add code to display announcements, and parameterize several URL's used in the program

[ardour.git] / gtk2_ardour / startup.cc

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/startup.cc b/gtk2_ardour/startup.cc
index 303326e00360b77ad1a40d916e5e3b75050322a9..208364447cb56826cba83b3e1e48ea588b0770d1 100644 (file)
--- a/gtk2_ardour/startup.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/startup.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "pbd/replace_all.h"
 #include "pbd/whitespace.h"
 #include "pbd/stacktrace.h"
+#include "pbd/openuri.h"
 
 #include "ardour/filesystem_paths.h"
 #include "ardour/recent_sessions.h"
@@ -551,7 +552,34 @@ ArdourStartup::setup_initial_choice_page ()
 
        centering_vbox->pack_start (ic_new_session_button, false, true);
        centering_vbox->pack_start (ic_existing_session_button, false, true);
+       
+       if (ARDOUR_UI::instance()->announce_string() != "" ) {
+
+               Gtk::Frame *info_frame = manage(new Gtk::Frame);
+               info_frame->set_shadow_type(SHADOW_ETCHED_OUT);
+               centering_vbox->pack_start (*info_frame, false, false, 20);
+
+               Box *info_box = manage (new VBox);
+               info_box->set_border_width (12);
+               info_box->set_spacing (6);
+               info_box->set_name("mixbus_info_box");
+
+               info_box->pack_start (info_scroller_label, false, false);
+
+               info_frame->add (*info_box);
+               info_frame->show_all();
+
+               info_scroller_count = 0;
+               info_scroller_connection = Glib::signal_timeout().connect (mem_fun(*this, &ArdourStartup::info_scroller_update), 50);
 
+               Gtk::Button *updates_button = manage (new Gtk::Button (_("Check the website for more...")));
+
+               updates_button->signal_clicked().connect (mem_fun(*this, &ArdourStartup::updates_button_clicked) );
+               ARDOUR_UI::instance()->tooltips().set_tip (*updates_button, _("Click to open the program website in your web browser"));
+
+               info_box->pack_start (*updates_button, false, false);
+       }
+       
        ic_new_session_button.signal_button_press_event().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ArdourStartup::initial_button_clicked), false);
        ic_new_session_button.signal_activate().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ArdourStartup::initial_button_activated), false);
 
@@ -1410,3 +1438,28 @@ ArdourStartup::been_here_before_path () const
        // XXXX use more specific version so we can catch upgrades
        return Glib::build_filename (user_config_directory (), ".a3");
 }
+
+void
+ArdourStartup::updates_button_clicked ()
+{
+       //now open a browser window so user can see more
+       PBD::open_uri (Config->get_updates_url());
+}
+
+bool
+ArdourStartup::info_scroller_update()
+{
+       info_scroller_count++;
+
+       char buf[512];
+       snprintf (buf, std::min(info_scroller_count,sizeof(buf)-1), "%s", ARDOUR_UI::instance()->announce_string().c_str() );
+       buf[info_scroller_count] = NULL;
+       info_scroller_label.set_text (buf);
+       info_scroller_label.show();
+
+       if (info_scroller_count > ARDOUR_UI::instance()->announce_string().length()) {
+               info_scroller_connection.disconnect();
+       }
+
+       return true;
+}