togglevoice

#!/bin/bash

# What is our working directory? We'll use this for comparisons later. (DEBUG)
# zenity --info --text "we're currently running in $PWD"

# Create our variable that represents the "toggle" folder (or "in" dir). I come from js and I hate this.  
inDirStringP1="/home/"  # Comes before the user variable (p1)
inDirStringP2="/Documents/git/nerd-dictation/toggle" # Comes after the user variable (p2)
inDirDestConcatP1=$inDirStringP1$USER # concat part 1 with user var contents
inDirString=$inDirDestConcatP1$inDirStringP2 #concat p1+uservar with p2

# Create our variable that represents our home folder. Most apps that have an option to run an executable start from home. I hate this sooo much.
homeDirStringP1="/home/" # part 1
homeDirString=$homeDirStringP1$USER # user var is part 2 

# Testing our shit concatenation. (DEBUG)
# zenity --info --text "inDirString is $inDirString"
# zenity --info --text "homeDirString is $homeDirString"

# Are we running from the home directory or from the "toggle" folder? If the former is true, change to later folder. 
if [[ $PWD = $inDirString ]]; then
 echo "not changing directory, inside ''toggle'' folder."
elif [[ $PWD = $homeDirString ]]; then
 echo "changing working directory to ''toggle'' from home folder"
 cd Documents/git/nerd-dictation/toggle
else
 zenity --error --text "dir is $PWD, critical error"
 exit
fi


# Jucy bits. I got this idea from the "lockfile" system that a lot of office apps use (and the fact that I didn't want to listen for keystrokes or keep a running process lol)
echo "checking for listening file..."
isListening=$(ls | grep -i -o 'listening')
if [[ $isListening = "listening" ]]; then
 echo "file found, stopping dictation..." 
 sh -c 'nerd-dictation end'
 rm listening
 echo "removed file and dictation stopped."
elif [[ $isListening = "" ]]; then
 echo "file not found, staring dictation..."
 nohup nerd-dictation begin &
 touch listening
 echo "dictation started. created file."
 rm nohup.out 
 echo "deleted nohup output log - fu nohup!"
else
 zenity --error --text "A critical error occoured in togglevoice.sh"
fi

echo "done"
exit