Re: Orca does not speak

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Hmmm, a college level course in English might serve better.

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 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
> >
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