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Re: New line with xmessage?



on Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 09:18:03PM +0200, Florian Ernst (florian@uni-hd.de) wrote:
> Hello David!
> 
> David selby wrote:
> > Want to try something more adventurous however am stuck on something
> > soooo simple, how do I generate a new line in xmessage
> 
> Hm, a new line? This sort of works:
> 
> xmessage "Newline<RET>
> 
> You will get to the alternate prompt, and then continue
> 
> here!"

...or fold, or indent:

    echo "some silly message" | fold -w 10 | xmessage -file -

Peace.

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