This is a plugin for the open source stenography program Plover

Requires Plover version 4.0.0 or later

Run Plover entirely inside your terminal window!

1. Open Plover
2. Navigate to the Plugin Manager tool
3. Select plover_console_ui in the list
4. Click install

Or directly install plover_console_ui into Plover's python environment using plover -s plover_plugins install plover_console_ui

• Note: The plover command is available under slightly different names depending on your OS, relative to your installation directory.
  • Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Open Steno Project\Plover 4.0.0\plover_console.exe
  • macOS: /Applications/Plover.app/Contents/MacOS/Plover
  • Linux: plover.AppImage

For more information on Plover's Command Line Reference, see The Plover Docs.

Start Plover with the -g option: plover -g console

If your shell returns command not found: plover or a similar error, refer to Getting Started to access the plover command.

Due to some Windows workaround code (in Plover), this plugin does not work well on the packaged Windows build

Here's a launcher that works: python -m plover -g console

Yes, it requires essentially 'run from source'... I'm sorry

If your shell returns command not found: plover or a similar error, refer to Getting Started to access the plover command.

Plover commands are all functional:

• {PLOVER:LOOKUP}
• {PLOVER:ADD_TRANSLATION}
• {PLOVER:SUSPEND}
• {PLOVER:RESUME}
• {PLOVER:TOGGLE}
• {PLOVER:FOCUS}
• {PLOVER:CONFIGURE}

Note for the commands which do window manager focus:

• LOOKUP
• ADD_TRANSLATION
• FOCUS
• CONFIGURE

This console_ui only knows which window it lives in if that window has focus on start-up

Otherwise: expect the focus feature not to work

These key commands are always available when console_ui has focus:

• Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Q: Exits Plover

• PageUp/PageDown: Scrolls the console buffer up/down

  (Note: if anything new is added to console it will auto-scroll back down)

The help command is always available and will show all the currently available commands

If a command has the description ... there are further commands contained inside

Commands can be partially entered

m to use the machine command

Once you know your way around, you don't need to enter each menu one at a time

col for goldenrod from the top level

Case is ignored

configure is the same as CONFIGURE

To get back to the previous menu level, press Enter on its own

If a command has <> in its description it takes one or more arguments. The type of the argument is between the <>

• addtranslation: enters ADD_TRANSLATION mode
  • Tab/Shift-Tab to move between Strokes, Output and choose dictionary field
    • When in the 'choose dictionary' field you can press left/right arrows to cycle (writable) dictionaries
• lookup: enters LOOKUP mode
• output: toggles Plover output on/off
• reset: reconnects current machine (reloads dictionaries)
• suggestions: toggles suggestions display
• tape: toggles paper tape display
• savetape: saves content of tape to a file
• dictionaries: configure dictionaries
  • add: add a dictionary by its file path
  • remove: remove a dictionary by displayed number
  • toggle: toggle a dictionary by displayed number
  • priority: prioritise a dictionary by displayed number (to its new number)
• machine: configure machine
  • options: configure current machine options
  • (One 'set machine' command per installed machine plugin)
• system: configure system
  • (One 'set system' command per installed system plugin)
• configure: Plover configuration commands (changes reload dictionaries)
  • space_placement: (Before Output|After Output)
  • start_attached: (True|False)
  • start_capitalized: (True|False)
  • undo_levels: Number of undo levels
  • log_file_name: Name of the log file
  • enable_stroke_logging: Enable/Disable stroke logging
  • enable_translation_logging: Enable/Disable translation logging
  • auto_start: If 'True' enable Plover output on start-up
  • extensions: Enable/Disable extension commands
    • (One 'toggle extension' command per installed extension plugin)

• colors: set console_ui colors

  These commands take web color names

  Color hexes are also supported (e.g. #ffffff for white)

  (Note: not all terminals support all colors)

  • foreground: set foreground color
  • background: set background color
• loglevel: configure which Plover log messages will get printed to console_ui
  • WARNING: any logs at WARNING or above will be printed
  • CRITICAL: any logs at CRITICAL or above will be printed
  • ERROR: any logs at ERROR or above will be printed
  • INFO: any logs at INFO or above will be printed
  • DEBUG: any logs at DEBUG or above will be printed
• exit: exits console_ui (and Plover)

Head to the open source repository

Issues + PRs welcome!