Hello Gambitizers,
I have the following attached program that I'm working on. It's
"Intelligent WTF", based on the BSD Games acronym finder called wtf.
I'm working on making it "intelligent," so that you can teach it new
acronyms.
That's where I'm getting tripped up. The learning procedure
teach-new-acronym needs to read the new acronym from the keyboard at
line 174. Here's what happens: ("iwtf is" is the prompt for an acronym
to look up)
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(load "iwtf.scm")
iwtf is asdf
Wow, I really ought to know what "asdf" means.
I can learn a new acronym and place it in your private database, or
learn new synonyms for acronyms that I already know. I put synonyms
in a local hidden file (starting with ".").
Please select from the following menu:
(0) Teach me, iwtf, a new acronym
(1) Teach me a synonym
(2) Look up a new acronym
(3) Exit iwtf altogether
Selection:
0
Type the new definition:
iwtf is jkl
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What's happening there at "Type the new definition: " is that it returns
to top-level instead of waiting for user input.
I'm not really sure what's going on here. I can create a simple program
that does what I would want this to do:
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#!/usr/bin/env gsi-script
(display (read-line))
(newline)
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/home/joel/lisp/scm/wtf: ZShell> test.scm
this is input! ; typed
this is input! ; output
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Am I asking for user input too late or too early in the
teach-new-acronym function?
I appreciate any pointers or suggestions on this problem, and any style
comments.
I promise this will go to the Dumping Grounds as soon as it's finished.
Thanks,
Joel
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#!/usr/bin/env gsi-script
;; This file is part of iwtf
;; Copyright (C) 2008 Joel J. Adamson
;; iwtf is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
;; any later version.
;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with this program (see the file COPYING); if not, write to the
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
;; $Id$
;; Some utility functions for dealing wth files and text
;; these two borrowed from Dorai sitaram: teach yourself scheme in
;; fixnum days, section 17.2
(define (split c s)
(let loop ((s s))
(if (string=? s "") '()
(let ((i (string-index s c)))
(if i (cons (substring s 0 i)
(loop (substring s (+ i 1)
(string-length s))))
(list s))))))
(define (string-index s c)
(let ((n (string-length s)))
(let loop ((i 0))
(cond ((>= i n) #f)
((char=? (string-ref s i) c) i)
(else (loop (+ i 1)))))))
(define (file-readable? file)
(and
(file-exists? file)
(> (file-info-mode (file-info file)) #o400)))
(define (create-new-database? user)
(if (file-exists? (string-append
(user-info-home (user-info user))
"/."
(path-strip-directory *acro-file*)))
#f #t))
(define (create-local-database user)
(if *site-acro-file*
(begin
(copy-file *acro-file*
(string-append
(user-info-home (user-info user))
"/."
(path-strip-directory *acro-file*)))
*local-acro-file*)
#f))
;; A Global variable:
(define *user* (getenv "USER"))
(define *local-acro-file* (let ((file (string-append
(user-info-home (user-info
*user*))
"/.acronyms")))
(if (file-exists? file) file #f)))
(define *site-acro-file* (let ((file "/usr/share/misc/acronyms"))
(if (file-exists? file) file #f)))
(define *acro-file* (or *local-acro-file* *site-acro-file*))
(define *oops-message-cont* #f)
(define *teach-me-prompt* "
Please select from the following menu:
(0) Teach me, iwtf, a new acronym
(1) Teach me a synonym
(2) Look up a new acronym
(3) Exit iwtf altogether
Selection:
")
(define *input-prompt* "iwtf is ")
(define *top-level-cont* #f)
;; the main algorithm
;; searches through a file and finds the acronym, returning the result
(define (find-acronym acronym)
(letrec ((acronyms-port (open-input-file *acro-file*))
(force-acronyms-port (lambda ()
(let ((line (read-line
acronyms-port)))
(if (not (eof-object? line))
(split #\tab line)
#f))))
(loop-over-file (lambda (input)
(let ((input-line input))
(cond ((not input-line) #f)
((and (pair? input-line)
(string-ci=? (object->string acronym) (car input-line)))
(cadr input-line))
(else (loop-over-file (force-acronyms-port))))))))
(loop-over-file (force-acronyms-port))))
(define (oops-message acronym)
(display (string-append
"Wow, I really ought to know what ""
(object->string acronym)
"" means."))
(newline)
(learn-new-acronym acronym (teach-me?)))
(define (teach-me?)
(teach-me-message)
(prompt-for-input *teach-me-prompt*)
(read))
(define (teach-me-message)
(display "
I can learn a new acronym and place it in your private database, or
learn new synonyms for acronyms that I already know. I put synonyms
in a local hidden file (starting with ".").
"))
(define (learn-new-acronym new selection)
(case selection
((3) (exit))
((2) (iwtf-loop))
((1) (learn-synonym new))
((0) (learn-acronym new))
(else (oops-message selection))))
(define (learn-synonym syn)
(display "This procedure does nothing."))
(define (learn-acronym acro)
(call-with-output-file (list path: (if (not *local-acro-file*)
(create-local-database *user*)
;; return to top level
*local-acro-file*)
append: #t
permissions: #o644)
(lambda (file)
(display (teach-new-definition acro) file))))
;;; (if (find-acronym acro)
;;; (display "Acronym successfully learned")
;;; (error "Sorry, I don't get it.")))
(define (teach-new-definition unk)
(prompt-for-input *teach-new-prompt*)
(string-append (object->string unk)
(string #\tab)
;; can I achieve the desired effect with simpler code here?
;; (read-all
;; (current-input-port) read-line)))
;; returns a pair of strings
;;
;; If I solve issue #1 below, I will probably solve
;; that problem
(read-line)))
;; issue #1: input for learning must be terminated by
;; issue #2: sort the resulting acronyms file
;; issue #3: and make the LHS of the entry upper-case
(define *teach-new-prompt* "Type the new definition: ")
; (display "This procedure also does nothing."))
;; the main procedures and accompanying global variables
(define (prompt-for-input string)
(newline)
(display string))
(define (iwtf-loop)
(prompt-for-input *input-prompt*)
(call-with-current-continuation
(lambda (proc)
(set! *top-level-cont* proc)
(let* ((input (read))
(output (and (not (eof-object? input))
(find-acronym input))))
(cond (output
(display output))
((eof-object? input)
(newline)
(display "Go on, clear off the lot of you!")
(newline)
(exit))
(else (oops-message input))))
(iwtf-loop))))
;; (print-form)
;; (print-page-end)
(let ((file *acro-file*))
(if file
(iwtf-loop)
(error "No acronyms database found.")))
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