XMAILBOX++(1) X Version 11 XMAILBOX++(1) Release 5 NAME xmailbox++ - mailbox checker for X using XPM icons SYNOPSIS xmailbox++ [-toolkitoption ...] [-option ...] DESCRIPTION The xmailbox++ program displays (by default) an image of a mailbox. When there is no mail, the image shown is that of a mailbox with its flag down. When mail arrives, the image changes to that of a mailbox with the flag up, its door open and a letter visible inside. It can also optionally play a sound through the SUN workstation's internal speaker. The NCD audio server, the rplay sound package, and the standard SUN audio driver are supported. By default, pressing any mouse button in the image forces xmailbox++ to remember the current size of the mail file as being the ``empty'' size and to change its image accordingly. In addition, the user can optionally invoke his/her favourite mail retrieving program. This program is nothing more than a wrapper around the Mailbox++ widget included with the program's source distribution. OPTIONS xmailbox++ accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: -help This option indicates that a brief summary of the allowed options should be printed on the standard error. -update seconds This option specifies the frequency in seconds at which xmailbox++ should update its display. If the mailbox is obscured and then exposed, it will be updated immediately. The default is 30 seconds. -file filename This option specifies the name of the file which should be monitored. By default, it watches /usr/spool/mail/username, where username is your login name. -volume percentage This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new mail comes in, or, if the sound option is used, how high the playing volume should be. The default is 33 percent. The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with xmailbox++: -display display This option specifies the X server to contact. - 1 - Formatted: April 24, 2024 XMAILBOX++(1) X Version 11 XMAILBOX++(1) Release 5 -xrm resourcestring This option specifies a resource string to be used. This is especially useful for setting resources that do not have separate command line options. X DEFAULTS The application class name is XMailbox. This program uses the Mailbox++ widget. It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as: checkCommand (class CheckCommand) Specifies a shell command to be executed to check for new mail rather than examining the size of file. The specified string value is used as the argument to a system(3) call and may therefore contain i/o redirection. An exit status of 0 indicates that new mail is waiting, 1 indicates that there has been no change in size, and 2 indicates that the mail has been cleared. By default, no shell command is provided. file (class File) Specifies the name of the file to monitor. The default is to watch /usr/spool/mail/username, where username is your login name. onceOnly (class Boolean) Specifies that the bell is only rung the first time new mail is found and is not rung again until at least one interval has passed with no mail waiting. The window will continue to indicate the presence of new mail until it has been retrieved. The default is false. update (class Interval) Specifies the frequency in seconds at which the mail should be checked. The default is 30. volume (class Volume) Specifies how loud the bell should be rung, or, if the sound option is used, how high the playing volume should be. The default is 33 percent. mailXpmFile (class MailXpmFile) Specifies the XPM file used when mail exists in the mailbox. nomailXpmFile (class NomailXpmFile) Specifies the XPM file used when there is no mail (or no new mail) in the mailbox. mailSndFile (class MailSndFile) Specifies the sound file used when mail exists in the mailbox. If no file is specified, the standard X Window beep sound is used. - 2 - Formatted: April 24, 2024 XMAILBOX++(1) X Version 11 XMAILBOX++(1) Release 5 mailapp (class MailApp) Specifies the mail retrieving application to run when the user clicks on the mailbox image. The specified string value is used as the argument to a system(3) call. The Mailbox++ widget provides the following actions for use in event translations: check() This action causes the widget to check for new mail and display the flag appropriately. unset() This action causes the widget to lower the flag until new mail comes in. set() This action causes the widget to raise the flag until the user resets it. The default translation is <ButtonPress>: unset() ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. SEE ALSO X(1), xrdb(1), stat(2) AUTHORS Dimitrios P. Bouras The first version of xmailbox++ was a hack based on the X11R5 XBiff written by Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium, and Ralph Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena. William Cheung Added optional sound output using the standard SUN audio driver, the rplay sound package, or the NCD audio server, as well as optional mail application execution upon clicking on the mail icon. COPYRIGHT Xbiff is Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions. - 3 - Formatted: April 24, 2024