There are two subtle distinctions you're not catching. First when a process gets killed and then replaced that process gives up its original process id number and when the process is replaced, it gets a new usually higher process id number. Sometimes another process may conflict with the lower process id number and screen-reader/orca getting a higher number escapes that conflict. So replace is absolutely technically correct but you have to learn more about computer hardware and computer software to understand that. A college class on computer hardware/software can help in this regard.
On Tue, 15 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:27:03 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Orca does not speak > > Maybe there's some subtle distinction I'm not catching, but saying it > kills the running process and replaces it with a new one sounds like a > convoluted way of saying it restarts the process, and I think most who > aren't trying to justify the wording of the switch would say it > restarts the program. Actually, if I remember correctly, the original > answer to what the --replace switch does was "it restarts orca" or > something to that effect, and the more detailed answer only came up > when someone pointed out the odd wording. > > --replace might be technically correct, but it still strikes me as > using a word in an unusual context most won't understand without > explanation when a different word would get the meaning across without > explanation. Kind of reminds me of how Americans sometimes have > trouble understanding Brits because of common words that vary greatly > in their common definition on opposite sides of the pond(and for all I > know, replace might be commonly understood in this context in some > part of the anglosphere other than my own). > > I understand the explanation for why the switch is --replace, but I'd > probably still call it --restart if I was going to include such > functionality in a program I wrote myself. > > On a more humorous note, without the context that orca -r restarts > orca, I'd probably be wondering what a screen reader could possibly > reverse or recurse since those are the most common things a -r or -R > switch do. > > --Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
