On Jul 25, 2006, at 7:28 PM, Grant Baillie wrote:
On 5 Jul, 2006, at 22:07, Mike Taylor wrote:If the reminder/event information is dumped to a flat file then any low-impact program could sit in the task-tray/status-bar of each OS and run thru a check-for-file, check-for-reminder-hit, go-to-sleep cycle every minute.The actual notification process could be tailored for each OS: Growl for OS X, pop-up dialog for Windows, etcThe program could even check to see if chandler is running and if so open a simple connection to give more value-added services.As for how to start the program, each OS provides an area that if a program is listed it will be started when the user logs into the system.More specifically, "an area" == ? - Mac OS X: An entry in ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist - Windows: A "startup items" folder/registry entry?
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
- Linux: ?
Gnome: Preferences --> Sessions --> Startup Programs
KDE: ~/.kde/Autostart
X: .xinitrc
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