Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!idallen From: idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) Subject: Re: The equivilent of /etc/wall in the X environment Message-ID: <1990Nov25.222351.13064@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada References: <2131@engadm2.csd.mot.com> <2356@apctrc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 90 22:23:51 GMT Lines: 11 I made some simple changes to xterm that beep and shove "***" in front of the icon name if output occurs in an iconified or obscured window. (Remember how x10 xterm used to do a similar thing?) We couple this with another simple xterm enhancement that opens and reads /dev/xcons on DEC workstations (when -C is used), so that the login window truly becomes a console window. This works well for noticing messages and /etc/wall and other things happening in the login window. -- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu [129.97.128.64] Computer Graphics Lab/University of Waterloo/Ontario/Canada