Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!sdd.hp.com!allyn From: allyn@sdd.hp.com (Allyn Fratkin) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: The equivilent of /etc/wall in the X environment Message-ID: <1990Nov14.221206.26269@sdd.hp.com> Date: 14 Nov 90 22:12:06 GMT References: <2131@engadm2.csd.mot.com> Sender: news@sdd.hp.com (Usenet News) Distribution: na Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: hpsdlx.sdd.hp.com In article , jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) writes: > What I would like to see is an application that does what "xterm -C" does > (grabs all system messages, things written on /dev/console, etc) except that > this app would automatically uniconify itself when a new message appeared. on hp machines, the "hpterm" program (like xterm but emulates hp terminals) already does exactly what you ask for. it has a -C option and it has two resources that control the mapping behavior, mapOnOutput (boolean) and mapOnOutputDelay (integer seconds). (the latter is a delay before mapOnOutput takes effect. otherise it would be impossible to start up a window iconified!) -- From the virtual mind of Allyn Fratkin allyn@sdd.hp.com San Diego Division - or - Hewlett-Packard Company uunet!ucsd!hp-sdd!allyn