set_state: for the same command.

[Deanmv]

While creating a plugin, I am working with the set_state: tool.

Is it possible to use this for the same command. e.g something like this:

listen_for /play the song/i do

set_state :playing 

#do some code
request completed
end

Then next have:

listen_for /play the song/i within_state: :playing do
#do some code
set_state nil
request_completed
end

When I do this the "play the song" command is just completely ignored when I run the plugin.

i.e I get

>> play the song
No plugin responded

Anyone got this working?

[tcoupe]

Looks like when a listen_for block gets executed, and the request_completed happens, all other listen_for blocks are skipped (optimized out?). i.e. The spoken phrase was found and satisfied. It seems that the set_state: construct is for consecutive spoken phrases within a greater context.

You might be able to get it working by duplicating function calls within each listen_for block though?

[Deanmv]

Been working on doing a "if this AND this then do this" sort of thing but can't seem to get it to work, do you know of any pointers?

[Deanmv]

Got it working today. Used something along the line of:

@@playhead = "stopped"

listen_for /play the song/i do 

   if @@playhead == "playing" then

      #do this

   else @@playhead == "stopped"

      #do this 
   end
   @@playhead = "playing" #set the playhead to be playing
 end

Was the fact that I hadn't assigned it to be a variable with @@ so it wasn't accessible outside of my if commands originally.