Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 7 January 2017 16:37:37 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > OK, I don't get the detail, but here's the current on-the-quarter code. > > while quarter_rings > 0: > os.system('mpg321 -g 100 -q ./mp3/Two_Chimes.mp3') > time.sleep(interval) > quarter_rings -= 1 > >

Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > > > I want to run the MP3 Player inside the same program if possible. > > To make it easier to get the interaction between the bells and the > music. For example, when we run the wedding sequence, we will first > ring changes in the tower, then play the Wedding March followed by >

Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
Congratulations; you're a Javascript programmer. :-) I'm sure there used to be a definition of that term somewhere, but perhaps it's been sanitised. There's still https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_and_paste_programming Excellent analysis of last line effect in reference in this:

Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 7 January 2017 16:12:49 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > I want to run the MP3 Player inside the same program if possible. > > Any particular reason? This way, a problem with the player leaves your > program unharmed, ready to try again later. To make it easier to get the interaction

Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > I grabbed fragments of code off the internet and it just worked. Congratulations; you're a Javascript programmer. :-) I'm sure there used to be a definition of that term somewhere, but perhaps it's been sanitised. There's still

Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 7 January 2017 15:51:25 GMT Terry Coles wrote: > I got that far (except that I was using BackgroundScheduler). It was the > syntax of the add_job that threw me. I've been playing around and now have: > > sched.add_job(hours, 'cron', hour='10') > > etc. I'm currently waiting for

Re: [Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 7 January 2017 15:19:05 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Bits of Python you might find useful... . OK. Thanks. I'll look into those points. > > Unfortunately, since then, apscheduler has been updated In fact, as I've just discovered, it has been updated in

[Dorset] That Pesky Documentation Again

2017-01-07 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, Way back in September I asked for help to understand the documentation for apscheduler. Help duly came and I got a program working to trigger functions to rung the bells every time an hour or a quarter hour arrived. This is what I ended up with: