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From: cas@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Claudius A. Smirzitz)
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Subject: Is this a console window?
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Could some kind soul please help me with this:

I work on sun3, sun4 & sun386 under sunview.

When I start a shell/cmdtool with -C I get a "console window".

1) How can I determine (for instance in my .cshrc) whether I'm in a
   "console window" or just in a normal shell/cmdtool? This should work on
   sun3 (SunOS 4.0.3_EXPORT) & sun4 (SunOS 4.0.3c) & sun386 (SunOS 4.0.2).
   (There is a variable IS_CONSOLE, but only on sun386).

2) How can I check if a message has been sent to this console?  I don't
   want to have the window open all the time but I would like to have
   something like 3 beeps to notify me of important messages - maybe with a
   change of the icon (like the mail/newstool).

Thanx in advanz for any help.

cas@dbai.tuwien.ac.at v ..(mcsun!)tuvie!vexpert!cas