wmmsg

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Mar 2003

 

NAME

wmmsg - universal visual notification tool
wmmsg_notify - notify wmmsg of incoming events  

SYNOPSIS

wmmsg [options]
wmmsg_notify [options] protocol

 

DESCRIPTION

wmmsg informs you of new events by displaying their icons and arrival times. It comes with a notification program, wmmsg_notify, that sends it the message data.

 

WMMSG OPTIONS

wmmsg accepts the following command line options:
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-c, --config
Use specified config file. Default is ~/.wmmsgrc or /etc/wmmsgrc.
-v, --verbose
Turn on verbose output.
-V, --version
Print the version number on the command line and exit.

 

WMMSG_NOTIFY OPTIONS

wmmsg_notify accepts the following command line options:
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-v, --verbose
Turn on verbose output.

 

EXAMPLES

Start wmmsg running in X:

wmmsg &

Notify wmmsg that there is an incoming AIM message:

wmmsg_notify aim

 

FILES

~/.wmmsgrc: Configuration file. If not found in home directory, checks /etc/wmmsgrc.  

SEE ALSO

wmaker(1), X(1)  

AUTHOR

Michael Foley <mike at swapspace dot net>, Matthew Elder <http://taxiway.swapspace.net/~matt/>