1XBIFF(1) General Commands Manual XBIFF(1)
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6 xbiff - mailbox flag for X
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9 xbiff [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -option ... ]
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12 The xbiff program displays a little image of a mailbox. When there is
13 no mail, the flag on the mailbox is down. When mail arrives, the flag
14 goes up and the mailbox beeps. By default, pressing any mouse button
15 in the image forces xbiff to remember the current size of the mail file
16 as being the ``empty'' size and to lower the flag.
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19 Xbiff accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along
20 with the additional options listed below:
21 -help This option indicates that a brief summary of the allowed
23 options should be printed on the standard error.
24 -update seconds
26 This option specifies the frequency in seconds at which xbiff
27 should update its display. If the mailbox is obscured and then
28 exposed, it will be updated immediately. The default is 30
29 seconds.
30 -file filename
32 This option specifies the name of the file which should be mon‐
33 itored. By default it watches your inbox in the default loca‐
34 tion for your system (some examples are /var/mail/username,
35 /usr/spool/mail/username, /var/spool/mail/username (where user‐
36 name is your login name). If the MAIL environment variable is
37 set, the file specified by it will be monitored.
38 -volume percentage
40 This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new
41 mail comes in.
42 -shape This option indicates that the mailbox window should be shaped
44 if masks for the empty or full images are given.
45 The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly
47 used with xbiff:
48 -display display
50 This option specifies the X server to contact.
51 -geometry geometry
53 This option specifies the preferred size and position of the
54 mailbox window. The mailbox is 48 pixels wide and 48 pixels
55 high and will be centered in the window.
56 -bg color
58 This option specifies the color to use for the background of
59 the window.
60 -bd color
62 This option specifies the color to use for the border of the
63 window.
64 -bw number
66 This option specifies the width in pixels of the border sur‐
67 rounding the window.
68 -fg color
70 This option specifies the color to use for the foreground of
71 the window.
72 -rv This option indicates that reverse video should be simulated by
74 swapping the foreground and background colors.
75 -xrm resourcestring
77 This option specifies a resource string to be used. This is
78 especially useful for setting resources that do not have sepa‐
79 rate command line options.
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82 The application class name is XBiff. This program uses the Mailbox
83 widget. It understands all of the core resource names and classes as
84 well as:
85 checkCommand (class CheckCommand)
87 Specifies a shell command to be executed to check for new mail
88 rather than examining the size of file. The specified string
89 value is used as the argument to a system(3) call and may
90 therefore contain i/o redirection. An exit status of 0 indi‐
91 cates that new mail is waiting, 1 indicates that there has been
92 no change in size, and 2 indicates that the mail has been
93 cleared. By default, no shell command is provided.
94 file (class File)
96 Specifies the name of the file to monitor. The default is as
97 described above for the -file command line option.
98 onceOnly (class Boolean)
100 Specifies that the bell is only rung the first time new mail is
101 found and is not rung again until at least one interval has
102 passed with no mail waiting. The window will continue to indi‐
103 cate the presence of new mail until it has been retrieved. The
104 default is false.
105 width (class Width)
107 Specifies the width of the mailbox.
108 height (class Height)
110 Specifies the height of the mailbox.
111 update (class Interval)
113 Specifies the frequency in seconds at which the mail should be
114 checked. The default is 30.
115 volume (class Volume)
117 Specifies how loud the bell should be rung. The default is 33
118 percent.
119 foreground (class Foreground)
121 Specifies the color for the foreground.
122 reverseVideo (class ReverseVideo)
124 Specifies that the foreground and background should be
125 reversed.
126 flip (class Flip)
128 Specifies whether or not the image that is shown when mail has
129 arrived should be inverted. The default is ``true.''
130 fullPixmap (class Pixmap)
132 Specifies a bitmap to be shown when new mail has arrived. The
133 default is flagup.
134 emptyPixmap (class Pixmap)
136 Specifies a bitmap to be shown when no new mail is present.
137 The default is flagdown.
138 shapeWindow (class ShapeWindow)
140 Specifies whether or not the mailbox window should be shaped to
141 the given fullPixmapMask and emptyPixmapMask. The default is
142 false.
143 fullPixmapMask (class PixmapMask)
145 Specifies a mask for the bitmap to be shown when new mail has
146 arrived. The default is none.
147 emptyPixmapMask (class PixmapMask)
149 Specifies a mask for the bitmap to be shown when no new mail is
150 present. The default is none.
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153 The Mailbox widget provides the following actions for use in event
154 translations:
155 check() This action causes the widget to check for new mail and display
157 the flag appropriately.
158 unset() This action causes the widget to lower the flag until new mail
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161 set() This action causes the widget to raise the flag until the user
163 resets it.
164 The default translation is
166 <ButtonPress>: unset()
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171 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
172 XENVIRONMENT
174 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
175 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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178 X(7), xrdb(1), stat(2)
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181 The mailbox bitmaps are ugly.
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184 Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
185 Additional hacks by Ralph Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena
186X Version 11 xbiff 1.0.1 XBIFF(1)