MirBSD manpage: xbiff(1)


XBIFF(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             XBIFF(1)

NAME

     xbiff - mailbox flag for X

SYNOPSIS

     xbiff [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -option ... ]

DESCRIPTION

     The xbiff program displays a little image of a mailbox.
     When there is no mail, the flag on the mailbox is down.
     When mail arrives, the flag goes up and the mailbox beeps.
     By default, pressing any mouse button in the image forces
     xbiff to remember the current size of the mail file as being
     the ``empty'' size and to lower the flag.

OPTIONS

     Xbiff 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 xbiff should update its display.  If the mail-
             box 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 your
             inbox in the default location for your system (some
             examples are /var/mail/username,
             /usr/spool/mail/username, /var/spool/mail/username
             (where username is your login name).  If the MAIL
             environment variable is set, the file specified by
             it will be monitored.

     -volume percentage
             This option specifies how loud the bell should be
             rung when new mail comes in.

     -shape  This option indicates that the mailbox window should
             be shaped if masks for the empty or full images are
             given.

     The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are
     commonly used with xbiff:

     -display display
             This option specifies the X server to contact.

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     -geometry geometry
             This option specifies the preferred size and posi-
             tion of the mailbox window. The mailbox is 48 pixels
             wide and 48 pixels high and will be centered in the
             window.

     -bg color
             This option specifies the color to use for the back-
             ground of the window.

     -bd color
             This option specifies the color to use for the
             border of the window.

     -bw number
             This option specifies the width in pixels of the
             border surrounding the window.

     -fg color
             This option specifies the color to use for the fore-
             ground of the window.

     -rv     This option indicates that reverse video should be
             simulated by swapping the foreground and background
             colors.

     -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 XBiff. 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 pro-
             vided.

     file (class File)
             Specifies the name of the file to monitor.  The
             default is as described above for the -file command
             line option.

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     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.

     width (class Width)
             Specifies the width of the mailbox.

     height (class Height)
             Specifies the height of the mailbox.

     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.  The
             default is 33 percent.

     foreground (class Foreground)
             Specifies the color for the foreground.

     reverseVideo (class ReverseVideo)
             Specifies that the foreground and background should
             be reversed.

     flip (class Flip)
             Specifies whether or not the image that is shown
             when mail has arrived should be inverted.  The
             default is ``true.''

     fullPixmap (class Pixmap)
             Specifies a bitmap to be shown when new mail has
             arrived. The default is flagup.

     emptyPixmap (class Pixmap)
             Specifies a bitmap to be shown when no new mail is
             present. The default is flagdown.

     shapeWindow (class ShapeWindow)
             Specifies whether or not the mailbox window should
             be shaped to the given fullPixmapMask and emptyPix-
             mapMask.  The default is false.

     fullPixmapMask (class PixmapMask)
             Specifies a mask for the bitmap to be shown when new
             mail has arrived. The default is none.

     emptyPixmapMask (class PixmapMask)

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             Specifies a mask for the bitmap to be shown when no
             new mail is present. The default is none.

ACTIONS

     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(7), xrdb(1), stat(2)

BUGS

     The mailbox bitmaps are ugly.

AUTHOR

     Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
     Additional hacks by Ralph Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena

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