- NOTE - This section is under HEAVY development. Keep it as an orphaned page for the time being.
[edit] Overview
Sound is an important element used to communicate with users. It is important, then, that there be a unified and simplified way of organizing sounds. It should not be forgotten that the sounds should integrate with the looks of KDE4, they need to blend in.
[edit] Context
The contexts for a sound theme are (these are more or less placeholders as this schema is sorted out):
Table 1. Sound Theme Contexts
| Name | Description | Directory
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| System Events | Sounds which are generally used to notify the user of events relating to the system, ie: startup, warning dialogs, etc | system
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| User Interface Events | Sounds associated with the desktop environment, such as minimize, shade, or kicker events | ui
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| Misc. Application Events | Sounds associated with application events, such as a successful cd burn, which don't fit within other categories | application
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[edit] System Events
A list for now
- Network events
- Critical Stop
- Default Beep
- Show Toolbar
- System Notification
Table 2. System Events
| Name | Description | Type | Filename | Default
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| Startup | during startup | Adhoc |
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| Shutdown | during system shutdown | Adhoc |
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| Hibernate | Cumputer Hibernates | Informational |
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| Standby | Cumputer enters standby mode | Informational |
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| Logon | User Logon | Informational | KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg | yes
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| Logoff | User Logoff | Informational | KDE-Sys-Log-Out.ogg | yes
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| Logon Error | Wrong Username or Password | Error | KDE-Sys-App-Error.ogg | yes
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| Critical Error | Critical error occurred | Error | KDE-Sys-App-Error.ogg | yes
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| Information | General information pops-up | Informational | KDE-Sys-Message.ogg | yes
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| Print Error | Error before or wile printing | Error | KDE-Sys-Error-Printing.ogg | yes
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| Question Asked | Question is beeing asked | Question | KDE-Sys-Question.ogg | yes
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| Serious Error | Serious Error forcing app to quit | Error | KDE-Sys-App-Error-Serious.ogg | yes
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| Warning | Warning pops up | Attention | KDE-Sys-Warning.ogg | yes
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| No Matching Completion | No match in list (e.g. Search) | Informational | KDE-Sys-List-Match-No-ogg | yes
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| Something Special in App | App returns a special message | Informational | KDE-Sys-App-Special.ogg | yes
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| End of List | End of list reached | Informational | KDE-Sys-List-End.ogg | yes
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| More then one match | Multiple matches in list | Informational | KDE-Sys-List-Match-Multiple.ogg |
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| Error in app | App returns an error | Error | KDE-Sys-App-Error.ogg | yes
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| Very serious error | Very serious Error forcing app to quit | Error | KDE-Sys-App-Error-Serious-Very.ogg | yes
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| Cannot open file | Can't open one or more files | Error | KDE-Sys-File-Open-Foes.ogg | yes
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| Trash Emptied | Empty Trash | Attention | KDE-Sys-Trash-Emptied.ogg | yes
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[edit] User Interface Events
[edit] Desktop UI
Table 3. Desktop UI
| Name | Description | Filename
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| Minimize | |
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| Minimize to Tray | |
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| Maximize | |
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| Restore | |
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| Restore from Tray | |
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| Shade Up | |
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| Shade Down | |
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| Icon Hover | |
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| Icon Select | |
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[edit] Menu UI
Table 4. Menu UI
| Name | Description | Filename
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| Menu Button Select | Selecting the K Menu | menu-button-select
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| Menu Browse | Browsing through the menu, on a new menu item hover | menu-browse
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| Menu Item Select | Selecting a menu item | menu-item-select
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[edit] Application Level Events
[edit] Communication Events
Table 5. Communication Events
| Name | Description | Type | Filename | Default
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| New Email | New email message is received | Informational | KDE-Im-New-Mail.ogg | yes
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| Incomming Message | New instant message is received | Informational | KDE-Im-Message-New.ogg |
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| Outgoing Message | Message sent | Informational | KDE-Im-Message-Out.ogg | yes
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| Nudge | Nudge Received | Adhoc | KDE-Im-Nudge.ogg | yes
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| Highlighted message received | Message with highlight word received | Attention | KDE-Im-Highlight-Msg.ogg | yes
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| Low Priority Message | Low priority message received | Informational | KDE-Im-Low-Priority.ogg |
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| Error Connecting | Error during connection | Error | KDE-Im-Error-On-Connection.ogg | yes
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| New Message Alert | New chat started with incomming message | Attention | KDE-Im-Msg-New.ogg | yes
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| User AuthoArization Action | Authorization Clearance | Question | KDE-Im-User-Auth.ogg | yes
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| Can't connect | Can't Connect to Service | Error | KDE-Im-Cant-Connect.ogg | yes
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| Network Problems | Network problem identified | Error | KDE-Im-Network-Problems.ogg | yes
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| Contact Online | Contact is now online | Informational | KDE-Im-Contact-In.ogg
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| Contact Offline | Contact goes offline | Informatonal | KDE-Im-Contact-Out.ogg
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| Call Received | Incomming call notification | Attention | | yes
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| Join Request Received | A Join request is received | Informational | | yes
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These sounds can and should be used among all KDE communication applications, consider them generic and not application dependent.
[edit] Miscellaneous and Cross-Category Events
- Successful (cd burn, file transfer, etc. Possibly separate these)
Table 6. CD/DVD Recording Actions
| Name | Description | Type | Filename | Default
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| Insert Medium | User needs to insert medium | Attention | KDE-K3B-Insert-Medium.ogg | yes
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| Burn failed | The burn process failed | Error | KDE-K3B-Finish-Error.ogg | yes
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| Burn successful | Burn Process successful | Informational | KDE-K3B-Finish-Success.ogg | yes
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[edit] Hardware Events
Table 7. Hardware Events
| Name | Description | Filename
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| Battery Charging | |
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| Running on AC | |
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| Low Battery Alarm | |
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| Critical Battery Alarm | |
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| Device Connected | |
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| Device Disconnected | |
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| Device Failed to Connect | |
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| Print sent to Queue | |
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| Print Complete | |
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[edit] References
