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Article #634Re: Application to handle talk request?
From: Tim Hollebeek
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:04
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:04
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durian28@ecst.csuchico.edu (dl) writes: >Is there any X-based application that will popup as soon as >there is a talk request? I know there is the 'xtalkbiff', >but I am interested in an immediate popup program with a talk >session ready. Thanks in advance. Here's one way to do it ... make your xterms not add utmp entries, except one xterm, which is set to pipe it's output (using the log file option) through a program that checks for talk messages, and spawns xterm -e talk xxxxx when necessary. It's really messy, but it works ... :) If you have any suggestions of better ways to do it, please mail me -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* Tim Hollebeek ==> tholle16@ursa.calvin.edu ******* They're only trying to make me LOOK paranoid!
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!gumby!ursa!uther!tholle16 From: tholle16@uther.calvin.edu (Tim Hollebeek) Subject: Re: Application to handle talk request? Message-ID: <tholle16.724107864@uther> Keywords: talk, popup Sender: news@calvin.edu Organization: Calvin College References: <1g5n30INN1tt@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:04:24 GMT Lines: 19