Awesome-message 2.x

This is the man page of awesome-client version 2.3.4, compatible with all versions 2.3.x. It can also be used for a big part with previous versions 2.0.x and 2.1.x, but you may read their own man pages for some differences they have.

AWESOME-MESSAGE Section: (1)

NAME

awesome-message - awesome message window

SYNOPSIS

awesome-message [-x xcoord] [-y ycoord] [-d delay] &lt;message&gt; &lt;icon&gt;

DESCRIPTION

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 &quot;You have new mails!&quot; ~/.awesome/icons/newmail.png 



OPTIONS</H2>

-x xcoord <DL COMPACT><DT><DD> Set x coordinate of the window. </DL>

-y ycoord <DL COMPACT><DT><DD> Set y coordinate of the window. </DL>

-d delay <DL COMPACT><DT><DD> Close the window after &lt;delay&gt; seconds. Must be an integer greater than 0. </DL>

&lt;message&gt; <DL COMPACT><DT><DD> Print this message in the window. </DL>

&lt;icon&gt; <DL COMPACT><DT><DD> Draw this icon file in the window. </DL>

SEE ALSO</H2>

awesome(1)

AUTHORS</H2>

Julien Danjou &lt;julien@danjou.info[1]&gt;

WWW</H2>

<I>http://awesome.naquadah.org</I>

NOTES</H2>

<DL COMPACT> <DT> 1. julien@danjou.info <DL COMPACT><DT><DD> mailto:julien@danjou.info </DL>