;;; emacspeak-newsticker.el --- Speech-enable newsticker
;;; $Id: emacspeak-newsticker.el,v 20.0 2004/05/01 01:16:23 raman Exp $
;;; $Author: raman $
;;; Description:  Emacspeak front-end for NEWSTICKER 
;;; Keywords: Emacspeak, newsticker 
;;{{{  LCD Archive entry:

;;; LCD Archive Entry:
;;; emacspeak| T. V. Raman |raman@cs.cornell.edu
;;; A speech interface to Emacs |
;;; $Date: 2004/05/01 01:16:23 $ |
;;;  $Revision: 20.0 $ |
;;; Location undetermined
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;;}}}
;;{{{  Copyright:

;;; Copyright (C) 1999 T. V. Raman <raman@cs.cornell.edu>
;;; All Rights Reserved.
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;;; Commentary:
;;{{{  Introduction:

;;; Newsticker provides a continuously updating newsticker using
;;; RSS
;;; Provides functionality similar to amphetadesk --but in pure elisp

;;}}}
;;{{{ required modules

;;; Code:
(require 'emacspeak-preamble)
(require 'backquote)
;;}}}
;;{{{ define personalities 
(def-voice-font emacspeak-newsticker-new-item-personality
  voice-brighten
  'newsticker-new-item-face
  "Personality for new items.")
(def-voice-font emacspeak-newsticker-old-item-personality
  voice-monotone
  'newsticker-old-item-face
  "Personality for old items.")

(def-voice-font emacspeak-newsticker-feed-personality
  voice-animate
  'newsticker-feed-face
  "Personality for news feed.")
;;}}}
;;{{{ advice functions

(defadvice newsticker--cache-remove (around emacspeak pre act
					    comp)
  "Silence messages temporarily to avoid chatter."
  (let ((emacspeak-speak-messages nil))
    ad-do-it
    ad-return-value))

(defadvice newsticker-callback-enter (around emacspeak pre act
                                             comp)
  "Silence messages temporarily to avoid chatter."
  (let ((emacspeak-speak-messages nil))
    ad-do-it
    ad-return-value))
(defadvice newsticker-retrieval-tick (around emacspeak pre act comp)
  "Silence messages temporarily to avoid chatter."
  (let ((emacspeak-speak-messages nil))
    ad-do-it
    ad-return-value))

;;}}}
;;{{{ advice interactive commands

(defun emacspeak-newsticker-summarize-item ()
  "Summarize current item."
  (emacspeak-speak-line))

(loop for f in
      '(newsticker-next-item newsticker-previous-item
                             newsticker-next-new-item
			     newsticker-previous-new-item)
      do
      (eval
       (`
        (defadvice (, f) (after emacspeak pre act comp)
          "Provide spoken feedback."
          (when (interactive-p)
	    (emacspeak-auditory-icon 'large-movement)
	    (emacspeak-newsticker-summarize-item))))))

;;}}}
(provide 'emacspeak-newsticker)
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;;; local variables:
;;; folded-file: t
;;; byte-compile-dynamic: t
;;; end:

;;}}}
