man1/Xmsg5

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Name

Xmsg5 - large multiline message display window

Synopsis

Xmsg5 <arg>

Description

This is an Xwindows program which gives a large window to display a multiline message.

If <arg> is present when the program is started it reads from a file. Otherwise it reads from stdin.

Arguments

arg
The pathname of a file containing the text to display.

Environment Variables

CRT_COLOR_TBL

pathname to file containing the color information. See xcrt_color(5) for information about the format.

Notes

The size of the window is hardcoded and is very large.

Examples


#
# read from stdin
#
echo "now is the time" | Xmsg5
#
# read from a file
#

Xmsg5 some_file_name

Manual Page Revision

$Id: Xmsg5.1,v 1.0 2009/03/09 14:02:37 kitchen Exp $


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