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- #!/bin/csh -f
- #
- # rn.sh - News reading program - check for news every so often,
- # change icon etc. when news is present/absent.
- #
- # Normally invoked by "tooltool -f rn.tt".
- #
- # Written by Jonathan Bowen, July/August 1988
- # Based on "newsreader", written by Jonathan Bowen, October 1987
- # Based on a "newsread" shell script by Jeremy Jacob, 9 Oct 87
- # Updated by Jonathan Bowen, February 1989
- #
-
- onintr -
-
- if (! ${?ROOT}) then
- set ROOT=/usr/news
- endif
-
- set PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/ucb/bin:/usr/local/bin:$ROOT/bin
-
- if (! ${?PROGNAME}) then
- set PROGNAME=`basename $0`
- endif
-
- # Directory containing icons for this shell script
- set ICONDIR=$ROOT/images
-
- # Interval in seconds between checks for news
- set INTERVAL=600
-
- # BEL is the ASCII bell character (octal 007)
- set BEL=`echo -n x | tr x '\007'`
- # ESC is the ASCII escape character (octal 033)
- set ESC=`echo -n x | tr x '\033'`
-
- # "rn" is the default newsreading program unless NEWSPROG is set
- if (! ${?NEWSPROG}) then
- set NEWSPROG=rn
- endif
-
- echo -n "${ESC}]L${ESC}\"
-
- while (1)
-
- echo -n "${ESC}[2t"
- set NEWNEWS=`rn -c`
-
- if (! $#NEWNEWS) then
- echo -n "${ESC}]I$ICONDIR/nonews.icon${ESC}\"
- echo -n "${ESC}]l$PROGNAME - No news${ESC}\"
-
- # Check for new news
- while (! $#NEWNEWS)
- onintr read
- sleep $INTERVAL
- set NEWNEWS=`rn -c`
- goto cont
- # Read news anyway
- read:
- onintr -
- echo -n "${ESC}]l$PROGNAME - Reading news${ESC}\${ESC}[1t"
- clear
- $NEWSPROG
- clear
- echo -n "${ESC}[2t${ESC}]l$PROGNAME - No news${ESC}\"
- cont:
- onintr -
- end
-
- # Enable "News" icon.
- echo -n "${ESC}]I$ICONDIR/news.icon${ESC}\"
- # Sound bell ("Read all a------bout it!")
- sunbell 200 50 200 50 100 50 400 50 100
- # Sound bell twice (use if "sunbell" is not available)
- # echo -n "${BEL}" ; sleep 1; echo -n "${BEL}"
- # Sound bell and make icon visible (Not safe if screen is locked)
- # echo -n "${BEL}${ESC}[5t" ; echo -n "${BEL}"
- endif
-
- # Read new news
- echo -n "${ESC}]I$ICONDIR/news.icon${ESC}\"
- echo -n "${ESC}]l$PROGNAME - News${ESC}\"
- clear
- $NEWSPROG
- clear
-
- end
-
-