Re: Notification services

[Eric Kidd <eric kidd pobox com>]

On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:08:35PM +0000, Elliot Lee wrote:
> On 5 May 1999 16:05:44 -0400, Eric Kidd <eric.kidd@pobox.com> wrote:
> >Like most Linux users, I run lots of software at once. Some of this
> >software wants to notify me of various events. My mail program needs to
> >tell me when new mail arrives. My IRC client needs to get my attention
> >whenever somebody asks for help on a certain channel. Other programs
> >need to report errors.
> >
> >The syslog mechanism works fine for system events. But no equivalent
> >mechanism exists for user events.
> >
> >Would it be worthwhile to create a standard API for getting the user's
> >attention?
> 
> Theoretically, gnome_triggers already does this (and is already used for
> some basic things like sound events). The API should be fairly flexible,
> but the backend needs work. Feel free...

Is there any documentation for either gnome_triggers or Gnorba? If not,
where's the best place to look for sample code?

Cheers,
Eric