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From: dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: A "fix" for wall.
Message-ID: <732@salgado.stan.UUCP>
Date: 4 Apr 89 15:42:36 GMT
References: <8903300011.AA29356@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> <717@salgado.stan.UUCP> <1524@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott)
Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Colorado
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In article <1524@husc6.harvard.edu> kovar@husc4.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar) writes:
>  How do you plan on determining the "correct" user/hostname pair to send
>the message to? When using X or SunView, I tend to start up a number of
>terminal windows and leave a number of them closed. Sending a message to
>just one window that happens to be closed is useless unless you can let
>the user know that he should open the window for a message.

I admit that the solution is not the most correct solution.  It
assumes that the first entry in the utmp file for a user/hostname
pair is the one to use.

Even with SunView, it is possible for the console window to be
obscured.

The only thing that this does is to reduce the number of messages
that come to your screen.  For the users here, the solution I
implemented has relieved a lot of tension.

It would be nice if UNIX had a smarter message notification scheme
than wall, especially in light of NFS and shutdown.  As it stands,
you risk either losing information or losing your mind.

-- 
David Elliott		dce@Solbourne.COM
			...!{boulder,nbires,sun}!stan!dce