On 23/09/2009 7:28 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > James Teh, le Wed 23 Sep 2009 07:19:40 +1000, a écrit : >> To throw another spanner in the works, the fact that BRLTTY needs to be >> run as a service (in order to detach from the console and exit properly) > Oh, it is needed for console stuff too? I have to admit I've never > tested but I thought it was necessary for USB access only. Actually, I don't think it needs to be run as a service for USB access - it just requires libusb-win32 to be installed - but I could be wrong.
> Do you > remember which problems are posed by brltty started from the command > line and detaching itself from it? Windows doesn't have the Unix concept of process "signals". When running from the console, you can hit ctrl+c and BRLTTY will be notified. However, once detached, there's no specific mechanism to notify a console application that it should exit gracefully. This comes from the fact that Windows is primarily a GUI environment, so the solution in Windows is normally to have a window which can receive window messages. Jamie -- James Teh Email/MSN Messenger/Jabber: [email protected] Web site: http://www.jantrid.net/ _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
