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.

Contents 1 AWESOME-MESSAGE 1.1 NAME 1.2 SYNOPSIS 1.3 DESCRIPTION 1.4 USAGE 1.5 OPTIONS 1.6 SEE ALSO 1.7 AUTHORS 1.8 WWW 1.9 NOTES

AWESOME-MESSAGE

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NAME

awesome-message - awesome message window

SYNOPSIS

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

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 "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.

SEE ALSO

awesome(1)

AUTHORS

Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info[1]>

WWW

http://awesome.naquadah.org

NOTES

1. julien@danjou.info

mailto:julien@danjou.info