Does anybody know of a guide on how to develop inside of the core Vocola code? I've been digging around and want to try my hand at adding in a new backend_ file. But my current efforts have led to dead ends. In particular I'm curious after the call in _vocola_main.py to vcl2py.py, I lose the ability to output any sorts of log or print() to the natlink messages window. ie none of my calls to print inside of the Natlink\Vocola\exec\vcl2py folder seem to work. Also my attempt to replace the backend_Natlink w/ a backend_multi that outputs to both Natlink and echo has not led to anything. @mdbridge , @quintijn (or anyone else), any thoughts?
@quintijn Just FYI have been able to make some progress by just calling log_warn all over the place. Do you know what folders are reloaded automatically versus requiring a Dragon restart? I've seen some cases where changes to a file inside of Natlink/Vocola/exec do seem to be reloaded without having to restart Dragon, But I'm not sure if that's expected behavior? I know that stuff inside of Natlink/MacroSystem/ seems to get reloaded without restarting Dragon...
I am close to making a Natlink and a Vocola release: now after changing a Vocola Command File (.vcl), at second utterance the command is recognised. I do not understand why it does not reload on first utterance. This is the case when you need to toggle the microphone to get changed grammars to reload. But also with a new option, with which you can "trigger_load" of all changed grammars for example 3 times. At each time this int is decreased by one, until it is 0 and the property of the loader (main instance of NatlinkMain class, note: loader.py used to be called natlinkmain.py) is set to False again. When this property is True, it will remain True, and setting such an integer value is not allowed.
The name of this property is load_on_begin_utterance, BTW
Maybe we can get some help from Microsoft, like the actually import libs etc. for dragon. or contributions to this project. Who would we approach?
Oh, I should say that I have recently tested the pre-release of Natlink 5.0.0. I note no Dragonfly-specific issues. The library's test suite passes normally. Everything seems to be working nicely.
I do get a large number of deprecation warnings for the PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN macro. These occur upon invocation of the GramObj.load() function. There is some information on this problem on the following page:
https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/arg.html#strings-and-buffers
@quintijn so I tried to install things a number of different ways including things listed at https://qh.antenna.nl/unimacro/installation/installationexperimentalversionpython3.html , https://test.pypi.org/project/natlinkpy/, https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/natlink/releases, and https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/natlink, and 'no joy' . I've some of the cli responses at (http://jungar.net/voice/logs/Install-NatlinkVocolaUnimacroDragonfly-JU20220420-01.txt) .
Help me fix it and I'll write your install docs ;) ...]
Help me fix it and I'll write your install docs ;) ...]
@LexiconCode - I'm on for the next 4 hours, if you have time to help me with the re-install. Send me a zoom or some other im/screen share app link...or I can send it to you. github@jungar.net
@quintijn - I don't need unimacro necessarily... I have a include file (.vch) which covers all the relevant unimacro stuff..
Hope this helps!
Problem: the installer file for Natlink does not work on some systems. See dictation-toolbox/natlink#101
@jungar1111 : please try natlink release 5.1.1.pre. https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/natlink/releases
And for vocola: pip install vocola2
- Install Natlink using natlink5.1.1-py3.8-32-setup.exe or the customer version that LexiconCode helped me compile.
- pip3 install dragonfly2
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'c:\python38-32\lib\site-package\dragonfly2-0.29.0.dist-info\METADATA' - pip3 install vocola2
Collecting vocola2
Using cached vocola2-2.9.1.tar.gz (742 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting unimacro
Using cached unimacro-0.0.3.12.tar.gz (22.0 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: natlink in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from vocola2) (5.1.5)
Requirement already satisfied: wxpython==4.0.7 in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (4.0.7)
Requirement already satisfied: pyenvutils in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (1.0.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: debugpy in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (1.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: dtactions in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (1.4.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pydebugstring in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (0.0.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pywin32==300 in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (300)
Requirement already satisfied: dragonfly2 in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from natlink->vocola2) (0.29.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pillow in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from wxpython==4.0.7->natlink->vocola2) (8.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: six in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from wxpython==4.0.7->natlink->vocola2) (1.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages (from wxpython==4.0.7->natlink->vocola2) (1.20.1)
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'c:\python38-32\lib\site-packages\dragonfly2-0.29.0.dist-info\METADATA' - Run Dragon -
\For diagnosing natlink startup issues use DebugView from sysinternals.
path:
I was able to install Natlink 5.1.1 pre, and vocola2, after dealing with some pip install problems. I've run the GUI config, but my Vocola commands are not executing, and the Natlink messages say this:
from_config_parser: skip "C:\User\Matt\Documents\Dragonfly" ("dragonfly"): is not a valid directory
from_config_parser: skip "C:\User\Matt\Documents\Vocola" ("vocola"): is not a valid directory
from_config_parser: skip "C:\User\Matt\Documents\Unimacro" ("unimacro"): is not a valid directory
from_config_parser: skip "C:\User\Matt\Documents\Dragonfly ## can be the same as Dragonfly or Caster directory" ("userdirectory"): is not a valid directory
set log level to: DEBUG
I checked, and there wasn't a natlink.ini in the ".natlink" directory (there was a natlinkstatus.ini), so I copied that file from the Program Files (x86)/Natlink directory, and edited it to point to the directories listed above. Now the messages window says: Starting Natlink, but no directories to load are specified.
Please add one or more directories
in config file: "C:\Users\matt.natlink\natlink.ini".
Please add one or more directories
in config file: "C:\Users\matt.natlink\natlink.ini".
@HappyFishkeeper : that is definitely the wrong .ini file. Jungar succeeded, he got the natlinkconfigfunctions.py run. I will put more instructions on https://natlink.readthedocs.io today.
@quintijn for vocola where is the default extensions folder? I'm getting an error C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\vocola2_vocola_main.py , line 135, in checkExtensionsFolderContents
os.mkdir(actual)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'extensions'
os.mkdir(actual)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'extensions'
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Unfortunately, these are still pre-releases. Thanks folks for the feedback, I/we will try to solve things ASAP and come up with better releases. Detailed info from the Messages from Natlink window can be sent via mail to q.hoogenboom@antenna.nl
In addition I was able to use the latest release. Taking advantage of the default directory dir supposed to grab configuration files from.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Natlink\DefaultConfig Dropping in dragonfly scripts worked well enough. Obviously not good enough for a release but its functional someone needs too.
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two minus signs will be enough (--upgrade)