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NAME

6       gdnc - GNUstep Distributed Notification Center
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SYNOPSIS

9       gdnc
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  gdnc  daemon is used by GNUstep programs to send notifications and
13       messages to one another.  By default it uses private inter-process com‐
14       munications  accessible  only  to  the  curtrent user on the machine on
15       which it is running (where the operating system supports them).
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17       Every user needs to have his own instance of gdnc running.  While  gdnc
18       will  be  started  automatically  as soon as it is needed, it is recom‐
19       mended to start gdnc in a  personal  login  script  like  ~/.bashrc  or
20       ~/.cshrc.   Alternatively  (if you have no command-line tools which use
21       distributed notifications) you can launch gdnc when your windowing sys‐
22       tem  or the window manager is started. For example, on systems with X11
23       you can launch gdnc from your .xinitrc script or alternatively - if you
24       are  running  Window Maker - put it in Window Maker's autostart script.
25       See the GNUstep Build Guide for a sample startup script.
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OPTIONS

28       To attach gdnc to a remote session use the
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33       To run a copy of the server to handle public  notifications  (available
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36       -GSPublic YES
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38       To  run  a  copy  of  the server to handle network-public notifications
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DIAGNOSTICS

45       gdomap  -L GDNCServer will lookup instances of gdnc which were launched
46       with the NSHost, GSPublic, or GSNetwork command line arguments.
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48       Alternatively, gdomap -N will list all registered names  on  the  local
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SEE ALSO

52       gdomap(8), GNUstep(7), gpbs(1)
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54       The  GNUstep  Build Guide example startup script: <http://gnustep.made-
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HISTORY

58       Work on gdnc started October 1998.
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60       This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.7.2 (July 2003).
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AUTHORS

63       gdnc was written by Richard Frith-McDonald <rfm@gnu.org>.
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65       This man page  was  written  by  Martin  Brecher  <martin@mb-itconsult‐
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