it before my 70th birthday, Devin <smile>

Didier

On 15/01/2019 20:31, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Yes, I am eagerly awaiting said batch of updates, Didier. <grin>
> 
> Devin Prater
> 
>> On Jan 15, 2019, at 12:21 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think that we disagree because we are not speaking of the same thing.
>>
>> When I write "replace orca" I mean: replace an instance of the orca
>> application living in RAM.
>>
>> When you write "restart orca" you mean: restart orca, application
>> usually stored on a mass storage device.
>>
>> To illustrate the difference: you can have two instances of orca
>> running at the same time (one for Janina, one for Didier), but you
>> have only one Orca installed in your system.
>>
>> This being said, I'd better spend my time preparing the next big
>> batch of updates for Slit than arguing here, even more so as it's
>> up to Joanie, not me, to decide of the option's name <smile>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Didier
>>
>> On 15/01/2019 18:55, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> OK, one more nit on this argument ...
>>>
>>> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>>>> Typing "orca -r", you kill this process (i.e., you remove it from
>>>> the RAM), and you replace it with a new one.
>>>>
>>> The reason this is flawed is that there is no longer a Orca running once
>>> the pid has been killed. Restarting Orca involves assigning a new pid to
>>> it for inter-process communications. But, that's not a replacement, it's
>>> an application restart that necessarily includes acquiring a process id.
>>>
>>> Now, if you could magically give Orca a new pid without killing the app,
>>> then perhaps replace might be appropriate.
>>>
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