Re: [orca-list] how to identify in the dash if an application is running

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com> wrote:
 
> The shell, whether it be GNOME shell or whatever, would set the accessible
> name for the app in question. Being a part of the shell, its running state
> can be retrieved, and the accessible name set accordingly. Orca then reads
> the accessible name, and no extra effort on Orca's part is required to
> convey application running state.

I fully understood how it worked; I just don't like it - it seems to be a
kludge that modifies the name as a work-around for lack of a proper API
mechanism to supply the application's running/not-running state.

The problem is that if an AT needs to separate out the actual name from the
state information, it has to analyze the string, presumably, which, if I
understand rightly, is internationalized. It would be better to convey the
state separately, in my judgment, even though it does involve a little work on
the Orca side.