how does one put arbitrary text into a command?

[kendonB]

It would be something like:

"verbatim <text>": R(Text("<text>"), rdescript=""), 

But this produces the error:

Exception: Unknown reference name '<text>' in '<text>'

Question as an aside: would you prefer these types of questions on stackoverflow?

[synkarius]

Here or StackOverflow is fine, but Caster doesn't have a SO category. You need to create a Dictation object in your rule's "extras" section. Sending from my phone so won't go into detail now but if you need help with that, please ask and I'll answer when I get home.

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[kendonB]

I'm not sure how to go about that. The "extras" argument is to the R function? But I'm not sure how to create a Dictation object. Thanks so much for the help!

[synkarius]

Glad to help. Have a look at this extra in sample.py: https://github.com/synkarius/caster/blob/master/sample.py#L63

That is what you should do with your own rule.

If you still have trouble after looking at that, post your entire rule and I'll help you fix it.

[kendonB]

Thanks so much for this. I got it to work. The essential elements for future visitors:

def type_function(textnv):
    Text(str(textnv)).execute()    

"type function [<textnv>]":    Function(type_function, extra={'text'})+Key("lparen"),
    }
    extras = [
              Dictation("textnv"),
             ]
    defaults = {"textnv": "", }

[synkarius]

Or even more simply:

    "type function [<t>]":     Text("%(t)s"),
}
extras = [
    Dictation("t"),
]
defaults = {
    "t": "",
}