ok, I think this is working right

ldogger/cmd.py

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ def send_message(args):
             print(" ", json.dumps(dat, indent=2).replace("\n", "\n  "))
         if not (200 <= res.status < 300):
             rc = res.status
-    if args.noise_marks:
-        mark = "32mo" if rc == 0 else "31mx"
-        print(f"\x1b[{mark}", end="")
-        sys.stdout.flush()
+        if args.noise_marks:
+            mark = "32mo" if rc == 0 else "31mx"
+            print(f"\x1b[{mark}", end="")
+            sys.stdout.flush()
     return rc
 
 

ldogger/dispatch.py

@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ def send(
     if dry_run or verbose:
         print(f"send() to {url}")
         print("  " + json.dumps(msg, indent=2).replace("\n", "\n  "))
-    msg = json.dumps(msg).encode()
+    msg = json.dumps(msg)
     if dry_run:
         return msg
+    msg = msg.encode()
     try:
         return HTTP.request("POST", url, body=msg, headers=headers)
     except urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError as e:

t/files/re-2

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+# synergy produces this shit like 40 times a second
+compute left/right minimum bearings
+
+# rtkit tells me about how itsa fucking brilliant supervisor
+Supervising \d+ threads of \d+ processes of \d+ users?