src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py

@@ -987,11 +987,24 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         # update the menu entries
         self.ubuntuMessagingMenuUnread(drawAttention)
 
+    # returns true if the given sound category is a connection sound
+    # rather than a received message sound
+    def isConnectionSound(self, category):
+        if (category is self.SOUND_CONNECTED or
+            category is self.SOUND_DISCONNECTED or
+            category is self.SOUND_CONNECTION_GREEN):
+            return True
+        return False
+
     # play a sound
     def playSound(self, category, label):
+        # filename of the sound to be played
         soundFilename = None
+
+        # whether to play a sound or not
         play = True
 
+        # if the address had a known label in the address book
         if label is not None:
             # Does a sound file exist for this particular contact?
             if (os.path.isfile(shared.appdata + 'sounds/' + label + '.wav') or
@@ -1002,28 +1015,34 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         # This suppresses playing sounds repeatedly when there
         # are many new messages
         if (soundFilename is None and
-            category is not self.SOUND_CONNECTED and
+            not self.isConnectionSound(category)):
-            category is not self.SOUND_DISCONNECTED and
+            # elapsed time since the last sound was played
-            category is not self.SOUND_CONNECTION_GREEN):
             dt = datetime.datetime.now() - self.lastSoundTime
+            # suppress sounds which are more frequent than the threshold
             if dt.total_seconds() < self.maxSoundFrequencySec:
                 play = False
 
         if soundFilename is None:
+            # the sound is for an address which exists in the address book
             if category is self.SOUND_KNOWN:
                 soundFilename = shared.appdata + 'sounds/known'
+            # the sound is for an unknown address
             elif category is self.SOUND_UNKNOWN:
                 soundFilename = shared.appdata + 'sounds/unknown'
+            # initial connection sound
             elif category is self.SOUND_CONNECTED:
                 soundFilename = shared.appdata + 'sounds/connected'
+            # disconnected sound
             elif category is self.SOUND_DISCONNECTED:
                 soundFilename = shared.appdata + 'sounds/disconnected'
+            # sound when the connection status becomes green
             elif category is self.SOUND_CONNECTION_GREEN:
                 soundFilename = shared.appdata + 'sounds/green'            
 
         if soundFilename is not None and play is True:
-            # record the last time that a sound was played
+            if not self.isConnectionSound(category):
-            self.lastSoundTime = datetime.datetime.now()
+                # record the last time that a received message sound was played
+                self.lastSoundTime = datetime.datetime.now()
 
             # if not wav then try mp3 format
             if not os.path.isfile(soundFilename + '.wav'):