README: @(#)README 1.4 7/1/93 WHAT IS XNOTIFY? xnotify is similar to xmessage and xnote. It allows you to write a message and pop it up on multiple X displays at once. I use it when I want to let a colleague know something that isn't worth mail. It pops up the message on their X display and beeps at them (this, of course, requires that you have access to their display). Additionally, it allows the recipient(s) of the message to write a message back, or simply acknowledge the message in some way. The sender can include any of 5 possible answers (yes, no, maybe, ack, or respond), and the recipient clicks on the appropriate button. History: xnotify is a little hack I wrote some time back in answer to a particular need. In our office, I'm in charge of the coffee machine. When the coffee was ready, I wanted a quick way to let everyone know, without having to shout down the hall. The first hack was a simple thing that I rsh'ed to their machine and popped up. That wasn't any good, so I wrote xnotify. I did this partly to write something fun, but also to see how it could be done. AVAILABILITY: The current version of xnotify is always available from ftp.ida.liu.se in pub/lincks/xnotify.shar.gz This file is compressed with the GNU compression utility called gzip. If you don't have gzip, get it -- it's compresses better significantly than `compress'. DOCUMENTATION: The man page gives exhaustive documentation on how to use xnotify. INSTALLATION: xnotify should be simple to install. 0. Read the file COPYING in this directory so that you understand the conditions under which you can use this software. 1. If you don't have imake and company, edit Makefile.noimake to set the configurable stuff and type: make -f Makefile.noimake depend make -f Makefile.noimake xnotify should compile correctly. Then type: make -f Makefile.noimake install to install the executable and the man page. 2. If you have imake and company, edit the Imakefile and note the stuff about the resolve library. Set that if you need to. Verify the other stuff in the Imakefile. 3. Then type: xmkmf make depend make install make install.man This should make and install everything that you need. PLATFORMS: * Sun4, SunOS 4.1.2, X11R4, X11R5, OpenWindows. I've developed xnotify on a Sun Sparcstation running SunOS 4.1.2 and using X11R5. It doesn't seem to have any R5 specific things, but I'm not entirely sure. It also compiles under both X11R4 and OpenWindows on the same platform. * Sun3, SunOS 4.1.1, X11R4 * Sequent Symmetry, DYNIX(R) V3.1.1, X11R4 * Some time back it was running on an IBM RS6000 under AIX and R5. This hasn't been tested in a while, so I don't know if it still works. I don't have such a machine at my disposal. BUG REPORTS AND IDEAS: Please let me know of any bugs you find. Send mail to davpa@ida.liu.se and please include any information you can about how to reproduce the bug. If it dumps core, I'd like the output of either `gdb xnotify core' or `dbx xnotify core' as well. If you have ideas about things that should be included in future releases, let me know. COPYRIGHT: Copyright (C) 1993, David Partain Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Linköping, Sweden (*) 581 83 Linköping, Sweden davpa@ida.liu.se xnotify is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the programs; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. (*) Linköping == TeXish Link{\"o}ping if you can't see 8 bit characters
