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

[Volodymyr Dorozhinsky <dorozhinsky ukr net>]

Hi,


I guess this problem can be solved by checking some setting in 
configuration files. Since when pressing Super+Alt+S to start orca this 
setting is being recorded somewhere to be able to start orca 
automatically on the next login. At least that's how this works in 
Ubuntu-Mate.



Best regards

Volodymyr

On 4/13/20 10:50 AM, Arkadiusz Kozioł wrote:
> 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
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