send pretty notifications, and only do it once

errata.go

@@ -189,18 +189,18 @@ func ParseRemoteErrata(s string) (*Errata, error) {
 }
 
 // PrintErrata pretty prints an errata
-func PrintErrata(e *Erratum) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("New OpenBSD Errata: %03d\n%s: %s\n%s",
-		e.ID,
-		e.Date.String(),
-		e.Desc,
-		e.Link,
-	)
-}
+//func PrintErrata(e *Erratum) string {
+//	return fmt.Sprintf("New OpenBSD Errata: %03d\n%s: %s\n%s",
+//		e.ID,
+//		e.Date.String(),
+//		e.Desc,
+//		e.Link,
+//	)
+//}
 
 // PrintErrataMD pretty prints an errata in markdown
 func PrintErrataMD(e *Erratum) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("# OpenBSD Errata %03d (_%s_)\n<pre>%s</pre>\n[A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.](%s)",
+	return fmt.Sprintf("# OpenBSD Errata %03d ( _%s_ )\n<pre>%s</pre>\n[A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.](%s)",
 		e.ID,
 		e.Date.Format("January 2, 2006"),
 		e.Desc,

main.go

@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ func main() {
 							break
 						}
 						for _, room := range strings.Split(alertRooms, ",") {
-							cli.SendNotice(room, PrintErrata(&erratum))
-							plugins.SendMD(cli, room, PrintErrataMD(&erratum))
+							plugins.SendMDNotice(cli, room, PrintErrataMD(&erratum))
 						}
 					}
 					c = c + 1

plugins/plugins.go

@@ -143,6 +143,25 @@ func SendHTML(c *gomatrix.Client, roomID, message string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SendMDNotice sends an html notice to a given room. It pretends to be
+// "typing" by calling UserTyping for the caller.
+func SendMDNotice(c *gomatrix.Client, roomID, message string) error {
+	_, err := c.UserTyping(roomID, true, 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	md := []byte(message)
+	html := markdown.ToHTML(md, nil, nil)
+	c.SendMessageEvent(roomID, "m.room.message", gomatrix.GetHTMLMessage("m.notice", string(html)))
+
+	_, err = c.UserTyping(roomID, false, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SendMD takes markdown and converts it to an html message.
 func SendMD(c *gomatrix.Client, roomID, message string) error {
 	md := []byte(message)