Weird bug with to-do list

[PGmajev]

I do not know whether this falls into the responsibility of this skill, but here it goes:

So when I tell Mycroft to create a list called "to-do" it will create a list called "to do" but when I then tell it to list things on my list "to-do" it will actually search for a list called "to-do" and not "to do". Am I the only one experiencing this?

[lb803]

Hi @PGmajev
Apologies for the late response.

You are right, I experience the same issue. Here is my log where I create the "to do" list and then I enquire about what elements are on the list:

==> /var/log/mycroft/voice.log <==
2021-04-27 09:49:46.489 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_wakeword:67 | Wakeword Detected: christopher
2021-04-27 09:49:46.997 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_record_begin:37 | Begin Recording...
2021-04-27 09:49:49.970 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_record_end:45 | End Recording...

==> /var/log/mycroft/audio.log <==
2021-04-27 09:49:51.734 | INFO     |  3342 | mycroft.audio.speech:mute_and_speak:127 | Speak: Your new list to do has been added.

==> /var/log/mycroft/voice.log <==
2021-04-27 09:49:51.488 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_utterance:72 | Utterance: ['create a new list called to do']

==> /var/log/mycroft/skills.log <==
2021-04-27 09:49:52.375 | INFO     |  3339 | mycroft.skills.skill_loader:reload:179 | ATTEMPTING TO RELOAD SKILL: list-manager.lb803
2021-04-27 09:49:52.392 | INFO     |  3339 | mycroft.skills.skill_loader:_execute_instance_shutdown:217 | Skill list-manager.lb803 shut down successfully
2021-04-27 09:49:52.399 | INFO     |  3339 | mycroft.skills.settings:get_local_settings:80 | /root/.config/mycroft/skills/list-manager.lb803/settings.json
2021-04-27 09:49:52.432 | INFO     |  3339 | mycroft.skills.skill_loader:_communicate_load_status:344 | Skill list-manager.lb803 loaded successfully
2021-04-27 09:49:52.433 | INFO     |  3339 | mycroft.skills.skill_manager:put:80 | Updating settings meta during runtime...
2021-04-27 09:49:52.512 | INFO     |  3339 | msm.mycroft_skills_manager | invalidating skills cache
2021-04-27 09:49:52.513 | INFO     |  3339 | msm.mycroft_skills_manager | building SkillEntry objects for all skills
2021-04-27 09:49:55.454 | INFO     |  3339 | mycroft.skills.skill_manager:send:64 | New Settings meta to upload.

==> /var/log/mycroft/voice.log <==
2021-04-27 09:50:05.950 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_wakeword:67 | Wakeword Detected: christopher
2021-04-27 09:50:06.446 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_record_begin:37 | Begin Recording...
2021-04-27 09:50:08.778 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_record_end:45 | End Recording...

==> /var/log/mycroft/audio.log <==
2021-04-27 09:50:10.582 | INFO     |  3342 | mycroft.audio.speech:mute_and_speak:127 | Speak: I couldn't find to-do among your lists.

==> /var/log/mycroft/voice.log <==
2021-04-27 09:50:10.318 | INFO     |  3345 | __main__:handle_utterance:72 | Utterance: ["what's on my to-do list"]

This is partially a Mycroft-related issue, as the words "to do" are at first recognised as "to do" and later as "to-do". At present, the skill is very rigid and requires exact matches for list and element names to be processed.

What I could do is adopt a more relaxed way to identify list and element names, not sure the best way to archive this would be either:

• Adopting a fuzzy string matching python library;
• Change the DB module with a different one which provides this functionality.

I am open to comments and suggestions.