Notify when a press is ignored in presentation or gaming mode

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/assistant.py b/assistant.py
index 7f8fd1d..7052d69 100644
--- a/assistant.py
+++ b/assistant.py
@@ -138,7 +138,24 @@ def presenting(d=None):
                 return f.read().strip() == "1"
         except OSError:                   # a missing file means off
             return False
-    return flag("presentation") or flag("gaming")
+    # Why the press is ignored, for the notification; "" when it is not.
+    return "gaming" if flag("gaming") else "presentation" if flag("presentation") else ""
+
+
+notify_id = ""
+
+
+def notify_ignored(reason):
+    # Normal urgency: DND (on during presentation mode) holds it back from
+    # popping over a call or a game, and it waits in the notification list.
+    # Each press replaces the last (-r), so one game makes one entry.
+    global notify_id
+    cmd = ["notify-send", "-a", "desktop-assistant", "-u", "normal", "-p"]
+    if notify_id:
+        cmd += ["-r", notify_id]
+    cmd += ["Voice assistant paused", f"The button press was ignored: {reason} mode is on."]
+    r = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    notify_id = r.stdout.strip() or notify_id
 
 
 def latin(text):
@@ -474,8 +491,10 @@ def main():
             if on == prev:
                 continue
             prev = on
-            if on and presenting():
-                log("presentation mode: ignored")
+            reason = presenting() if on else ""
+            if reason:
+                log(f"{reason} mode: ignored")
+                notify_ignored(reason)
             elif on:
                 # Barge-in: a press silences the reply now and makes it stale.
                 turn += 1
@@ -545,9 +564,9 @@ def test():
         assert run_tool(tools, "echo", "{bad", d) == "error: arguments are not valid JSON"
         assert run_tool(tools, "echo", "[1]", d) == "error: arguments are not valid JSON"
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:
-        assert not presenting(d)
-        for name, value, want in (("gaming", "1", True), ("gaming", "0", False),
-                                  ("presentation", "1\n", True)):
+        assert presenting(d) == ""
+        for name, value, want in (("gaming", "1", "gaming"), ("gaming", "0", ""),
+                                  ("presentation", "1\n", "presentation")):
             with open(os.path.join(d, f"status.{name}"), "w") as f:
                 f.write(value)
             assert presenting(d) == want, (name, value)