Gnome Messager

[Tiago Cogumbreiro]

You might want to check this out:

http://live.gnome.org/PowerUserTools

On 9/28/05, Lukas Sabota <punkrockguy318 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello fellow Ubuntu users and developers!
>     I have conjured an idea for a project.  Say a user would like to
> message another user on his or her network.  Currently, this must be
> done through an Instant messaging application, or through the terminal.
> Not everyone has an instant messaging account, or has an Internet
> connection.  If someone attempts to message another user through a
> console utility like write, it will be ignored unless the user has a
> terminal open.
>     Enter Gnome Massager.  Gnome Massager will catch the messages from
> 'write' and display them to the user's screen.  Of course, this will
> also be able to be disabled, just like the 'mesg' command.  Gnome
> Massager will also catch broadcast messages from the root.
>     Instead of starting a new protocol, it would easiest and more
> compatible to use the bsd utilities.  That way command-line to gnome
> messaging will be possible.
>     If it is not possible to use the bsd messaging utility protocol, a
> new protocol should be written using dbus.  This protocol will have
> clients for the command-line and gnome.
>     What are your thoughts on this project?  Please let me know! I'm
> writing this project to be a learning experience, and because there is a
> whole in the GNOME desktop in this area.  I believe this would be very
> beneficial in a educational environment, and would be nice for
> edubuntu.  Is there anything like this that currently exists? Am I
> reinventing the wheel?  Please let me know what your thoughts are.
>
> God Bless,
> Lukas
>
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Tiago Cogumbreiro <cogumbreiro at users.sf.net>

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