lars-sh/unoconv — comment on commit a84878deb2d8cb94e1b39a3c904d65d9b48f3da5
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By dagwieers:

I reverted this patch, as we need to think this through. Nomally --listener does not return to the shell and does not do a conversion.
What you want is to start a permanent listener when converting, but keep it running. That's something completely different than --daemon.

Looking at the code just yet, we can simplify all use-cases.

unoconv -f pdf *file.odt*

Convert *file.odt* to pdf, start a *temporary* listener if you have to, but tear it down, return to shell

unoconv -l -f pdf *file.odt*

Convert *file.odt* to pdf, start a *permanent* listener, return to shell

unoconv -l

Start a *permanent* listener, do not return to shell

This allows all use-cases, works as before and adds your use-case.