On 4 Jun 2019, at 15:07, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have been wondering if it would help if Vim could play a sound. Think > of a gentle "ping" to indicate the cursor can't move there, or a > "tadaa" when a background build finishes successfully. At least I have > had times where I didn't notice something that was going on, because I > was looking in the wrong place. Currently there only is the annoying > beep (which I usually have disabled). > > I wonder how useful this would be. It's probably a matter of taste > anyway. And it only works locally (unless there is an xterm sequence to > play a sound?). > > And I wonder if it can be implemented in a way it's portable. There are > some audio libraries floating around, but I don't expect the "-dev" > version to be installed on most systems. Perhaps MS-Windows has > something that's always available? > > Another way would be to use a system command (in the background), but > that could have some latency.
My 2¢ on the topic, as I have been thinking for a while about a plugin for playing mechanical sounds on key presses. - Make an optional plugin for that - The plugin has an extremely simple API: - enableSoundServer(): starts a background process accepting requests to play sounds; don’t use system commands, it’s a waste of resources and likely too slow; - disableSoundServer(): obviously. - getSounds(): returns a list of available sound names; - play(soundName): asynchronously plays the requested sound. - Perhaps, also stopSounds(), to interrupt all playing sounds. - Sounds might be searched for in `sounds` directories under packpath (or rtp?) when the server starts. Vim has all the needed infrastructure, IMO: jobs, timers, autocommands… People not needing/wanting sounds won’t pay anything (except for some disk space for the plugin). It is fundamental that play() returns immediately, so that multiple calls result in overlapping sounds. I have also been searching for small, portable audio libraries, to make the plugin self-contained, and I recall having found one that seemed apt, although I haven’t tried it. As soon as I find what it was I’ll post the link here. Life. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/2140591F-741F-48A4-8CDC-F90FD1B23D1C%40icloud.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
