Re: org-drill and emacspeak

[Bart Bunting <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah!

Thanks.

That's very helpfull.

Kind regards

Bart
"T. V. Raman" <tv.raman.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> in your around advice, let-bind emacspeak-speak-messages to nil,
> study the various advice bits in emacspeak-w3.el to see how this
> is done.
>
>>>>>> "Bart" == Bart Bunting <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>     Bart> Raman, I am a little bit stuck when trying to get
>     Bart> org-drill working.
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> I have found that the first issue I am having is that
>     Bart> when you start a drill session a timer line is shown in
>     Bart> the message area. As it ticks every second emacspeak
>     Bart> continually reads it out.
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> I am not sure how to go about advising such a
>     Bart> function. I am trying initially to turn off
>     Bart> emacspeak-speak-messages but can't quite get the advice
>     Bart> correct.
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> I paste below the function I am trying to advise and my
>     Bart> advise, hopefully if you have a minute you can see what
>     Bart> my error is and possibly offer some advice on a
>     Bart> stratagy.
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> (defadvice org-drill-presentation-prompt(around
>     Bart> emacspeak pre act comp) "Inhibit speaking of timer"
>     Bart> (when (interactive-p) (emacspeak-auditory-icon
>     Bart> 'ask-question) (let ((current-messages-state
>     Bart> emacspeak-speak-messages)) ad-do-it (setq
>     Bart> emacspeak-speak-messages current-messages-state))
>     Bart> (emacspeak-auditory-icon 'delete-object)))
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> (emacspeak-toggle-speak-messages nil)
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> (defun org-drill-presentation-prompt (&rest
>     Bart> fmt-and-args) (let* ((item-start-time (current-time))
>     Bart> (input nil) (ch nil) (last-second 0)
>     Bart> (mature-entry-count (+ (length
>     Bart> *org-drill-young-mature-entries*) (length
>     Bart> *org-drill-old-mature-entries*) (length
>     Bart> *org-drill-overdue-entries*))) (status (first
>     Bart> (org-drill-entry-status))) (prompt (if fmt-and-args
>     Bart> (apply 'format (first fmt-and-args) (rest
>     Bart> fmt-and-args)) (concat "Press key for answer, "
>     Bart> "e=edit, t=tags, s=skip, q=quit.")))) (setq prompt
>     Bart> (format "%s %s %s %s %s %s" (propertize (char-to-string
>     Bart> (case status (:new ?N) (:young ?Y) (:old ?o) (:overdue
>     Bart> ?!) (:failed ?F) (t ??))) 'face `(:foreground ,(case
>     Bart> status (:new org-drill-new-count-color) ((:young :old)
>     Bart> org-drill-mature-count-color) ((:overdue :failed)
>     Bart> org-drill-failed-count-color) (t
>     Bart> org-drill-done-count-color)))) (propertize
>     Bart> (number-to-string (length *org-drill-done-entries*))
>     Bart> 'face `(:foreground ,org-drill-done-count-color)
>     Bart> 'help-echo "The number of items you have reviewed this
>     Bart> session.") (propertize (number-to-string (+ (length
>     Bart> *org-drill-again-entries*) (length
>     Bart> *org-drill-failed-entries*))) 'face `(:foreground
>     Bart> ,org-drill-failed-count-color) 'help-echo (concat "The
>     Bart> number of items that you failed, " "and need to review
>     Bart> again.")) (propertize (number-to-string
>     Bart> mature-entry-count) 'face `(:foreground
>     Bart> ,org-drill-mature-count-color) 'help-echo "The number
>     Bart> of old items due for review.") (propertize
>     Bart> (number-to-string (length *org-drill-new-entries*))
>     Bart> 'face `(:foreground ,org-drill-new-count-color)
>     Bart> 'help-echo (concat "The number of new items that you "
>     Bart> "have never reviewed.")) prompt)) (if (and (eql 'warn
>     Bart> org-drill-leech-method) (org-drill-entry-leech-p))
>     Bart> (setq prompt (concat (propertize "!!! LEECH ITEM !!!
>     Bart> You seem to be having a lot of trouble memorising this
>     Bart> item. Consider reformulating the item to make it easier
>     Bart> to remember.\n" 'face '(:foreground "red")) prompt)))
>     Bart> (while (memq ch '(nil ?t)) (setq ch nil) (while (not
>     Bart> (input-pending-p)) (let ((elapsed (time-subtract
>     Bart> (current-time) item-start-time))) (message (concat (if
>     Bart> (>= (time-to-seconds elapsed) (* 60 60)) "++:++ "
>     Bart> (format-time-string "%M:%S " elapsed)) prompt))
>     Bart> (sit-for 1))) (setq input (read-key-sequence nil)) (if
>     Bart> (stringp input) (setq ch (elt input 0))) (if (eql ch
>     Bart> ?t) (org-set-tags-command))) (case ch (?q nil) (?e
>     Bart> 'edit) (?s 'skip) (otherwise t))))
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> TIA
>     Bart> 
>     Bart> Bart
>
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> --raman

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