linpopup(1)
NAME
LinPopUp - A Linux port of Winpopup, running over Samba.
SYNOPSIS
linpopup [ -min ] [ -info ]
DESCRIPTION
LinPopUp is a Xwindow port of Winpopup, running over Samba. It permits
to communicate with a Windows computer that runs Winpopup, sending or
receiving message. (It also provides an alternative way to communicate
between Linux computers that run Samba).
OPTIONS
- -min Will start LinPopUp minimized. LinPopUp will maximize itself
- each time a new message arrives. This feature was specially
implemented to automatically start LinPopUp via .Xclient or
.xinitrc file. - -info LinPopUp will give some useful information about system config
- uration and immediately exits. Use it if something goes wrong
or/and when reporting a bug.
FILES
/var/lib/linpopup/messages.dat
Where message are kept.
~/.linpopuprc
Configuration file, where the preferences are stored. Not an ASCII file, so
don't try to edit it.
~.linpopup.history History file where are kept last used send address. Will be
automatically created/updated.
INSTALLATION
To be able to receive messages that are sent to you, you will need to
edit the smb.conf file (generally found in /etc directory; Debian users
will find it as /etc/samba/smb.conf) and to add this line to the
[global settings] section :
message command = /usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s
PLEASE NOTE that "%f" is not the same thing as %f , '%f' or `%f`. If
you enter a wrong message command, you will probably not receive some
(only a few in fact) of the messages that are sent to you.
RESTRICTIONS
Running LinPopUp with three arguments may give imprevisible results.
Only Samba can run it this way via the message command.
NOTES
Receiving message :
LinPopUp doesn't need to always run. If you close it, it will continues
to receive all messages that are send to you. You can even quit Xwindow, and still receive messages. In fact, the only way to miss a message that was sent to you is to have your computer turned off.
Message management :
Messages are kept from session to session. You will always retrieve a
message that was sent to you, ... if you have not deleted it.
More help :
You will obtain more information about using and configuring LinPopUp
by running it under Xwindow and looking at the Help menu.
Requirements :
Samba as well as the Gimp ToolKit GTK+ >= 1.2.0 are required.
BUGS
None known, ... that I was able to reproduce ;-)
COPYRIGHT
LinPopUp Copyright (C)1998-1999 Little Igloo Org is freely distributable under the GNU Public License, a copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file called COPYING).
AVAILABILITY
You can get the last LinPopUp version, sources or binaries distribution, RedHat or Debian Packages, at : http://www.littleigloo.org
AUTHOR
Jean-Marc Jacquet <jm@littleigloo.org>
CREDITS
This man page was originally writen by Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>.
But, as I made some changes to it, any grammar/spelling errors are
exclusively copyrighted by ME.