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+import debug from "debug";
+import { html, LitElement } from "lit";
+import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators.js";
+import { NamedNode } from "n3";
+import { getTopGraph } from "../web/RdfdbSyncedGraph";
+import { SyncedGraph } from "../web/SyncedGraph";
+export { RdfdbSyncedGraph } from "../web/RdfdbSyncedGraph";
+export { Light9TimelineAudio } from "../web/light9-timeline-audio";
+import { classMap } from "lit/directives/class-map.js";
+
+debug.enable("*");
+const log = debug("asco");
+
+function byId(id: string): HTMLElement {
+  return document.getElementById(id)!;
+}
+async function postJson(url: string, jsBody: Object) {
+  return fetch(url, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "applcation/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(jsBody),
+  });
+}
+@customElement("light9-ascoltami-ui")
+export class Light9AscoltamiUi extends LitElement {
+  graph!: SyncedGraph;
+  times!: { intro: number; post: number };
+  currentDuration: number = 0;
+  @property() nextText: string = "";
+  @property() isPlaying: boolean = false;
+  render() {
+    return html`<rdfdb-synced-graph></rdfdb-synced-graph>
+
+      <link rel="stylesheet" href="./style.css" />
+
+      <h1>ascoltami <a href="metrics">[metrics]</a></h1>
+
+      <div class="commands">
+        <button id="cmd-stop" @click=${this.onCmdStop} class="playMode ${classMap({ active: !this.isPlaying })}">
+          <strong>Stop</strong>
+          <div class="key">s</div>
+        </button>
+        <button id="cmd-play" @click=${this.onCmdPlay} class="playMode ${classMap({ active: this.isPlaying })}">
+          <strong>Play</strong>
+          <div class="key">p</div>
+        </button>
+        <button id="cmd-intro" @click=${this.onCmdIntro}>
+          <strong>Skip intro</strong>
+          <div class="key">i</div>
+        </button>
+        <button id="cmd-post" @click=${this.onCmdPost}>
+          <strong>Skip to Post</strong>
+          <div class="key">t</div>
+        </button>
+        <button id="cmd-go" @click=${this.onCmdGo}>
+          <strong>Go</strong>
+          <div class="key">g</div>
+          <div id="next">${this.nextText}</div>
+        </button>
+      </div> `;
+  }
+
+  onCmdStop(ev?: MouseEvent): void {
+    postJson("api/time", { pause: true });
+  }
+  onCmdPlay(ev?: MouseEvent): void {
+    postJson("api/time", { resume: true });
+  }
+  onCmdIntro(ev?: MouseEvent): void {
+    postJson("api/time", { t: this.times.intro, resume: true });
+  }
+  onCmdPost(ev?: MouseEvent): void {
+    postJson("api/time", { t: this.currentDuration - this.times.post, resume: true });
+  }
+  onCmdGo(ev?: MouseEvent): void {
+    postJson("api/go", {});
+  }
+
+  bindKeys() {
+    document.addEventListener("keypress", (ev) => {
+      if (ev.which == 115) {
+        this.onCmdStop();
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ev.which == 112) {
+        this.onCmdPlay();
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ev.which == 105) {
+        this.onCmdIntro();
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ev.which == 116) {
+        this.onCmdPost();
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      if (ev.key == "g") {
+        this.onCmdGo();
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
+  }
+
+  currentDurationChanged(newDuration: number): void {
+    this.currentDuration = newDuration;
+  }
+
+  async musicSetup() {
+    // shoveled over from the vanillajs version
+    const config = await (await fetch("api/config")).json();
+    this.times = config.times;
+    document.title = document.title.replace("{{host}}", config.host);
+    const h1 = document.querySelector("h1")!;
+    h1.innerText = h1.innerText.replace("{{host}}", config.host);
+
+    byId("nav").innerText = navigator.userAgent;
+    var updateFreq = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Linux") != -1 ? 10 : 2;
+    if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows NT/)) {
+      // helper laptop
+      updateFreq = 10;
+    }
+    byId("updateReq").innerText = "" + updateFreq;
+
+    (window as any).finishOldStyleSetup(
+      this.times,
+      updateFreq,
+      this.currentDurationChanged.bind(this),
+      (t: string) => {
+        this.nextText = t;
+      },
+      (is: boolean) => {
+        this.isPlaying = is;
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.bindKeys();
+    //   byId("cmd-stop").addEventListener("click", (ev: Event) =>
+    // );
+
+    getTopGraph().then((g) => {
+      this.graph = g;
+      this.musicSetup(); // async
+    });
+  }
+}