1 ;;; gnus-audio.el --- Sound effects for Gnus
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6 ;; Author: Steven L. Baur <steve@miranova.com>
7 ;; Keywords: news, mail, multimedia
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26 ;; This file provides access to sound effects in Gnus.
27 ;; This file is partially stripped to support earcons.el.
33 (defgroup gnus-audio nil
34 "Playing sound in Gnus."
39 (defvar gnus-audio-inline-sound
40 (or (if (fboundp 'device-sound-enabled-p
)
41 (device-sound-enabled-p)) ; XEmacs
42 (fboundp 'play-sound
)) ; Emacs 21
43 "Non-nil means try to play sounds without using an external program.")
45 (defcustom gnus-audio-directory
(nnheader-find-etc-directory "sounds")
46 "The directory containing the Sound Files."
47 :type
'(choice directory
(const nil
))
50 (defcustom gnus-audio-au-player
(executable-find "play")
51 "Executable program for playing sun AU format sound files."
53 :type
'(choice file
(const nil
)))
55 (defcustom gnus-audio-wav-player
(executable-find "play")
56 "Executable program for playing WAV files."
58 :type
'(choice file
(const nil
)))
60 ;;; The following isn't implemented yet. Wait for Millennium Gnus.
61 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-effects-enabled t
62 ;; "When t, Gnus will use sound effects.")
63 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-enable-hooks nil
64 ;; "Functions run when enabling sound effects.")
65 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-disable-hooks nil
66 ;; "Functions run when disabling sound effects.")
67 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-theme-song nil
68 ;; "Theme song for Gnus.")
69 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-enter-group nil
70 ;; "Sound effect played when selecting a group.")
71 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-exit-group nil
72 ;; "Sound effect played when exiting a group.")
73 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-score-group nil
74 ;; "Sound effect played when scoring a group.")
75 ;;(defvar gnus-audio-busy-sound nil
76 ;; "Sound effect played when going into a ... sequence.")
80 ;;(defun gnus-audio-enable-sound ()
81 ;; "Enable Sound Effects for Gnus."
83 ;; (setq gnus-audio-effects-enabled t)
84 ;; (gnus-run-hooks gnus-audio-enable-hooks))
87 ;(defun gnus-audio-disable-sound ()
88 ;; "Disable Sound Effects for Gnus."
90 ;; (setq gnus-audio-effects-enabled nil)
91 ;; (gnus-run-hooks gnus-audio-disable-hooks))
94 (defun gnus-audio-play (file)
95 "Play a sound FILE through the speaker."
96 (interactive "fSound file name: ")
97 (let ((sound-file (if (file-exists-p file
)
99 (expand-file-name file gnus-audio-directory
))))
100 (when (file-exists-p sound-file
)
101 (cond ((and gnus-audio-inline-sound
103 ;; Even if we have audio, we may fail with the
104 ;; wrong sort of sound file.
105 (progn (play-sound-file sound-file
)
108 ;; If we don't have built-in sound, or playing it failed,
109 ;; try with external program.
110 ((equal "wav" (file-name-extension sound-file
))
111 (call-process gnus-audio-wav-player
116 ((equal "au" (file-name-extension sound-file
))
117 (call-process gnus-audio-au-player
124 ;;; The following isn't implemented yet, wait for Red Gnus
125 ;;(defun gnus-audio-startrek-sounds ()
126 ;; "Enable sounds from Star Trek the original series."
128 ;; (setq gnus-audio-busy-sound "working.au")
129 ;; (setq gnus-audio-enter-group "bulkhead_door.au")
130 ;; (setq gnus-audio-exit-group "bulkhead_door.au")
131 ;; (setq gnus-audio-score-group "ST_laser.au")
132 ;; (setq gnus-audio-theme-song "startrek.au")
133 ;; (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook 'gnus-audio-startrek-select-group)
134 ;; (add-hook 'gnus-exit-group-hook 'gnus-audio-startrek-exit-group))
137 (defvar gnus-startup-jingle
"Tuxedomoon.Jingle4.au"
138 "Name of the Gnus startup jingle file.")
140 (defun gnus-play-jingle ()
141 "Play the Gnus startup jingle, unless that's inhibited."
143 (gnus-audio-play gnus-startup-jingle
))
145 (provide 'gnus-audio
)
147 (run-hooks 'gnus-audio-load-hook
)
149 ;; arch-tag: 6f129e78-3416-4fc9-973f-6cf5ac8d654b
150 ;;; gnus-audio.el ends here