I can now load a json config file name .tarpit.json to configure everything. It now works to configure the sounds used.

.tarpit.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "audio": {
+    "you_died": "./assets/you_died.wav",
+    "build_works": "./assets/build_works.wav",
+    "build_failed": "./assets/build_failed.wav",
+    "building": "./assets/building.wav"
+  },
+  "build_cmd": "meson compile -C builddir"
+}

escape_turings_tarpit.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     if(argc != 3) {
-      fmt::println("USAGE: watchgit PATH BUILD_CMD");
+      fmt::println("USAGE: escape_turings_tarpit PATH BUILD_CMD");
       return 1;
     } else {
       const char *git_path = argv[1];

gui.cpp

@@ -14,25 +14,47 @@
 #include "ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp"  // for ScreenInteractive
 #include <vector>
 #include <SFML/Audio.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <fstream>
 
 using namespace ftxui;
 using namespace std;
 using namespace fmt;
+using namespace nlohmann;
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
-void load_sound(sf::Sound &sound, sf::SoundBuffer &buffer, const char *in_file) {
-  if(!buffer.loadFromFile(in_file)) {
-    fmt::println("Failed to load {}", in_file);
+SoundQuip::SoundQuip() {
+
+};
+
+void SoundQuip::load(json &data, const char *file_key) {
+  auto audio = data["audio"];
+  json::string_t file_name = audio[file_key].template get<std::string>();
+
+  if(!buffer.loadFromFile(file_name)) {
+    cout << "Failed to load sound: " << file_key << " with file " << file_name << "\n";
   }
 
   sound.setBuffer(buffer);
 }
 
+void SoundQuip::play() {
+  sound.play();
+}
+
+void SoundQuip::stop() {
+  sound.stop();
+}
+
 GUI::GUI() {
-  load_sound(you_died_sound, you_died_buffer, "./assets/you_died.wav");
-  load_sound(build_works_sound, build_works_buffer, "./assets/build_works.wav");
-  load_sound(build_failed_sound, build_failed_buffer, "./assets/build_failed.wav");
-  load_sound(building_sound, building_buffer, "./assets/building.wav");
+  ifstream infile(".tarpit.json");
+  json data = json::parse(infile);
+
+  // json load the config file
+  you_died_sound.load(data, "you_died");
+  build_works_sound.load(data, "build_works");
+  build_failed_sound.load(data, "build_failed");
+  building_sound.load(data, "building");
 }
 
 void GUI::output(const string &msg) {

gui.hpp

@@ -5,18 +5,28 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 #include <SFML/Audio.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+class SoundQuip {
+public:
+  sf::Sound sound;
+  sf::SoundBuffer buffer;
+  bool initialized;
+
+  SoundQuip();
+
+  void load(nlohmann::json &data, const char *in_file);
+  void play();
+  void stop();
+};
 
 class GUI {
   vector<string> lines;
 
-  sf::Sound you_died_sound;
-  sf::Sound build_works_sound;
-  sf::Sound build_failed_sound;
-  sf::Sound building_sound;
-  sf::SoundBuffer you_died_buffer;
-  sf::SoundBuffer build_works_buffer;
-  sf::SoundBuffer build_failed_buffer;
-  sf::SoundBuffer building_buffer;
+  SoundQuip you_died_sound;
+  SoundQuip build_works_sound;
+  SoundQuip build_failed_sound;
+  SoundQuip building_sound;
 
   public:
 

jsontest.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+using namespace fmt;
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if(argc != 2) {
+    println("USAGE: jsontest [jsonfile]");
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  ifstream infile(argv[1]);
+  json data = json::parse(infile);
+
+  json::string_t s2 = data["happy"].template get<std::string>();
+
+  for(auto &el : data.items()) {
+    cout << el.key() << "=" << el.value() << "\n";
+  }
+
+  println("DATA HAPPY {}", s2);
+  return 0;
+}

meson.build

@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ ftxui_dom = dependency('ftxui-dom')
 ftxui_component = dependency('ftxui-component')
 catch2 = dependency('catch2-with-main')
 sfml = dependency('sfml')
+json = dependency('nlohmann_json')
 
 dependencies = [
   fmt, libgit2package_dep, efsw_dep,
   ftxui_screen, ftxui_dom, ftxui_component,
-  sfml
+  sfml, json
 ]
 
 executable('escape_turings_tarpit',
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ executable('ftx_thread_test', 'ftx_thread_test.cpp',
 executable('audiotest', 'audiotest.cpp',
   dependencies: dependencies)
 
+executable('jsontest', 'jsontest.cpp',
+  dependencies: dependencies)
+
 runtests = executable('runtests', [
   'game_engine.cpp',
   'tests/game_engine.cpp'],

scripts/reset_build.ps1

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ meson wrap install flac
 meson wrap install freetype2
 meson wrap install openal-soft
 meson wrap install sfml
+meson wrap install nlohmann_json
 # $env:CC="clang"
 # $env:CXX="clang++"
 meson setup --default-library=static --prefer-static builddir

scripts/reset_build.sh

@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ meson wrap install flac
 meson wrap install freetype2
 meson wrap install openal-soft
 meson wrap install sfml
+meson wrap install nlohmann_json
 meson setup builddir