[Orgmode] Re: OSD alerts for appointment reminders (+ erc hook to use OSD)

2008-09-26 Thread Cezar Halmagean
Very nice idea, I tryied this on Ubuntu 8.04 but it's not working for me, the example provided in the gnome-osd-client man doesn't work either: gnome-osd-client -f message id='myplugin' osd_fake_translucent_bg='on' osd_vposition='center' animations='off' hide_timeout='1000'

[Orgmode] Re: OSD alerts for appointment reminders (+ erc hook to use OSD)

2008-09-25 Thread Paul R
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:43:56 +0200, Richard Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Richard I dont know if the gnome-osd stuff will work on kde, but try Richard it and see. osd_cat outputs to X OSD, with no desktop dependency at all. -- Paul ___

[Orgmode] Re: OSD alerts for appointment reminders (+ erc hook to use OSD)

2008-09-25 Thread Richard Riley
Richard Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought some of you linux users might like this - use gnome-osd-client to put an on screen reminder of your looming appointments. I include a screenshot link below. I'm sure the code can be improved as I'm not much of an elisp programmer. I have also