From: Mark Tearle <mtearle@ucc.asn.au>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 11:21:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: document idlers and slow them down!
X-Git-Tag: IMPORT-FROM-UCCCVS~36
X-Git-Url: https://git.ucc.asn.au/?p=uccvend-vendserver.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5769169657fae81bc68c88c9fa19313acbb9e83f

document idlers and slow them down!
typo fix
---

diff --git a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
index 89783e3..e56f8d7 100755
--- a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
+++ b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
@@ -6,20 +6,26 @@ from MessageKeeper import MessageKeeper
 
 orderings = None
 
+IDLER_TEXT_SPEED=1.8
+
 class Idler:
 	def __init__(self, v):
 		self.v = v
 
 	def next(self):
+		"""Displays next stage of the idler"""
 		pass
 
 	def reset(self):
+		"""Resets the idler to a known intial state"""
 		pass
 	
 	def finished(self):
+		"""Returns True if the idler is considered finished"""
 		return False
 
 	def affinity(self):
+		"""How much we want this idler to be the next one chosen"""
 		return 1
 
 class TrainIdler(Idler):
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@ class StringIdler(Idler):
 		self.mk = MessageKeeper(v)
 		self.text = self.clean_text(text) + "          "
 		
-		msg = [("",False, None),(self.text, repeat, 0.8)]
+		msg = [("",False, None),(self.text, repeat, IDLER_TEXT_SPEED)]
 		self.mk.set_messages(msg)
 
 	def clean_text(self, text):
diff --git a/sql-edition/servers/VendServer.py b/sql-edition/servers/VendServer.py
index 19d3a30..12ebe5b 100755
--- a/sql-edition/servers/VendServer.py
+++ b/sql-edition/servers/VendServer.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ STATE_GET_SELECTION = 6
 STATE_GRANDFATHER_CLOCK = 7
 
 TEXT_SPEED = 0.8
+IDLE_SPEED = 0.02
 
 class DispenseDatabaseException(Exception): pass
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class DispenseDatabase:
 def scroll_options(username, mk, welcome = False):
 	if welcome:
 		msg = [(center('WELCOME'), False, TEXT_SPEED),
-			   (center(username), False, TEXT_SPEEd)]
+			   (center(username), False, TEXT_SPEED)]
 	else:
 		msg = []
 	choices = ' '*10+'CHOICES: '
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ def idle_step():
 	global idler
 	if idler.finished():
 		choose_idler()
+	sleep(IDLE_SPEED)
 	idler.next()
 
 class VendState: