On Thursday 16 Jul 2009 15:31:18 Jud Craft wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Colin Guthrie<gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote: > > #!/bin/bash > > export PULSE_PROP_media.role="event" > > exec paplay "$1" > > > > Make your script executable. > > > > In systemsettings go to: > > > > Notifications -> Player Settings -> Use External Player > > enter the path to your script. > > That is such a cool cheap hack! I had figured it would be a cold day > that you could route KDE event sounds through Pulse correctly, but > this hack does seem to do the basic job. In two lines. :) Sorry, > I'll curb my enthusiasm until I actually try this, but it seems too > simple to not work. It would be a cool, cheap hack but it won't work! Bad design having '.' in variable names. Bash won't let you export that. Most shells don't. Regards Clive -- Clive Messer <clive at vacuumtube.org.uk>
