On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:38:55PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> Is there n easy program/way for me to get popup messages to appear in
> X? I basically create a text file in ~/docs/ with random information
> and I wish to use cron to have it popup this information in X on an
> hourly basis.
>
> Lance
1. Write a script
Put this in a file (let's call it ~/popupd)
#! /bin/sh
while :; do
if [ -f ~/POPUP ] ; then
xmessage -file ~/POPUP &
fi
sleep 1h
done
2. Make it executable
chmod +x ~/popupd
3. Make it run on X startup
startx : add "~/popupd &" to the middl eof your .xinitrc
GNOME, KDE, OTHER : it'll be a "startup application"...
There are many ways to do what you asked. I'm just telling you about the
system I'm using...
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