testing with voices!

src/main.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 local window_width, window_height = love.graphics.getDimensions()
 
+-- local filament = require "lib.filament"
 local log = require "lib.log"
 local lovebird = require "lib.lovebird"
 local progress_bar = require "lib.progress_bar"
@@ -9,13 +10,54 @@ local utility = require "lib.utility"
 lovebird.whitelist[#lovebird.whitelist + 1] = "192.168.*.*" -- LAN access
 
 log{
-  testing = true,
+  debug = true,
 }
 
 local constants = require "data.constants"
 local classes, class_names = require "data.classes"
 local races, race_names = require "data.races"
 
+local voices = utility.load_data("macos_say-en.json")
+local voice_int = 0
+local send_test_message = function()
+  -- local selected_voice = voices[math.random(1, #voices)]
+  voice_int = voice_int + 1
+  if voice_int > #voices then voice_int = 1 end
+  local selected_voice = voices[voice_int]
+
+  local test_channel = love.thread.getChannel("say")
+  local line = "Hello, my name is " .. selected_voice .. "."
+  test_channel:push({
+    voice = selected_voice:enquote(),
+    line = line:enquote(),
+  })
+  log("debug", selected_voice, line)
+end
+send_test_message()
+
+-- filament.run(function()
+--   local line = "Hello, my name is " .. selected_voice .. "."
+--   os.execute("say -v " .. selected_voice:enquote() .. " " .. line:enquote())
+-- end)
+-- local test_thread = love.thread.newThread([[
+--   -- local utility = require "lib.utility"
+--   -- local voices = utility.load_data("macos_say-en.json")
+--   -- local selected_voice = voices[math.random(1, #voices)]
+--   local selected_voice = "Bells"
+--   local line = "Hello, my name is " .. selected_voice .. "."
+--   os.execute("say -v \"" .. selected_voice .. "\" \"" .. line .. "\"")
+-- ]])
+local test_thread = love.thread.newThread([[
+  local channel = love.thread.getChannel("say")
+  while true do
+    local message = channel:demand()
+    if message then
+      os.execute("say -v " .. message.voice .. " " .. message.line)
+    end
+  end
+]])
+test_thread:start()
+
 local new_character = function(name)
   local base_stat_roll = function()
     return 3 + math.random(1, 6) + math.random(1, 6) + math.random(1, 6)
@@ -74,7 +116,7 @@ local test_bar = progress_bar(0, window_height - constants.progress_bar_height *
 local test_message = "This is a test text string of significant length. It exists to test printing over a progress bar."
 test_bar:set_text(test_message)
 
-local test_timer = timer.every(#test_message * constants.reading_time_multiplier, function() log("testing", "The timer completed.") end) -- TODO consider making timer not need a function; cause I don't here!
+local test_timer = timer.every(#test_message * constants.reading_time_multiplier, function() log("debug", "The timer completed.") end) -- TODO consider making timer not need a function; cause I don't here!
 
 local task_queue
 task_queue = {
@@ -99,6 +141,10 @@ love.update = function(dt)
   timer.update(dt)
 
   test_bar:set_progress(test_timer.run_time / test_timer:get_interval())
+  local thread_error = test_thread:getError()
+  if thread_error then
+    log("debug", thread_error)
+  end
 end
 
 love.draw = function()
@@ -116,5 +162,7 @@ love.keypressed = function(key)
     update_book_progress(-1)
   elseif key == "right" then
     update_book_progress(1)
+  elseif key == "v" then
+    send_test_message()
   end
 end