xbaff V2.00 - "But Another Folder Flasher (for X)"
This program runs in the background looking at the user's mail spool
file. When it detects that there has been a change to the file, or at
periodical intervals when there is outstanding mail for the user, it
alerts the user on screen with the message and sender information.
There are tweakable things, of course, with command line options:
-display <host> the display to use when running
-delay <nn> delay for <nn> seconds between mail checks
-thresh <nn> every <nn> times checked display old info
-wait <nn> wait for <nn> seconds before erasing info
-location <location> relative location of notification window
-quiet quiet on new mail rather than ring bell
-geometry <geometry> x and y offsets for mail icon (std format)
-fg <color> named color for message window foreground
-bg <color> named color for message window background
-bd <color> named color for message window border
-bw <nn> width of the border on the message window
-led <nn> led of keyboard to indicate mail waiting
-bitmap <bitmap> bitmap to use for mail notification icon
-font <fontname> font to use for text in message window
-gargle gargle the mailpath names to simplify
-h this (mondo verbose) help text output
-v current xbaff program version output
The location window for xbaff by default appears in the top center of
the user's display. This can be adjusted by specifying compass
quadrants of the form:
tc -- top center of the screen (default)
ne -- northeast for the upper right corner
nw -- northwest for the upper left corner
se -- southeast for the lower right corner
sw -- southwest for the lower left corner
This stuff is all available in resources as well, here's an example:
xbaff.delayTime: 1
xbaff.threshold: 10
xbaff.waitTime: 3
xbaff.borderWidth: 10
xbaff.bitmapName: /u/jcb/bitmaps/smallmoon.xbm
xbaff.geometry: =-30-30
xbaff.background: brown
xbaff.foreground: red
xbaff.border: blue
xbaff.mailLed: 3
xbaff.location: nw
xbaff.ringBell: True
xbaff.garglePaths: True
xbaff.fontName: 9x15
There is an associated file that xbaff uses to simplify sender names
displayed. This is useful if the sender has a long email address and
one just wants to see the username. This file is called
$HOME/.xbaff_xlate and has the following format:
<actual_email_address>~<logical_name>
So the following file will result in 'Bugs Bunny' being used for the
name. Note that the match string is for an exact match only, including
embedded white space. Enable gargling if you want xbaff to guess..
uunet!so-cal!disney!sunglasses!bb.rabbit~Bugs Bunny
Default settings are:
xbaff -delay 6 -thresh 6 -wait 3 -loc tc -geometry =+0+0 -font 9x15
