Added visual bell feature, fix for 99886.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,133 @@
+2002-12-16 Bill Haneman <bill.haneman@sun.com>
+   
+	* configure.in:
+	Check for XKB extension.
+
+	* src/Makefile.am: 
+	Added bell.c and bell.h to metacity sources.
+
+	* src/common.h:
+	(MetaFrameFlags):
+	Added META_FRAME_IS_FLASHING flag.
+
+	* src/frame.h:
+	(MetaFrame): Added is_flashing field.
+	
+	* src/frame.c:
+	(meta_window_ensure_frame):
+	Initialize the is_flashing flag to FALSE.
+	(meta_frame_get_flags):
+	Handle the FRAME_IS_FLASHING flag.
+	(meta_window_destroy_frame):
+	Call meta_bell_notify_frame_destroy.
+	
+	* src/prefs.h:
+	(MetaPreference):
+	Added META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL, META_PREF_AUDIBLE_BELL,
+	META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE.
+	(MetaVisualBellType): New enum.
+	(meta_prefs_get_visual_bell, meta_prefs_bell_is_audible): 
+	(meta_prefs_get_visual_bell_type): 
+	New accessor declarations.
+	
+	* src/prefs.c:
+	(#includes): Include "display.h", since we now call
+	meta_displays_list() in our update func.
+	(#defines):
+	Define KEY_VISUAL_BELL, KEY_AUDIBLE_BELL,
+	and KEY_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE.
+	(provide_visual_bell, bell_is_audible, visual_bell_type):
+	New static state variables.	
+	(update_visual_bell): New method to update visual-bell
+	boolean settings from keys "visual_bell" and "audible_bell".
+	(update_visual_bell_type): 
+	New method to update visual-bell type setting.
+	(visual_bell_type_from_string) : 
+	New method to convert from gconf string to visual-bell
+	type enum.  Only currently recognized values are "fullscreen"
+	and "frame_flash".
+	(change_notify):
+	Handle changes to visual and audible bell properties.
+	(meta_prefs_get_visual_bell, meta_prefs_bell_is_audible): 
+	(meta_prefs_get_visual_bell_type): 
+	New accessor definitions.
+	(meta_prefs_init): Added a second call to notify_add,
+	listens to "/desktop/gnome/interface" as well as "apps/metacity".
+	Also call the update funcs for the new visual-bell gconf keys.
+	(meta_preference_to_string):
+	Handle the visual/audible bell cases.
+
+	* src/bell.h:
+	(meta_bell_notify);
+	New method, calls a visual notifucation
+	method based on the visual-bell-type, or none if the type
+	is unrecognized or invalid.
+	(meta_bell_set_audible): 
+	New public method for setting the audible bell setting,
+	used in updater for new gconf key "audible_bell".
+	(meta_bell_init):
+	Initialize the bell notification for a display.
+	(meta_bell_shutdown):
+	Shutdown the bell notification for a display.
+	(meta_bell_notify_frame_destroy):
+	Remove pending idle handlers on notification.
+
+	* src/bell.c:
+	Include "bell.h", and conditionally include <Xll/Xkblib.h>.
+	(meta_bell_set_audible):
+	If XKB is present, enable/disable the audible system 
+	bell based on the gconf key /desktop/gnome/interface/audible_bell.
+	(meta_bell_init):
+	Query and initialize XKB if present, register for notification
+	on the bell, and set audible bell according to gconf settings.
+	(meta_bell_flash_screen):
+	Maps and unmaps a fullscreen X window (painted white, then
+	black), which causes a fullscreen 'flash' transient.	
+	(meta_bell_flash_window_frame):
+	Flashes the titlebar of a specified window.
+	(meta_bell_flash_frame):
+	Calls meta_bell_flash_window_frame on the window which 
+	was the source of the current bell event, or the currently 
+	focussed window if the event source cannot be determined.
+	(meta_bell_unflash_frame):
+	Restore the frame's appearance to normal.
+	(meta_bell_flash_fullscreen):
+	Call meta_bell_flash_fullscreen for all screens.
+	(meta_bell_shutdown):
+	New method.
+	(meta_bell_notify_frame_destroy):
+	Remove pending idle handlers on notification, 
+	testing for frame->is_flashing first.
+	
+	* src/display.h:
+	(MetaDisplay): Added xkb_base_event_type field.
+	
+	* src/display.c:
+	Check for XKB and include "X11/XKBlib.h" if present.
+	(meta_display_open): Call meta_bell_init.
+	(event_callback): Call meta_bell_notify
+	when event comes from XKB and is XkbBellNotify
+	(prefs_changed_callback): 
+	Handle META_PREF_AUDIBLE_BELL notification.
+
+	* src/screen.h:
+	(MetaScreen): Add flash_window field.
+	
+	* src/screen.c:
+	(meta_screen_new):
+	Initialize flash_window field.
+
+	* src/theme.c:
+	(theme_get_style):
+	New heuristic for focus-style, to invert sense of focus
+	flag when META_FRAME_IS_FLASHING flag is set.
+	
+	* src/metacity.schemas.in:
+	Added scheme information for 
+	/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell,
+	/apps/metacity/general/audible_bell, and
+	/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell_type.
+	
 2002-12-16  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/window-props.c (init_wm_name): argh, screwed that up. get

configure.in

@@ -221,6 +221,17 @@ if test "x$found_shape" = "xyes"; then
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SHAPE, , [Have the shape extension library])
 fi
 
+found_xkb=no
+AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, XkbQueryExtension,
+               [AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/XKBlib.h,
+                                found_xkb=yes)],
+	, $ALL_X_LIBS)
+
+if test "x$found_xkb" = "xyes"; then
+   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XKB, , [Have keyboard extension library])
+fi
+
+
 RANDR_LIBS=
 found_randr=no
 AC_CHECK_LIB(Xrandr, XRRUpdateConfiguration,

src/Makefile.am

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ EGGFILES=			\
 metacity_SOURCES= 				\
 	async-getprop.c				\
 	async-getprop.h				\
+	bell.h					\
+	bell.c					\
 	common.h				\
 	core.c					\
 	core.h					\

src/bell.c

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+/* Metacity visual bell */
+
+/* 
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Sun Microsystems Inc.
+ * 
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "bell.h"
+#include "screen.h"
+#include "prefs.h"
+
+static void
+meta_bell_flash_screen (MetaDisplay *display, 
+			MetaScreen  *screen)
+{
+  Window root = screen->xroot;
+  int width = screen->width;
+  int height = screen->height;
+  
+  if (screen->flash_window == None)
+    {
+      Visual *visual = CopyFromParent;
+      XSetWindowAttributes xswa;
+      int depth = CopyFromParent;
+      xswa.save_under = True;
+      xswa.override_redirect = True;
+      /* 
+       * TODO: use XGetVisualInfo and determine which is an
+       * overlay, if one is present, and use the Overlay visual
+       * for this window (for performance reasons).  
+       * Not sure how to tell this yet... 
+       */
+      screen->flash_window = XCreateWindow (display->xdisplay, root,
+					    0, 0, width, height,
+					    0, depth,
+					    InputOutput,
+					    visual,
+				    /* note: XSun doesn't like SaveUnder here */
+					    CWSaveUnder | CWOverrideRedirect,
+					    &xswa);
+      XSelectInput (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window, ExposureMask);
+      XMapWindow (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window);
+      XSync (display->xdisplay, False);
+      XFlush (display->xdisplay);
+      XUnmapWindow (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* just draw something in the window */
+      GC gc = XCreateGC (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window, 0, NULL);
+      XMapWindow (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window);
+      XSetForeground (display->xdisplay, gc,
+		      WhitePixel (display->xdisplay, 
+				  XScreenNumberOfScreen (screen->xscreen)));
+      XFillRectangle (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window, gc,
+		      0, 0, width, height);
+      XSetForeground (display->xdisplay, gc,
+		      BlackPixel (display->xdisplay, 
+				  XScreenNumberOfScreen (screen->xscreen)));
+      XFillRectangle (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window, gc,
+		      0, 0, width, height);
+      XFlush (display->xdisplay);
+      XSync (display->xdisplay, False);
+      XUnmapWindow (display->xdisplay, screen->flash_window);
+    }
+  XFlush (display->xdisplay);
+}
+
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+static void
+meta_bell_flash_fullscreen (MetaDisplay *display, 
+			    XkbAnyEvent *xkb_ev)
+{
+  XkbBellNotifyEvent *xkb_bell_ev = (XkbBellNotifyEvent *) xkb_ev;
+  MetaScreen *screen;
+
+  g_assert (xkb_ev->xkb_type == XkbBellNotify);
+  if (xkb_bell_ev->window != None)
+    {
+      screen = meta_display_screen_for_xwindow (display, xkb_bell_ev->window);
+      if (screen)
+	meta_bell_flash_screen (display, screen);
+    }
+  else 
+    {
+      GSList *screen_list = display->screens;
+      while (screen_list) 
+	{
+	  screen = (MetaScreen *) screen_list->data;
+	  meta_bell_flash_screen (display, screen);
+	  screen_list = screen_list->next;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+static gboolean 
+meta_bell_unflash_frame (gpointer data)
+{
+  MetaFrame *frame = (MetaFrame *) data;
+  frame->is_flashing = 0;
+  meta_frame_queue_draw (frame);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+meta_bell_flash_window_frame (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+  g_assert (window->frame != NULL);
+  window->frame->is_flashing = 1;
+  meta_frame_queue_draw (window->frame);
+  g_timeout_add_full (G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE, 100, 
+      meta_bell_unflash_frame, window->frame, NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+meta_bell_flash_frame (MetaDisplay *display, 
+		       XkbAnyEvent *xkb_ev)
+{
+  XkbBellNotifyEvent *xkb_bell_event = (XkbBellNotifyEvent *) xkb_ev;
+  MetaWindow *window;
+  
+  g_assert (xkb_ev->xkb_type == XkbBellNotify);
+  window = meta_display_lookup_x_window (display, xkb_bell_event->window);
+  if (!window && (display->focus_window->frame))
+    {
+      window = display->focus_window;
+    }
+  if (window)
+    {
+      meta_bell_flash_window_frame (window);
+    }
+  else /* revert to fullscreen flash if there's no focussed window */
+    {
+      meta_bell_flash_fullscreen (display, xkb_ev);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+meta_bell_visual_notify (MetaDisplay *display, 
+			 XkbAnyEvent *xkb_ev)
+{
+  switch (meta_prefs_get_visual_bell_type ()) 
+    {
+    case META_VISUAL_BELL_FULLSCREEN_FLASH:
+      meta_bell_flash_fullscreen (display, xkb_ev);
+      break;
+    case META_VISUAL_BELL_FRAME_FLASH:
+      meta_bell_flash_frame (display, xkb_ev); /* does nothing yet */
+      break;
+    case META_VISUAL_BELL_INVALID:
+      /* do nothing */
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+meta_bell_notify (MetaDisplay *display, 
+		  XkbAnyEvent *xkb_ev)
+{
+  /* flash something */
+  if (meta_prefs_get_visual_bell ()) 
+    meta_bell_visual_notify (display, xkb_ev);
+}
+#endif
+
+void
+meta_bell_set_audible (MetaDisplay *display, gboolean audible)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+  XkbChangeEnabledControls (display->xdisplay,
+			    XkbUseCoreKbd,
+			    XkbAudibleBellMask,
+			    audible ? XkbAudibleBellMask : 0);
+#endif  
+}
+
+gboolean
+meta_bell_init (MetaDisplay *display)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+  int xkb_base_error_type, xkb_opcode;
+
+  if (!XkbQueryExtension (display->xdisplay, &xkb_opcode, 
+			  &display->xkb_base_event_type, 
+			  &xkb_base_error_type, 
+			  NULL, NULL))
+    {
+      display->xkb_base_event_type = -1;
+      g_message ("could not find XKB extension.");
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  else 
+    {
+      unsigned int mask = XkbBellNotifyMask;
+      gboolean visual_bell_auto_reset = FALSE; 
+      /* TRUE if and when non-broken version is available */
+      XkbSelectEvents (display->xdisplay,
+		       XkbUseCoreKbd,
+		       XkbBellNotifyMask,
+		       XkbBellNotifyMask);
+      XkbChangeEnabledControls (display->xdisplay,
+				XkbUseCoreKbd,
+				XkbAudibleBellMask,
+				meta_prefs_bell_is_audible () 
+				? XkbAudibleBellMask : 0);
+      if (visual_bell_auto_reset) {
+	XkbSetAutoResetControls (display->xdisplay,
+				 XkbAudibleBellMask,
+				 &mask,
+				 &mask);
+      }
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+#endif
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+void
+meta_bell_shutdown (MetaDisplay *display)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+  /* TODO: persist initial bell state in display, reset here */
+  XkbChangeEnabledControls (display->xdisplay,
+			    XkbUseCoreKbd,
+			    XkbAudibleBellMask,
+			    XkbAudibleBellMask);
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+meta_bell_notify_frame_destroy (MetaFrame *frame)
+{
+  if (frame->is_flashing) 
+    g_idle_remove_by_data (frame);
+}

src/bell.h

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Metacity visual bell */
+
+/* 
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Sun Microsystems Inc.
+ * 
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+#include <X11/XKBlib.h>
+#endif
+#include "display.h"
+#include "frame.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+void meta_bell_notify (MetaDisplay *display, XkbAnyEvent *xkb_ev);
+#endif
+void meta_bell_set_audible (MetaDisplay *display, gboolean audible);
+gboolean meta_bell_init (MetaDisplay *display);
+void meta_bell_shutdown (MetaDisplay *display);
+void meta_bell_notify_frame_destroy (MetaFrame *frame);

src/common.h

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ typedef enum
   META_FRAME_MAXIMIZED                = 1 << 9,
   META_FRAME_ALLOWS_SHADE             = 1 << 10,
   META_FRAME_ALLOWS_MOVE              = 1 << 11,
-  META_FRAME_FULLSCREEN               = 1 << 12
+  META_FRAME_FULLSCREEN               = 1 << 12,
+  META_FRAME_IS_FLASHING              = 1 << 13
 } MetaFrameFlags;
 
 typedef enum

src/display.c

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "prefs.h"
 #include "resizepopup.h"
 #include "workspace.h"
+#include "bell.h"
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <X11/cursorfont.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_SOLARIS_XINERAMA
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_XFREE_XINERAMA
 #include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+#include <X11/XKBlib.h>
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 
 #define USE_GDK_DISPLAY
@@ -305,6 +309,8 @@ meta_display_open (const char *name)
   /* we have to go ahead and do this so error handlers work */
   all_displays = g_slist_prepend (all_displays, display);
 
+  meta_bell_init (display);
+
   meta_display_init_keys (display);
 
   update_window_grab_modifiers (display);
@@ -1822,6 +1828,19 @@ event_callback (XEvent   *event,
       }
       break;
     default:
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+      if (event->type == display->xkb_base_event_type) 
+	{
+	  XkbAnyEvent *xkb_ev = (XkbAnyEvent *) event;
+	  
+	  switch (xkb_ev->xkb_type)
+	    {
+	    case XkbBellNotify:
+	      meta_bell_notify (display, xkb_ev);
+	      break;
+	    }
+	}
+#endif
       break;
     }
 
@@ -3846,4 +3865,9 @@ prefs_changed_callback (MetaPreference pref,
 
       g_slist_free (windows);
     }
+  else if (pref == META_PREF_AUDIBLE_BELL)
+    {
+      MetaDisplay *display = data;
+      meta_bell_set_audible (display, meta_prefs_bell_is_audible ());
+    }
 }

src/display.h

@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ struct _MetaDisplay
   MetaRectangle grab_current_window_pos;
   MetaResizePopup *grab_resize_popup;
   GTimeVal    grab_last_moveresize_time;
+#ifdef HAVE_XKB
+  int         xkb_base_event_type;
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_XSYNC
   /* alarm monitoring client's _METACITY_UPDATE_COUNTER */
   XSyncAlarm  grab_update_alarm;

src/frame.c

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include "frame.h"
+#include "bell.h"
 #include "errors.h"
 #include "keybindings.h"
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ meta_window_ensure_frame (MetaWindow *window)
   frame->current_cursor = 0;
 
   frame->mapped = FALSE;
+  frame->is_flashing = FALSE;
   
   attrs.event_mask = EVENT_MASK;
 
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ meta_window_destroy_frame (MetaWindow *window)
 
   frame = window->frame;
   
+  meta_bell_notify_frame_destroy (frame);
   meta_ui_remove_frame (window->screen->ui, frame->xwindow);
   
   /* Unparent the client window; it may be destroyed,
@@ -255,6 +258,9 @@ meta_frame_get_flags (MetaFrame *frame)
   if (frame->window->fullscreen)
     flags |= META_FRAME_FULLSCREEN;
 
+  if (frame->is_flashing)
+    flags |= META_FRAME_IS_FLASHING;
+
   return flags;
 }
 

src/frame.h

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct _MetaFrame
   int bottom_height;
 
   guint mapped : 1;
+  guint is_flashing : 1; /* used by the visual bell flash */
 };
 
 void     meta_window_ensure_frame           (MetaWindow *window);

src/metacity.schemas.in

@@ -177,6 +177,57 @@
       </locale>
     </schema>
 
+    <schema>
+      <key>/apps/metacity/visual_bell</key>
+      <applyto>/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell</applyto>      
+      <owner>metacity</owner>
+      <type>bool</type>
+      <default>false</default>
+      <locale name="C">
+         <short>Enable Visual Bell</short>
+         <long>Turns on a visual indication when an application or the system
+	issues a 'bell' or 'beep'; useful for the hard-of-hearing and for use
+	in noisy environments, or when 'audible bell' is off.
+         </long>
+      </locale>
+    </schema>
+
+    <schema>
+      <key>/schemas/apps/metacity/general/audible_bell</key>
+      <applyto>/apps/metacity/general/audible_bell</applyto>      
+      <owner>metacity</owner>
+      <type>bool</type>
+      <default>true</default>
+      <locale name="C">
+         <short>System Bell is Audible</short>
+         <long>Determines whether applications or the system can generate audible 
+	'beeps'; may be used in conjunction with 'visual bell' to 
+	allow silent 'beeps'.
+         </long>
+      </locale>
+    </schema>
+
+    <schema>
+      <key>/schemas/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell_type</key>
+      <applyto>/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell_type</applyto>      
+      <owner>metacity</owner>
+      <type>string</type>
+      <default>fullscreen</default>
+      <locale name="C">
+         <short>Visual Bell Type</short>
+         <long>
+	Tells Metacity how to implement the visual indication that
+	the system bell or another application 'bell' indicator has
+	been rung.  Currently there are two valid values, "fullscreen",
+	which causes a fullscreen white-black flash, and "frame_flash" which
+	causes the titlebar of the application which sent the bell signal to
+	flash.  If the application which sent the bell is unknown (as is
+	usually the case for the default "system beep"), the currently
+	focussed window's titlebar is flashed.
+         </long>
+      </locale>
+    </schema>
+
     <schema>
       <key>/schemas/apps/metacity/workspace_names/name</key>
       <applyto>/apps/metacity/workspace_names/name_1</applyto>

src/prefs.c

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 
 #define KEY_WORKSPACE_NAME_PREFIX "/apps/metacity/workspace_names/name_"
 
+#define KEY_VISUAL_BELL "/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell"
+#define KEY_AUDIBLE_BELL "/apps/metacity/general/audible_bell"
+#define KEY_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE "/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell_type"
+
 #ifdef HAVE_GCONF
 static GConfClient *default_client = NULL;
 static GList *changes = NULL;
@@ -73,6 +77,9 @@ static gboolean application_based = FALSE;
 static gboolean disable_workarounds = FALSE;
 static gboolean auto_raise = FALSE;
 static gboolean auto_raise_delay = 500;
+static gboolean provide_visual_bell = TRUE;
+static gboolean bell_is_audible = TRUE;
+static MetaVisualBellType visual_bell_type = META_VISUAL_BELL_INVALID;
 static MetaButtonLayout button_layout = {
   {
     META_BUTTON_FUNCTION_MENU,
@@ -98,6 +105,8 @@ static gboolean update_titlebar_font      (const char *value);
 static gboolean update_mouse_button_mods  (const char *value);
 static gboolean update_focus_mode         (const char *value);
 static gboolean update_theme              (const char *value);
+static gboolean update_visual_bell        (gboolean v1, gboolean v2);
+static gboolean update_visual_bell_type   (const char *value);
 static gboolean update_num_workspaces     (int         value);
 static gboolean update_application_based  (gboolean    value);
 static gboolean update_disable_workarounds (gboolean   value);
@@ -273,7 +282,7 @@ meta_prefs_init (void)
   GError *err = NULL;
   char *str_val;
   int int_val;
-  gboolean bool_val;
+  gboolean bool_val, bool_val_2;
   
   if (default_client != NULL)
     return;
@@ -360,6 +369,20 @@ meta_prefs_init (void)
   g_free (str_val);
 #endif /* HAVE_GCONF */
   
+  bool_val = gconf_client_get_bool (default_client, KEY_VISUAL_BELL,
+                                    &err);
+  cleanup_error (&err);
+  bool_val_2 = gconf_client_get_bool (default_client, KEY_AUDIBLE_BELL,
+                                    &err);
+  cleanup_error (&err);
+  update_visual_bell (bool_val, bool_val_2);
+
+  str_val = gconf_client_get_string (default_client, KEY_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE,
+                                     &err);
+  cleanup_error (&err);
+  update_visual_bell_type (str_val);
+  g_free (str_val);
+
   /* Load keybindings prefs */
   init_bindings ();
 
@@ -674,6 +697,37 @@ change_notify (GConfClient    *client,
       if (update_button_layout (str))
         queue_changed (META_PREF_BUTTON_LAYOUT);
     }
+  else if (strcmp (key, KEY_VISUAL_BELL) == 0)
+    {
+      gboolean b;
+
+      b = value ? gconf_value_get_bool (value) : provide_visual_bell;      
+      if (update_visual_bell (b, bell_is_audible))
+	queue_changed (META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL);	    
+    }
+  else if (strcmp (key, KEY_AUDIBLE_BELL) == 0)
+    {
+      gboolean b;
+
+      b = value ? gconf_value_get_bool (value) : bell_is_audible;      
+      if (update_visual_bell (provide_visual_bell, b))
+	queue_changed (META_PREF_AUDIBLE_BELL);
+    }
+  else if (strcmp (key, KEY_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE) == 0)
+    {
+      const char * str;
+
+      if (value && value->type != GCONF_VALUE_STRING)
+        {
+          meta_warning (_("GConf key \"%s\" is set to an invalid type\n"),
+                        KEY_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE);
+          goto out;
+        }
+      
+      str = value ? gconf_value_get_string (value) : NULL;
+      if (update_visual_bell_type (str))
+	queue_changed (META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE);
+    }
   else
     {
       meta_topic (META_DEBUG_PREFS, "Key %s doesn't mean anything to Metacity\n",
@@ -803,8 +857,48 @@ update_use_system_font (gboolean value)
 
   return old != value;
 }
+
+static MetaVisualBellType
+visual_bell_type_from_string (const char *value)
+{
+  if (!strcmp (value, "fullscreen")) 
+    {
+      return META_VISUAL_BELL_FULLSCREEN_FLASH;
+    }
+  else if (!strcmp (value, "frame_flash"))
+    {
+      return META_VISUAL_BELL_FRAME_FLASH;
+    }
+  return META_VISUAL_BELL_FULLSCREEN_FLASH;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+update_visual_bell_type (const char *value)
+{
+  MetaVisualBellType old_bell_type;
+
+  old_bell_type = visual_bell_type;
+  visual_bell_type = visual_bell_type_from_string (value);
+
+  return (visual_bell_type != old_bell_type);
+}
 #endif /* HAVE_GCONF */
 
+static gboolean
+update_visual_bell (gboolean visual_bell, gboolean audible_bell)
+{
+  gboolean old_visual = provide_visual_bell;
+  gboolean old_audible = bell_is_audible;
+  gboolean has_changed;
+
+  provide_visual_bell = visual_bell;
+  bell_is_audible = audible_bell;
+  has_changed = (old_visual != provide_visual_bell) || 
+    (old_audible != bell_is_audible);
+
+  return has_changed;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_GCONF
 static gboolean
 update_titlebar_font (const char *value)
@@ -1186,6 +1280,18 @@ meta_preference_to_string (MetaPreference pref)
     case META_PREF_WORKSPACE_NAMES:
       return "WORKSPACE_NAMES";
       break;
+
+    case META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL:
+      return "VISUAL_BELL";
+      break;
+
+    case META_PREF_AUDIBLE_BELL:
+      return "AUDIBLE_BELL";
+      break;
+
+    case META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE:
+      return "VISUAL_BELL_TYPE";
+      break;
     }
 
   return "(unknown)";
@@ -1750,6 +1856,24 @@ meta_prefs_get_button_layout (MetaButtonLayout *button_layout_p)
   *button_layout_p = button_layout;
 }
 
+gboolean
+meta_prefs_get_visual_bell ()
+{
+  return provide_visual_bell;
+}
+
+gboolean
+meta_prefs_bell_is_audible ()
+{
+  return bell_is_audible;
+}
+
+MetaVisualBellType
+meta_prefs_get_visual_bell_type ()
+{
+  return visual_bell_type;
+}
+
 void
 meta_prefs_get_screen_bindings (const MetaKeyPref **bindings,
                                 int                *n_bindings)

src/prefs.h

@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ typedef enum
   META_PREF_DISABLE_WORKAROUNDS,
   META_PREF_COMMANDS,
   META_PREF_BUTTON_LAYOUT,
-  META_PREF_WORKSPACE_NAMES
+  META_PREF_WORKSPACE_NAMES,
+  META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL,
+  META_PREF_AUDIBLE_BELL,
+  META_PREF_VISUAL_BELL_TYPE
 } MetaPreference;
 
 typedef void (* MetaPrefsChangedFunc) (MetaPreference pref,
@@ -213,6 +216,18 @@ void meta_prefs_get_window_binding (const char          *name,
                                     unsigned int        *keysym,
                                     MetaVirtualModifier *modifiers);
 
+typedef enum
+{
+  META_VISUAL_BELL_INVALID = 0,
+  META_VISUAL_BELL_FULLSCREEN_FLASH,
+  META_VISUAL_BELL_FRAME_FLASH
+
+} MetaVisualBellType;
+
+gboolean           meta_prefs_get_visual_bell      (void);
+gboolean           meta_prefs_bell_is_audible      (void);
+MetaVisualBellType meta_prefs_get_visual_bell_type (void);
+
 #endif
 
 

src/screen.c

@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ meta_screen_new (MetaDisplay *display,
   screen->current_cursor = -1; /* invalid/unset */
   screen->default_xvisual = DefaultVisualOfScreen (screen->xscreen);
   screen->default_depth = DefaultDepthOfScreen (screen->xscreen);
+  screen->flash_window = None;
 
   screen->wm_sn_selection_window = new_wm_sn_owner;
   screen->wm_sn_atom = wm_sn_atom;

src/screen.h

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ struct _MetaScreen
 
   MetaCursor current_cursor;
 
+  Window flash_window;
+
   Window wm_sn_selection_window;
   Atom wm_sn_atom;
   Time wm_sn_timestamp;

src/theme.c

@@ -4761,7 +4761,9 @@ theme_get_style (MetaTheme     *theme,
       break;
     }
   
-  if (flags & META_FRAME_HAS_FOCUS)
+  /* re invert the styles used for focus/unfocussed while flashing a frame */
+  if (((flags & META_FRAME_HAS_FOCUS) && !(flags & META_FRAME_IS_FLASHING))
+      || (!(flags & META_FRAME_HAS_FOCUS) && (flags & META_FRAME_IS_FLASHING)))
     focus = META_FRAME_FOCUS_YES;
   else
     focus = META_FRAME_FOCUS_NO;