added argument parsing, and the ability to have custom settings for different users

irc_speak.py

@@ -1,37 +1,74 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
 
+try:
+    import simplejson as json
+except ImportError as exception:
+    print exception
+    import json
+
 import xchat
+import argparse
 from espeak import espeak
+
 __module_name__ = "IRC Speak" 
-__module_version__ = "1.0" 
+__module_version__ = "1.1" 
 __module_description__ = "Allows you to make certain users' text run through a voice synthesizer"
 
+editor = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="""
+Specify a user. If that user already exists their options will be updated. If they do not exist they will be added.
+If you do not specify arg(s) then the default values will be used for each of them.
+""")
+
+editor.add_argument("--name", nargs=1, type=str, required=True, help="e.g. /ircspeak set -volume=<int> -pitch=<int> --name=foo")
+editor.add_argument("-volume", nargs=1, type=int, default=[70], help="default=70")
+editor.add_argument("-pitch", nargs=1, type=int, default=[50], help="default=50")
+editor.add_argument("-rate", nargs=1, type=int, default=[175], help="default=175")
+editor.add_argument("-vrange", nargs=1, type=int, default=[50], help="default=50")
+editor.add_argument("-language", nargs=1, type=str, help="type \"/ircspeak langlist\" to get a list of languages", default=["english"])
+
+##options = json.load(open("options.json", "rw"))
+
+aliases = {"rate" : 1,
+            "volume" : 2,
+            "pitch" : 3,
+            "vrange" : 4}
+
+options = {"nick-here" : {"args": {"pitch" : 200}, "language" : "english"},"nick2-here" :  {"args": {"pitch" : 40}, "language" : "english"}}
 
-defaults = {"rate" : (1,175),
+def edit_users(*args, **new_options):
-            "volume" : (2,70),
+    nick = new_options['name'][0]
-            "pitch" : (3,50),
+    if not options.has_key(nick):
-            "vrange" : (4,50)}
+        options[nick] = {"args": {}}
         
-names = {"nick-here" : {"args": {"pitch" : 200}, "language" : "english"},
+    for item in new_options:
-         "nick-here" :  {"args": {"pitch" : 40}, "language" : "english"}}
+        if (new_options[item] and (item!="name") and (item!="language")):
+        # don't want to use name or language, because language needs to get set separately
+        # and name is only used to create the main dictionary for their options
+            options[nick]["args"][item] = new_options[item][0]
     
-def say(sentence, language="english", **kargs):
+    if new_options["language"]:
-    espeak.set_voice(name=language)
+        options[nick]["language"] = new_options["language"][0]
-    if not kargs:
+    return options    
-        [espeak.set_parameter(defaults[arg][0], defaults[arg][1]) for arg in defaults] #setting the values, the [1] is there because defaults has tuples, not single values
-    else:
-        [espeak.set_parameter(defaults[arg][0], kargs[arg]) for arg in kargs]
-    return espeak.synth(sentence)
 
 def irc_speak(word, word_eol, users):
-    if names.has_key(word[0]):
+    if options.has_key(word[0]): # check to see if the user is in the options dictionary (word[0] == their nick)
-        say(word[1], names[word[0]]["language"], **names[word[0]]["args"])
+        [espeak.set_parameter(aliases[arg], options[word[0]]["args"][arg]) for arg in options[word[0]]["args"]]
+        # options[word[0]]["args"][arg] is the same as options[nickname]["args"][arg] (where arg is some one of the names in aliases
+        # which corresponds to some integer value in options[nick][args])
+        espeak.set_voice(name=options[word[0]]["language"])
+        return espeak.synth(word[1])
+    return # return nothing because they weren't in the options dictionary
 
 def commands(word, word_eol, users):
     arguments = word[1:]
-    cmds = {"langlist" : "\n".join([item["name"] for item in espeak.list_voices()]),
+    if arguments[0] == "set":
-            "names" : names}
+        try:
-    print cmds[arguments[0]]
+            print edit_users(**vars(editor.parse_args(arguments[1:]))) #argparse raises a SystemExit error if you use --help or -h, or have the wrong arguments
+        except SystemExit:
+            pass
+    elif arguments[0] == "langlist":
+        for item in espeak.list_voices():
+            print item["name"] 
 
 xchat.hook_print("Channel Message", irc_speak)
-xchat.hook_command("speaker",commands)  
+xchat.hook_command("ircspeak",commands)