awesome-message(1)

awesome-message1

Awesome message window

Usage

awesome-message [-x xcoord] [-y ycoord] [-d delay] <message> <icon>

Overview

awesome-message is a tool which will pop up a simple X window with a message and optionally an icon in front of it.

Usage

To have a popup when you have new mail, you can do something like that:

awesome-message "You have new mails!" ~/.awesome/icons/newmail.png

Options

-x xcoord

Set x coordinate of the window.

-y ycoord

Set y coordinate of the window.

-d delay

Close the window after <delay> seconds. Must be an integer greater than 0.

<message>

Print this message in the window.

<icon>

Draw this icon file in the window.

WWW

http://awesome.naquadah.org

Notes

Authors

Julien Danjou <[email protected][1]>

From awesome 2.3.3-1 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.