[Xastir] Xastir sound files missing..

[Tom Russo]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 06:25:01PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 04:58:24PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <xastir at trinnet.net> flavor, containing:
> > Thanks Dave!
> > 
> > I have the files now!   Curt, Tom:  If I was to create a "git pull 
> > request" including these files, where would you like them placed? Maybe in:
> > 
> >     /sounds ?
> >     /src/sounds ?
> 
> Those files have always been a separate zipfile on sourceforge, and have
> never been in CVS.

FWIW, the files are still on SourceForge at:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/xastir/files/

Click "xastir-miscellaneous" and then "General" to find them.

I am going to create a GitHub side project associated with Xastir to store
these files.  

> I am thinking a separate git project associated with the Xastir organization
> is the right approach.
> 
> >     play formats: can't open input file 
> > `/usr/share/xastir/sounds//usr/share/sounds/KDE-Im-Sms.ogg': No such 
> > file or directory
> 
> Paths in Xastir are *always* relative to the Xastir share directory.  You
> can't specify absolute paths in any of Xastir's config (maps, symbols, sounds,
> etc.)
> 
> The behavior you describe is what's expected.  Put your sounds files in 
> /usr/share/xastir/sounds, and then tell Xastir what file you want played
> in the Audio Alarms config --- using just the file name, not the full path.
> 
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