Modpol/modpol/interactions/interactions.lua

-- ===================================================================
-- /orgs.lua
-- User interaction functions for Modular Politics
-- Called by modpol.lua

modpol.interactions = {}

-- ===================================================================
-- Function: modpol.dashboard(user)
-- Params: user (string)
-- Q: Should this return a menu of commands relevant to the specific user?
-- Output: Displays a menu of commands to the user
-- TKTK currently just prints all of modpol---needs major improvement
function modpol.dashboard(user)
   local output = ""
   -- Org status
   output = output .. "Orgs:\n" ..
      table.concat(modpol.orgs.list_all(),"\n")
   -- Process status (ongoing processes)
   output = output .. "\nProcesses:\n" .. table.concat(modpol.processes)
   -- Command list (should be redone to be org-specific)
   output = output .. "\nCommand list:\n"
   for key,value in pairs(modpol) do
      output = output .. "modpol." .. key .. " "
   end
   print(output)
end


-- ===================================================================
-- Function: modpol.interactions.message
-- input: user (string), message (string)
-- output: prints message to CLI
function modpol.interactions.message(user, message)
   print(user .. ": " .. message)
end

-- ===================================================================
-- Function: modpol.interactions.text_query
-- input: Query (string)
-- output: User response (string)
function modpol.interactions.text_query(query)
   -- TODO
end

-- ===================================================================
-- Function: modpol.binary_poll_user(user, question)
-- Params: user (string), question (string)
-- Output:
-- presents a yes/no/abstain poll to a user, returns answer
function modpol.interactions.binary_poll_user(user, question)
   local query = "Poll for " .. user .. " (y/n): ".. question
   local answer
   repeat
      print(query)
      answer = io.read()
   until answer == "y" or answer == "n" or answer == "a"
   if answer == "y" then
      return "Yes"
   elseif answer == "n" then
      return "No"
   else
      return "Abstain"
   end
end