Subject: [PATCH 4/5] services: pulseaudio: Add an extra-script-files configuration field.

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:19:32 -0500

* gnu/services/sound.scm (<pulseaudio-configuration>)
[extra-script-files]: Add field.
(extra-script-files->file-union): Add procedure.
(pulseaudio-etc): Use it.
* doc/guix.texi: Document it.
---
 doc/guix.texi          | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gnu/services/sound.scm | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a002670030..2f8df03461 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -21393,9 +21393,36 @@ List of settings to set in @file{daemon.conf}, formatted just like
 @item @code{script-file} (default: @code{(file-append pulseaudio "/etc/pulse/default.pa")})
 Script file to use as @file{default.pa}.
 
+@item @code{extra-script-files} (default: @code{'())})
+A list of file-like objects defining extra PulseAudio scripts to run at
+the initialization of the @command{pulseaudio} daemon.  For a reference
+of the available commands, refer to @command{man pulse-cli-syntax}.
+
 @item @code{system-script-file} (default: @code{(file-append pulseaudio "/etc/pulse/system.pa")})
 Script file to use as @file{system.pa}.
 @end table
+
+The example below sets the default PulseAudio card profile, the default
+sink and the default source to use for a old SoundBlaster Audigy sound
+card:
+@lisp
+(pulseaudio-configuration
+ (extra-script-files
+  (list (plain-file "configure-audigy-card"
+                    (string-append "\
+set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_01.0 \
+  output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-mono
+set-default-source alsa_input.pci-0000_01_01.0.analog-mono
+set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_01_01.0.analog-surround-40\n")))))
+@end lisp
+
+Note that @code{pulseaudio-service-type} is part of
+@code{%desktop-services}; if your operating system declaration was
+derived from one of the desktop templates, you'll want to adjust the
+above example to modify the existing @code{pulseaudio-service-type} via
+@code{modify-services} (@pxref{Service Reference,
+@code{modify-services}}), instead of defining a new one.
+
 @end deftp
 
 @deffn {Scheme Variable} ladspa-service-type
diff --git a/gnu/services/sound.scm b/gnu/services/sound.scm
index 19eccfc860..f529188a7c 100644
--- a/gnu/services/sound.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/sound.scm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ (define-module (gnu services sound)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pulseaudio)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:export (alsa-configuration
             alsa-service-type
 
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ (define-record-type* <pulseaudio-configuration>
                (default '((flat-volumes . no))))
   (script-file pulseaudio-configuration-script-file
                (default (file-append pulseaudio "/etc/pulse/default.pa")))
+  (extra-script-files pulseaudio-configuration-extra-script-files
+                      (default '()))
   (system-script-file pulseaudio-configuration-system-script-file
                       (default
                         (file-append pulseaudio "/etc/pulse/system.pa"))))
@@ -145,14 +148,26 @@ (define pulseaudio-environment
        ("PULSE_CLIENTCONFIG" . ,(apply mixed-text-file "client.conf"
                                        (map pulseaudio-conf-entry client-conf)))))))
 
+(define (extra-script-files->file-union extra-script-files)
+  "Return a G-exp obtained by processing EXTRA-SCRIPT-FILES with FILE-UNION.
+Each file is named \"snippet-n.pa\", where N is their 1-offset index."
+  (let ((labels (map (lambda (n) (format #f "snippet-~a.pa" n))
+                     (iota (length extra-script-files) 1))))
+    (file-union "default.pa.d" (zip labels extra-script-files))))
+
 (define pulseaudio-etc
   (match-lambda
-    (($ <pulseaudio-configuration> _ _ default-script-file system-script-file)
+    (($ <pulseaudio-configuration> _ _ default-script-file extra-script-files
+                                   system-script-file)
      `(("pulse"
         ,(file-union
           "pulse"
           `(("default.pa" ,default-script-file)
-            ("system.pa" ,system-script-file))))))))
+            ("system.pa" ,system-script-file)
+            ,@(if (null? extra-script-files)
+                  '()
+                  `(("default.pa.d" ,(extra-script-files->file-union
+                                      extra-script-files)))))))))))
 
 (define pulseaudio-service-type
   (service-type
-- 
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