Add randomness to typing speed

cfogelklou · Dec 26, 2022 · c4efbfb · c4efbfb
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Once Presentation Buddy is initialized and you have updated the instructions you
 This extension contributes the following settings:
 
 - `presentation-buddy.delay`: Delay (in ms) between keys entered. Defaults to 100ms.
+- `presentation-buddy.randomness`: Randomness (in ms) between keys entered. Defaults to 25ms.
 
 ## Instructions
 

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
           "default": 100,
           "description": "Delay (in ms) between keys entered",
           "scope": "user"
+        },
+        "presentation-buddy.randomness": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "default": 25,
+          "description": "Randomness (in ms) between keys entered",
+          "scope": "user"
         }
       }
     }

diff --git a/src/instruction-handlers.ts b/src/instruction-handlers.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   timeout,
   getDelay,
   readFileAsync,
+  getRandomness,
 } from './utils';
 import { setAwaiter } from './wait-for-input';
 
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ const typeTextIntoActiveTextEditor = async (
   data: string[],
   delay?: number
 ): Promise<void> => {
+  const delayBetweenChars = delay || getDelay();
+  const randomness = Math.min(delayBetweenChars, getRandomness());
   const editor = window.activeTextEditor;
   if (!editor) {
     return;
@@ -83,7 +86,13 @@ const typeTextIntoActiveTextEditor = async (
     });
 
     char = data.shift();
-    delay === 0 ? void 0 : await timeout(delay || getDelay());
+
+    // give me a random number between -randomness and +randomness
+    const randomDelay =
+      delayBetweenChars +
+      (Math.floor(Math.random() * randomness * 2) - randomness);
+
+    delay === 0 ? void 0 : await timeout(randomDelay);
   }
 };
 

diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
@@ -79,3 +79,11 @@ export function getDelay() {
 
   return pause || 100;
 }
+
+export function getRandomness() {
+  const pause = workspace
+    .getConfiguration()
+    .get<number>('presentation-buddy.randomness');
+
+  return pause || 0;
+}