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Subject: Re: Placing a window on another node.
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Date: 12 Jun 89 15:27:00 CST
From: "ANIMAL::THOMPSON" <thompson%animal.decnet@cim-vax.honeywell.com>
Subject: Re: Placing a window on another node's monitor
To: "apollo.umix.cc.umich.edu" <apollo.umix.cc.umich.edu@cim-vax.honeywell.com>

Well, assuming you don't want to create a *SHELL* on another node's
monitor, it's pretty easy.  From Aegis, getting the display manager to
create an interactive shell is difficult or impossible (at least, I never
figured it out :-)

But. back to the question at hand.  One-line messages can be sent via
send_alarm, assuming the receiving node is running an alarm server.  The
format is
	/com/send_alarm "message here" -n //node_name
	/com/send_alarm "message here" -u user_name
	/com/send_alarm "message here" -alln			{all-nodes}

If your message is too long, or if the recipient isn't running an alarm
server, you can still cheat, by creating a remote process on the node (crp)
and then using the create_pad (crpad) command.  For instance
	crp -on //recipient_node -me
	<press the [HOLD] button to lock scrolling>
	crpad
	Type in your multi-line
		message here.  Note that the [HOLD] key
		prevents it from being acted on yet.
	*** EOF ***           (press cntl-Z)
	<press the [HOLD button lo unlock scrolling>
	logout
I always enter it with the scroll-lock held, to prevent the recipient-node
from creating the pad until AFTER I type in the message.  Otherwise, the
user on the receiving end may close off the window before you get to type
in it.

You can re-direct input to the CRPAD command, so it should be do-able from
a script as follows
	crp -on //node_name -me "/com/sh -c '/com/crpad < mess_file'"

Hope this helps...
jt

John Thompson
Honeywell SSEC
12001 St Hwy 55
Plymouth, MN,  55441
thompson@animal.ssec.honeywell.com  (I think)
The above ravings are those of a lunatic, and not those of Honeywell, Inc.\