Orca does not speak

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Someone on this list just quoted the Orca man page.

It does not say what you are saying.

Quoting the last seven words from the man page regarding the -r switch:

"... start  a  new *orca*  in its place."

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> orca when the -r switch is used replaces its last process with a new
> process.
> 
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:55:56
> > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: Orca does not speak
> >
> > 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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