proposal: provide more complete freedesktop sound theme support compatibility in gnome

[kendell clark]

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hi all
I've been thinking on this for a while, and I think this is something
gnome should do well. Gnome's support for the freedesktop sound theme
standard is a little incomplete. The sounds that currently play are,
desktop-login, hardware-added, hardware-removed, power-plug,
power-unplug, terminal-bell for when you've reached the end of a line
or end of a list. It's possible that the chat sounds play, but in my
experience they only work if the application you're using supports
sounds, and then it uses it's own. Incoming and outgoing call might
also work, I've never gotten a call that triggered any sounds. New
mail sounds also work. I've verified this by installing a different
sound theme, known as fresh and clean, which has lots more sounds than
the basic freedesktop one does. Incidentally, I really hope that gnome
can add back the ability to choose a different sound theme in the
sound control panel. Taking it out was a bad idea. I'd be happy to
help anyone who is interested in improving this, I know a little bit
about the freedesktop sound theme spec. These are just suggestions,
But I can start working on it if anyone is interested. I'm not exactly
sure what component needs changing, perhapse the libgsound library? I
think this fits into gnome's goal of being a user friendly desktop,
especially since sounds are useful for the visually impaired.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Thanks
Kendell clark
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