pause macro during speech #124

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1. kirsle commented on Jun 20, 2018

   

   kirsle

   on Jun 20, 2018

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   Hi

   It's because rs.reply() is a synchronous method and can't return the reply until everything has finished. When it's processing the tags in the reply and sees the <call> tag, it runs the Python pause function you defined, which makes it wait a couple seconds before returning a string. Then it can finally substitute that string in place of the <call> tag and start returning the reply.

   So you'll call rs.reply() and it will hang for 2 seconds before returning the final reply all at once.

   You're probably best off handling the delay outside the RiveScript module, like,

   # (rivescript)
   # make up a `<pause #>` tag and use it instead of `<call>`:
   - a moment,  searching for best AI response <pause 2> Ok, I have it now {weight=50}
   

   reply = bot.reply(user, message)
   parts = re.split(r'<pause \d+?>', reply)  # split at a `<pause>` tag but include the tag:
   # ["a moment,  searching for best AI response ", "<pause 2>", "Ok, I have it now"]
   for part in parts:
       m = re.search(r'^<pause (\d+?)>$', part)
       if m:  # this is the `<pause>` tag
           time.sleep( int(m.group(1) )  # sleep the 2 seconds
       else:
           print(part)  # or whatever
2. elpimous commented on Jun 21, 2018

   

   elpimous

   on Jun 21, 2018

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   Thanks for explanations !!
   and (félicitations pour la demande en mariage !)
   (I wish you the best, Noah)
   Vincent

   ps : parts = re.split(r'<pause \d+?>', reply) doesn't keep pause part in parts !
   searching...
3. elpimous commented on Jun 25, 2018

   

   elpimous

   on Jun 25, 2018

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   another re command ? Didn't find correct one ! thanks
4. kirsle commented on Jun 25, 2018

   

   kirsle

   on Jun 25, 2018

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   Ah sorry, I meant to include parenthesis around the regexp:

   parts = re.split(r'(<pause \d+?>)', reply)
5. elpimous commented on Jun 25, 2018

   

   elpimous

   on Jun 25, 2018

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   Very good ! works very nicely !!

   reply = rs.reply(user, message)
   
   # added pause tag  ex : <pause 2> (2 seconds)
   parts = re.split(r'(<pause \d+?>)', reply)  # split at a `<pause>` tag but include the tag:
   # ["a moment,  searching for best AI response ", "<pause 2>", "Ok, I have it now"]
   for part in parts:
       m = re.search(r'^<pause (\d+?)>$', part)
       if m:  # this is the `<pause>` tag
           time.sleep( int(m.group(1) ))  # sleep x seconds
       else:
           print(part)