plover-steno-dojo 0.3.0

WebSocket server plugin for Steno Dojo — broadcasts strokes to the Steno Dojo app

plover-steno-dojo

A Plover extension that runs a local WebSocket server and broadcasts real-time stroke and machine state events to the Steno Dojo app.

No external dependencies — uses only the Python standard library.

Install

Search for plover-steno-dojo in Plover's Plug-ins Manager (Tools → Plug-ins Manager), then click Install and restart Plover.

Or from a terminal using Plover's bundled Python:

# macOS
/Applications/Plover.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13 \
  -m pip install plover-steno-dojo

Usage

1. After installing, open Plover's Plug-ins Manager
2. Find plover-steno-dojo, click Enable, then Apply
3. Restart Plover
4. The plugin starts automatically and listens on ws://localhost:8086/
5. Open Steno Dojo — it will connect automatically

Message format

All messages are JSON objects broadcast to every connected client:

{"type": "stroked", "stroke": "TEFT"}
{"type": "machine_state_changed", "machine_type": "Gemini PR", "state": "connected"}

Development

git clone https://github.com/VincentCosta6/plover-steno-dojo
cd plover-steno-dojo
pip install -e .

Releasing

1. Update version = X.Y.Z in setup.cfg
2. Commit and push
3. Create a GitHub Release tagged vX.Y.Z

The publish workflow verifies the tag matches setup.cfg before uploading to PyPI.

License

MIT