X-Git-Url: https://git.ucc.asn.au/?p=zanchey%2Fdispense2.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=sql-edition%2Fservers%2FIdler.py;h=e56f8d755d0bab59c251c2a05231f3fd72a1920b;hp=2670b51e036c2963b0ee148c86d390406f1a038e;hb=1532e6ecbe484e7d181b12d200f4819d160accde;hpb=8c91f790250d69e2787329f54182d8d56fe2e67d

diff --git a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
index 2670b51..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):
@@ -248,10 +254,10 @@ class FortuneIdler(StringIdler):
 		return 20
 
 class PipeIdler(StringIdler):
-	def __init__(self, v, command):
+	def __init__(self, v, command, args):
 		text = "I ate my cookie...."
 		if os.access(command,os.F_OK|os.X_OK):
-			(stdout, stdin) = popen2.popen2(command)
+			(stdout, stdin) = popen2.popen2(command+' '+args)
 			text = string.join(stdout.readlines())
 			stdout.close()
 			stdin.close()