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gnome-sound

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Sound playing routines for GNOME applications

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These routines provide a simple way of playing sounds.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gnome_sound_init ##### -->
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This routine initializes the applications connection to the 
system's sound server.
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The application can expect this to be automatically called if the
user has requested GNOME sound support.
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@hostname: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gnome_sound_shutdown ##### -->
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gnome_sound_sample_load ##### -->
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Loads a sound file into esound sample with the given name. Returns the
esound numeric ID of the sample.
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@sample_name: 
@filename: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gnome_sound_play ##### -->
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Convenience routine to play a sound file. Fire and forget.
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@filename: