Re: wmmail problems
I don't use wmmail, but you might tyr using wmss (sound server)
and nmaker (noise maker) to make the sounds ... I use that in
other simple applications when I don't want a lot of overhead.
"Gary L. Hennigan" wrote:
>
> Is anyone else using wmmail with WindowMaker under slink? I'm having
> problems getting the NewMailExecute configuration option to function
> properly. In my ~/.wmmailrc file I have the following line:
>
> NewMailExecute "cat /home/glhenni/lib/sounds/ugotmail.au > /dev/audio &"
>
> This is straight out of the wmmail man page, but it's not
> functioning. If I start wmmail on the command line it starts spewing
> out what, at least at the beginning, is the sound file itself to the
> screen. I can use "ps ax" to see that the command
> "cat <file> > /dev/audio" is running, but it's outputting to the
> screen instead of /dev/audio.
>
> I managed to get it working with xanim via:
>
> NewMailExecute "xanim +Ze +Av100 /home/glhenni/lib/sounds/ugotmail.au"
>
> but I don't like xanim popping up on my screen every time I get new
> mail.
>
> TIA,
> Gary
>
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