msgpad

Send a message to a Photon user

Syntax:

msgpad [-a] [-b blue] [-f] [-g green] [-h height] [-n]
       [-r red] [-s server] [-t title] [-w width]
       [-x x_pos] [-y y_pos] [file | -]

Options:

-a

Avoid giving focus to the notepad.

-b blue

Blue color component of background (0..255).

-f

Fork process to detach from caller (default).

-g green

Green color component of background (0..255).

-h height

Set initial height of window to height pixels.

-n

Do not fork (default is -f).

-r red

Red color component of background (0..255).

-s server

Server node or device name to display message on.

-t title

Message title.

-w width

Set initial width of window to width pixels.

-x x_pos

Initial x_pos position of window.

-y y_pos

Initial y_pos position of window.

file

Place contents of file in msgpad. A filename of "-" reads from standard input.

Description:

The msgpad utility provides a convenient way to send notes to other Photon users over the network.

Examples:

Run msgpad using the Photon server on node 4:

msgpad -s4

Or

msgpad -s//4/dev/photon

Run msgpad at initial position (10,10) with initial dimension of 200*300:

msgpad -x10 -y10 -h200 -w300