
What it is:

  gxmessage is a GTK2-based clone of xmessage. It exists because xmessage,
  an incredibly nifty program, looks a little out of place on my GTK-based
  desktop.

  (You might also be interested in GNOME's "zenity" program.)


Requirements:

  To compile this program you'll need GLib >= 2.0 and GTK+ >= 2.0 (both the
  libraries and the development files).


Compilation and installation / uninstallation:

  For most people, something like this should install gxmessage:

    ./configure
    make
    make install-strip
    make clean

  To uninstall gxmessage:

    ./configure
    make uninstall

  See the file named INSTALL for options and details.

  If you're new to installing GNU-ish software from source, you might find
  this Linux Gazette article helpful:

    http://linuxgazette.net/issue74/okopnik.html


Help:

  gxmessage -help
  man gxmessage


Examples:

  examples/gxdialup
  examples/gxview
  examples/gxdict
  examples/gxman
  gxmessage "Hello, World"
  gxmessage -font "sans 14" -fg white -bg "#446a7e" "Hello, World"
  gxmessage -buttons "One,Two,Three" "Hello, World" ; echo $?
  gxmessage -buttons "One:8,Two:16,Three:32" "Hello, World" ; echo $?
  gxmessage -geometry 640x500 -default okay -file README
  date | gxmessage -file -
  echo "Hello, `gxmessage -center -entry 'Your name:'`."

  (That last example is not compatible with xmessage.)
  

Latest version:

  http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~trmusson/programs.html#gxmessage


Known bugs and limitations:

  Lots. Please see the BUGS section of the gxmessage man page.


Trouble:

  Tim Musson
  trmusson@ihug.co.nz

