Re: program to display popups in X ?

[Stefan O'Rear <stefanor@cox.net>]

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...