[Xastir] Xastir sound files missing..

[David A Aitcheson]

Tom ,

On 07/16/2016 08:27 PM, Tom Russo wrote:
> 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, 

Shouldn't this be    /usr/local/share/xastir/sounds   ???

My system is not letting me do anything in  /usr/share  even as root.

>> and then tell Xastir what file you want played
>> in the Audio Alarms config --- using just the file name, not the full path.
>>
>> -- 
>> Tom Russo    KM5VY   SAR502   DM64ux          http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
>> Tijeras, NM  QRPL#1592 K2#398  SOC#236        http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
>>  echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m]
>>
>>  
>>

Dave
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