[spam][crazy][wrong] considering timestamps

[Karl]

hey! it's magically in front of me!  some dissocaited part of me helped me out.

t's 16:43 .

i wonder what file this is.

ooooh same file.  cmds.py .  hey!  that means i can add it as a cli
command again!

16:44 .

-> we'll need whatever is passed as setup_bitcoin to the bitcoin func.

16:47 OMIGOD I IMPLEMENTED THE COMMAND FUNCTION omigod.

now: to make it callable.

also everything i make has about 7-12x as many bugs as expected these months.

i think i might have palsy.  dunno.  new doctor this week.

16:48

-> looks like command is spawned from args.py

16:51

i'm handling a strong inhibition around lookiing up documentation on
something.  i've now forgotten what it is.  haven't started looking up
yet.

argparse: if there is a bytes metavar type, or if i'll be doing string
conversion myself
16:51
16:52
looks like it makes the most sense to load a str and parse it myself

16:58
yay!  i made mutations, stuff.  i have a draft.  i have left bits
unimplemented to handly my dwindling working memory.

yay saved!  i want to review briefly to see if something i left
unimplemented is obvious.  16:59.

it was good i did that.  the command wasn't being handed off and it
would have been hard to find.

17:00

i'm gonna try passing --help to it and see if it spews my options out!

i like to install dev packages with `pip3 install .` from the dev
directory, but i want to learn to stop because pip always contacts the
internet needlessly.

17:01 i checked ls -lrt ~/.local/bin and it looks like its binary is
called `ots`

NOOO BUGS.  Bugs are our friends.  We learn from and protect them.

How can I honor the life in this bug?

IndentationError: unexpected indent

the bug is saying that i am not paying enough attention to how my
hands move and what i see after they do, maybe.  dunno =/

`python3 setup.py install --user`

17:02

same error somewhere else.  did not give the bug sufficient honor.

17:03

oh no it's the same place.  ummm

k setup.py install --user didn't overwrite pip's /bin/ file.
17:04

mutually exclusive arguments must be optional.  blargdyblargdyblarg

y'know i've read about argparse many itmes over the years.  i should
invest some time in making cliff notes of my own experiences.

sometimes i chat with my therapist about how i will be an expert when
i have dementia.  it will just be like the same thing, i will know
exactly how to handle it.

you basically have to wait until something makes sense.

blarg now i'm laughing again grr.

17:05

`required` is a boolean parameter passed to `add_argument`.  so indeed.

17:06

yayy installing.  i am still outside !!! i have not changed my name to
undiscussed horrific abuse.  yet !  uhhhh maybe a very bad time to
share that bit unsure.

17:07

'required' is an invalid argument for positionals.

it's positional.  i can copy format from a non-positional argument in same file.

i remembered a little :) 17:08 that you pass -- to non-positional
arguments.  it was familiar when i saw it !

yayyy --help

confetti everywhere!  fake confetti.  no messes.

17:09

$ ots opreturn --help
usage: ots opreturn [-h] [-8 UTF8 | -x HEX]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -8 UTF8, --utf8 UTF8  utf8 OP_RETURN data
  -x HEX, --hex HEX     hex OP_RETURN data

yayyyy

blargh.

'setup bitcoin' is not defined

oh i just remembered.  it outputs the block hash but not the
transaction hash.  tx hash is good identifier, gonna spend some time
see if i can add it.

17:10

17:11

oooh it already outputs the txid while waiting for it to confirm!
great!  let's find the next bug

17:12

ok.  for bitcoin it basically just uses a local node.  maybe the
calendar servers can do this too, dunno, would have to check their
protocol.  so, i'll save this to a github fork and work on syncing a
node.

i rarely sync a node to completion.

oh hey maybe it oculd output the raw transaction for users to publish themselves

!!! i dunno! save first.  think later.

17:13

17:15

prototype opreturn code uploaded to
https://github.com/xloem/opentimestamps-client in branch opreturn