Re: desktop messages/notices?

["Scott J. Harmon" <harmon ksu edu>]

Morgan Read wrote:
> Hello
>
> Apps like Evolution and NetworkManager (since recently) issue info
> messages to the user's screen - how do I do that?
>
> Specifically - I want to set Gnome Sensors Applet to issue me a warning
> to my screen like the above, and I expect I should be able to enter
> something in "Alarm command" field to do that - but what, where do I look?
>
> Sorry if this Q would be better posted to gnome-list, but I couldn't
> find it on gmane - so, here I am:)
>
> Thanks,
> M.
>   
>   
Check out libnotify and the command 'notify-send'.

Scott.

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