NAME
coolmail - 3D animated mail notificaion utility
SYNOPSIS
coolmail [option ...]
DESCRIPTION
Coolmail is a mail notification utility with 3D animated graphics. Coolmail watches your inbox and lets you know when you have mail. Clicking on coolmail can launch your mail reading/writing utility. While your mail utility is open, clicking on coolmail will cause it to check your inbox at that instant, without waiting for the next regular interval.
OPTIONS
- -e command
-
Use the specified command to launch your mail utility. Command is a string, and should be in quotes if it contains spaces.
- -f filename
-
Watch filename, instead of the default mail inbox file.
- -fr n
-
Set the number of frames to generate for each animation to n. Set this to an suit your preference and your machine's graphics performance. The default is 15.
- -h
-
Print some help then exit.
- -int n | -update n
-
Check your mail inbox at n-second intervals. The default is 30 seconds.
- -mono
-
Run in monochrome mode.
- -once
-
Ring bell when new mail is first detected, but not when more new mail is detected.
- -af filename
-
Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.
- -vol n
-
Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the system beep and the sound file. The default is 50.
- -v
-
Print version and inbox path.
Coolmail also accepts the standard X Toolkit options, such as -geometry, etc.
EXAMPLES
- coolmail -e "emacs -f rmail" -int 20
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Tells coolmail to check the inbox every 20 seconds, and launch the shell command, emacs -f rmail, when the user clicks on coolmail.
X DEFAULTS
This program understands the core resource names and classes as well as:
- frameCount (class FrameCount)
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Specifies the number of frames to be generated per animation.
- inbox (class Inbox)
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Specifies the mail inbox that coolmail will watch.
- mailCommand (class MailCommand)
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Specifies the command that should be launched to read and write mail.
- monochrome (class Monochrome)
-
A Boolean value that enables monochrome mode when true.
- soundFile (class SoundFile)
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Specifies the audio file to use rather than the standard system beep.
- volume (class Volume)
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Value between 0 and 100 for the volume setting for both the system beep and the sound file.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1994
by Byron C. Darrah ([email protected])
AUTHORS
Byron C. Darrah ([email protected]) Sound support added by Randall K. Sharpe ([email protected])
SEE ALSO
X(1), xrdb(1)