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

[Arkadiusz Kozioł <zywek-mailing nvps pl>]

this has already been explained, that getting a orca's process is not 
interesting method. People, learn to read.
W dniu 12.04.2020 o 22:38, Jude DaShiell pisze:
> 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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> > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html