Change the feedback alert to a flashing button; works

around part of #4432.


git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/3.0@10539 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf

gtk2_ardour/ardour3_ui_default.conf

@@ -415,6 +415,22 @@
     <Option name="rude audition: text" value="979797ff"/>
     <Option name="rude audition: text active" value="ffffffff"/>
     <Option name="rude audition: text mid" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: border start" value="997171ff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: border end" value="000000ff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: border start selected" value="000000ff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: border end selected" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: fill start" value="684d4dff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: fill end" value="513c3cff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: fill start active" value="ff1f1fff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: fill end active" value="e21b1bff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: fill start mid" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: fill end mid" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: led" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: led active" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: led mid" value="00000000"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: text" value="969696ff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: text active" value="e5e5e5ff"/>
+    <Option name="feedback alert: text mid" value="00000000"/>
     <Option name="mute button: border start" value="ffcb8bff"/>
     <Option name="mute button: border end" value="603600ff"/>
     <Option name="mute button: border start selected" value="00000000"/>

gtk2_ardour/ardour3_widget_list.rc

@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ widget "*send alert button" style:highest "small_text"
 widget "*solo button" style:highest "monitor"
 widget "*rude solo" style:highest "small_text"
 widget "*rude audition" style:highest "small_text"
+widget "*feedback alert" style:highest "small_text"
 widget "*transport option button" style:highest "small_text"
 widget "*transport active option button" style:highest "small_text"
 widget "*plugin bypass button" style:highest "small_text"

gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc

@@ -161,10 +161,12 @@ ARDOUR_UI::ARDOUR_UI (int *argcp, char **argvp[])
 
 	, auditioning_alert_button (_("AUDITION"))
 	, solo_alert_button (_("SOLO"))
+	, feedback_alert_button (_("FEEDBACK"))
 
 	, error_log_button (_("Errors"))
 
 	, _status_bar_visibility (X_("status-bar"))
+	, _feedback_exists (false)
 
 {
 	using namespace Gtk::Menu_Helpers;
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ ARDOUR_UI::ARDOUR_UI (int *argcp, char **argvp[])
 	/* tell the user about feedback */
 
 	ARDOUR::Session::FeedbackDetected.connect (forever_connections, MISSING_INVALIDATOR, ui_bind (&ARDOUR_UI::feedback_detected, this), gui_context ());
+	ARDOUR::Session::SuccessfulGraphSort.connect (forever_connections, MISSING_INVALIDATOR, ui_bind (&ARDOUR_UI::successful_graph_sort, this), gui_context ());
 
 	/* handle requests to deal with missing files */
 
@@ -3880,13 +3883,13 @@ ARDOUR_UI::drop_process_buffers ()
 void
 ARDOUR_UI::feedback_detected ()
 {
-	MessageDialog d (
+	_feedback_exists = true;
-		_("Something you have just done has generated a feedback path within Ardour's "
+}
-		  "routing.  Until this feedback is removed, Ardour's output will be as it was "
-                  "before you made the feedback-generating connection.")
-		);
 
-	d.run ();
+void
+ARDOUR_UI::successful_graph_sort ()
+{
+	_feedback_exists = false;
 }
 
 void

gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.h

@@ -444,12 +444,14 @@ class ARDOUR_UI : public Gtkmm2ext::UI, public ARDOUR::SessionHandlePtr
 
 	ArdourButton auditioning_alert_button;
 	ArdourButton solo_alert_button;
+	ArdourButton feedback_alert_button;
 
 	Gtk::VBox alert_box;
 
 	void solo_blink (bool);
 	void sync_blink (bool);
 	void audition_blink (bool);
+	void feedback_blink (bool);
 
 	void soloing_changed (bool);
 	void auditioning_changed (bool);
@@ -457,6 +459,7 @@ class ARDOUR_UI : public Gtkmm2ext::UI, public ARDOUR::SessionHandlePtr
 
 	bool solo_alert_press (GdkEventButton* ev);
 	bool audition_alert_press (GdkEventButton* ev);
+	bool feedback_alert_press (GdkEventButton *);
 
 	void big_clock_value_changed ();
 	void primary_clock_value_changed ();
@@ -734,6 +737,9 @@ class ARDOUR_UI : public Gtkmm2ext::UI, public ARDOUR::SessionHandlePtr
 
 	ArdourButton             midi_panic_button;
 	void                     midi_panic ();
+
+	void successful_graph_sort ();
+	bool _feedback_exists;
 };
 
 #endif /* __ardour_gui_h__ */

gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui2.cc

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ ARDOUR_UI::setup_tooltips ()
 	set_tip (time_master_button, string_compose (_("Does %1 control the time?"), PROGRAM_NAME));
 	set_tip (solo_alert_button, _("When active, something is soloed.\nClick to de-solo everything"));
 	set_tip (auditioning_alert_button, _("When active, auditioning is taking place\nClick to stop the audition"));
+	set_tip (feedback_alert_button, _("When active, there is a feedback loop."));
 	set_tip (primary_clock, _("Primary Clock"));
 	set_tip (secondary_clock, _("Secondary Clock"));
 
@@ -324,9 +325,12 @@ ARDOUR_UI::setup_transport ()
 	solo_alert_button.signal_button_press_event().connect (sigc::mem_fun(*this,&ARDOUR_UI::solo_alert_press), false);
 	auditioning_alert_button.set_name ("rude audition");
 	auditioning_alert_button.signal_button_press_event().connect (sigc::mem_fun(*this,&ARDOUR_UI::audition_alert_press), false);
+	feedback_alert_button.set_name ("feedback alert");
+	feedback_alert_button.signal_button_press_event().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ARDOUR_UI::feedback_alert_press), false);
 
 	alert_box.pack_start (solo_alert_button, true, false);
 	alert_box.pack_start (auditioning_alert_button, true, false);
+	alert_box.pack_start (feedback_alert_button, true, false);
 
 	HBox* tbox = manage (new HBox);
 	tbox->set_spacing (2);
@@ -512,6 +516,12 @@ ARDOUR_UI::solo_alert_press (GdkEventButton*)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool
+ARDOUR_UI::feedback_alert_press (GdkEventButton *)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 void
 ARDOUR_UI::solo_blink (bool onoff)
 {
@@ -572,6 +582,20 @@ ARDOUR_UI::audition_blink (bool onoff)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+ARDOUR_UI::feedback_blink (bool onoff)
+{
+	if (_feedback_exists) {
+		if (onoff) {
+			feedback_alert_button.set_active (true);
+		} else {
+			feedback_alert_button.set_active (false);
+		}
+	} else {
+		feedback_alert_button.set_active (false);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 ARDOUR_UI::set_transport_sensitivity (bool yn)
 {

gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_dialogs.cc

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ ARDOUR_UI::set_session (Session *s)
 	Blink.connect (sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::solo_blink));
 	Blink.connect (sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::sync_blink));
 	Blink.connect (sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::audition_blink));
+	Blink.connect (sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::feedback_blink));
 
 	_session->RecordStateChanged.connect (_session_connections, MISSING_INVALIDATOR, boost::bind (&ARDOUR_UI::record_state_changed, this), gui_context());
 	_session->StepEditStatusChange.connect (_session_connections, MISSING_INVALIDATOR, boost::bind (&ARDOUR_UI::step_edit_status_change, this, _1), gui_context());

gtk2_ardour/canvas_vars.h

@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ BUTTON_VARS(MonitorSectionSoloExclusiveButton, "monitor solo exclusive")
 BUTTON_VARS(RudeSolo, "rude solo")
 BUTTON_VARS(RudeIsolate, "rude isolate")
 BUTTON_VARS(RudeAudition, "rude audition")
+BUTTON_VARS(FeedbackAlert, "feedback alert")
 BUTTON_VARS(MuteButton, "mute button")
 BUTTON_VARS(SoloButton, "solo button")
 BUTTON_VARS(RecEnableButton, "record enable button")

libs/ardour/ardour/session.h

@@ -833,6 +833,11 @@ class Session : public PBD::StatefulDestructible, public PBD::ScopedConnectionLi
 	*/
 	static PBD::Signal0<void> FeedbackDetected;
 
+	/** Emitted when a graph sort has successfully completed, which means
+	    that it has no feedback cycles.
+	*/
+	static PBD::Signal0<void> SuccessfulGraphSort;
+
 	/* handlers can return an integer value:
 	   0: config.set_audio_search_path() or config.set_midi_search_path() was used
 	   to modify the search path and we should try to find it again.

libs/ardour/session.cc

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ PBD::Signal2<void,std::string, std::string> Session::Exported;
 PBD::Signal1<int,boost::shared_ptr<Playlist> > Session::AskAboutPlaylistDeletion;
 PBD::Signal0<void> Session::Quit;
 PBD::Signal0<void> Session::FeedbackDetected;
+PBD::Signal0<void> Session::SuccessfulGraphSort;
 
 static void clean_up_session_event (SessionEvent* ev) { delete ev; }
 const SessionEvent::RTeventCallback Session::rt_cleanup (clean_up_session_event);
@@ -1390,6 +1391,8 @@ Session::resort_routes_using (boost::shared_ptr<RouteList> r)
 		}
 #endif
 
+		SuccessfulGraphSort (); /* EMIT SIGNAL */
+
 	} else {
 		/* The topological sort failed, so we have a problem.  Tell everyone
 		   and stick to the old graph; this will continue to be processed, so