Re: [orca-list] Programatically detecting if Orca is running

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

pid orca;echo $?;if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "orca is running."
On Sun, 12
Apr 2020, Nolan Darilek wrote:

> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:09:40
> From: Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>
> To: Orca <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: [orca-list] Programatically detecting if Orca is running
>
> Hey folks,
>
>
> I'm working on a game engine accessibility project that is essentially a
> screen reader running inside the engine. I'd like to enable my screen reader
> if I've detected that another is running. I know how to do this under Windows
> via Tolk, Android via accessibility APIs, but I'm not sure how to do this for
> Orca. Is there any way to detect whether Orca is running, or even better, if
> the user has indicated to GNOME/KDE that they'd like the screen reader active?
>
>
> If there isn't an easy way, I'll probably just check for the presence of the
> various magical environment variables we've almost certainly got set to get
> things running, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.
>
>
> And yes, I know I can technically check running processes, but that's hacky
> and I'd rather not. :)
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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