xlbiff(1)
xlbiff - mailbox message previewer for X
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.30. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME xlbiff - mailbox message previewer for X SYNOPSIS xlbiff [ -option ... ] DESCRIPTION The xlbiff program lurks in the background, watching your mailbox file, waiting for new mail. When mail arrives, it invokes the MH scan(1) command and pops up a window with the results. Clicking the left mouse button anywhere in this window makes it go away. The window will also disappear if iconified or if the mailbox size drops to zero. OPTIONS Xlbiff 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 standard output. -bottom This option tells xlbiff to realize/unrealize() the output window instead of using XtPopup/down(). This has the effect of causing the window manager to reposition the window each time it pops up, and is useful for when you specify negative Y coordinates, ie, at the bottom of the screen. Running xlbiff in this situation without -bottom would cause new lines to run off the bottom edge of the screen. +bottom Opposite of -bottom. -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. -rows height This option specifies the maximum height, in lines of text, of the xlbiff window. The default is 20. -columns width This option specifies the maximum width, in characters, of the xlbiff window. The default is 80. -resetSaver If this option is set, xlbiff will reset the screen saver when new mail comes in. This is useful if you're doing something near your workstation but not on it. +resetSaver Opposite of -resetSaver. -update seconds This option specifies the frequency in seconds at which xlbiff should update its display. The default is 15 seconds. -volume percentage This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new mail comes in. The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with xlbiff: -display display This option specifies the X server to contact. -geometry +x+y This option specifies the preferred position of the scan window. -bg color This option specifies the color to use for the background of the window. -fg color This option specifies the color to use for the foreground of the window. -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. RESOURCES The application class name is XLbiff. It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as: bottom (class Bottom) Same as the -bottom option. file (class File) Same as the -file option. scanCommand (class ScanCommand) Specifies a shell command to be executed to list the contents of mailbox file. The specified string value is used as the argument to a system(3) call and may therefore contain i/o redirection. The command's stdout is used to generate the window. Internally, the command is generated as sprintf(buf, scanCommand, file, columns) so a %s and %d respectively in scanCommand will generate the values of file and columns. resetSaver (class ResetSaver) Same as the -resetSaver option. update (class Interval) Same as the -update option. columns (class Columns) Same as the -columns option. rows (class Rows) Specifies the maximum height, in lines, of the xlbiff window. The default is 20. volume (class Volume) Same as the -volume option. ACTIONS Xlbiff provides the following actions for use in event translations: popdown() This action causes the window to vanish. exit() This action causes xlbiff to exit. The default translations are <Button1Press>: popdown() <Button3Press>: exit() ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY is used to get the default host and display number. FILES /usr/spool/mail/username default mail file to check. SEE ALSO X(1), scan(1) BUGS specifying dimensions in -geometry causes badness. COPYRIGHT Copyright 1991, Digital Equipment Corporation. See the source code for a full statement of rights and permissions. AUTHOR Ed Santiago, santiago@pa.dec.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Xlbiff took shape around the xgoodbye sample program in the O'Reilly X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual. A lot of code was stolen from xbiff, including this man page. Thanks also to Stephen Gildea (gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu) for the many, many contributions that made xlbiff grow from a midnight hack to a more mature product. NAME xlbiff - mailbox message previewer for X SYNOPSIS xlbiff [ -option ... ] DESCRIPTION The xlbiff program lurks in the background, watching your mailbox file, waiting for new mail. When mail arrives, it invokes the MH scan(1) command and pops up a window with the results. Clicking the left mouse button anywhere in this window makes it go away. The window will also disappear if iconified or if the mailbox size drops to zero. OPTIONS Xlbiff 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 standard output. -bottom This option tells xlbiff to realize/unrealize() the output window instead of using XtPopup/down(). This has the effect of causing the window manager to reposition the window each time it pops up, and is useful for when you specify negative Y coordinates, ie, at the bottom of the screen. Running xlbiff in this situation without -bottom would cause new lines to run off the bottom edge of the screen. +bottom Opposite of -bottom. -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. -rows height This option specifies the maximum height, in lines of text, of the xlbiff window. The default is 20. -columns width This option specifies the maximum width, in characters, of the xlbiff window. The default is 80. -resetSaver If this option is set, xlbiff will reset the screen saver when new mail comes in. This is useful if you're doing something near your workstation but not on it. +resetSaver Opposite of -resetSaver. -update seconds This option specifies the frequency in seconds at which xlbiff should update its display. The default is 15 seconds. -volume percentage This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new mail comes in. The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with xlbiff: -display display This option specifies the X server to contact. -geometry +x+y This option specifies the preferred position of the scan window. -bg color This option specifies the color to use for the background of the window. -fg color This option specifies the color to use for the foreground of the window. -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. RESOURCES The application class name is XLbiff. It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as: bottom (class Bottom) Same as the -bottom option. file (class File) Same as the -file option. scanCommand (class ScanCommand) Specifies a shell command to be executed to list the contents of mailbox file. The specified string value is used as the argument to a system(3) call and may therefore contain i/o redirection. The command's stdout is used to generate the window. Internally, the command is generated as sprintf(buf, scanCommand, file, columns) so a %s and %d respectively in scanCommand will generate the values of file and columns. resetSaver (class ResetSaver) Same as the -resetSaver option. update (class Interval) Same as the -update option. columns (class Columns) Same as the -columns option. rows (class Rows) Specifies the maximum height, in lines, of the xlbiff window. The default is 20. volume (class Volume) Same as the -volume option. ACTIONS Xlbiff provides the following actions for use in event translations: popdown() This action causes the window to vanish. exit() This action causes xlbiff to exit. The default translations are <Button1Press>: popdown() <Button3Press>: exit() ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY is used to get the default host and display number. FILES /usr/spool/mail/username default mail file to check. SEE ALSO X(1), scan(1) BUGS specifying dimensions in -geometry causes badness. COPYRIGHT Copyright 1991, Digital Equipment Corporation. See the source code for a full statement of rights and permissions. AUTHOR Ed Santiago, santiago@pa.dec.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Xlbiff took shape around the xgoodbye sample program in the O'Reilly X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual. A lot of code was stolen from xbiff, including this man page. Thanks also to Stephen Gildea (gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu) for the many, many contributions that made xlbiff grow from a midnight hack to a more mature product.