XWALLD

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NAME

xwalld - X wall message daemon  

SYNOPSIS

xwalld [ -toolkitoption ...] [-[no]bell] [-[no]notify] [-[no]raise]  

DESCRIPTION

The xwalld daemon collects and displays wall messages in a popup window. Whenever a message arrives, xwalld rings the bell, raises the appropriate window and displays the new message. Previous messages can be viewed by using the scroll bar.

Xwalld is designed to run continually. If a user wants his X resources to apply, he can start a new copy of xwalld. The old xwalld will quietly exit.  

OPTIONS

The xwalld program accepts the standard X Toolkit command line options as well as the following:
-bell
This option indicates that the bell should be rung whenever a message arrives. This is the default behavior.
-nobell
This option indicates that the bell should not be rung whenever a message arrives.
-notify
This option indicates that an asterisk should be appended to the icon name whenever a message arrives. This is the default behavior.
-nonotify
This option indicates that an asterisk should not be appended to the icon name whenever a message arrives.
-raise
This option indicates that the message window should be deiconified and raised whenever a message arrives. This is the default behavior.
-noraise
This option indicates that the message window should not be deiconified and raised whenever a message arrives.
 

RESOURCES

The program understands all of the core X Toolkit resource names and classes as well as:
bell (class Bell)
Specifies whether or not xwalld rings the bell when a message arrives.
notify (class Notify)
Specifies whether or not xwalld appends an asterisk to the icon name when a message arrives.
openDelay (class OpenDelay)
Specifies the time to wait (in seconds) before restarting after losing the connection to the X server. The default is 15 seconds.
pingInterval (class PingInterval)
To discover when remote displays disappear, xwalld occasionally "pings" them by sending XSync requests on the X connection. pingInterval specifies the time (in minutes) between each ping attempt. The default is 5 minutes.
pingTimeout (class PingTimeout)
pingTimeout specifies the maximum amount of time (in minutes) to wait for the terminal to respond to the XSync request. If the terminal does not respond, the connection is declared dead and xwalld restarts. The default is 5 minutes.
raise (class Raise)
Specifies whether or not xwalld raises the window when a message arrives.
 

WIDGETS

In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets that compose xwalld. In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name. 

Xwall  xwall
     TopLevelShell  wall
          Form  form
               Label  title
               AsciiText  message
               Command  button

 

FILES

/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xwall - specifies required resources  

SEE ALSO

X(1), xwall(1), wall(1)  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1990 by University of Wisconsin-Madison  

AUTHOR

Tim Theisen

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
RESOURCES
WIDGETS
FILES
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT
AUTHOR
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