How to write a simple timed popup reminder script

[Sean Hammond]

Here's shot of what I did:

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s0094060/Screenshot.jpg

On 6/29/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great, thanks guys. Looks like notify-send with libnotify-bin is what
> I want, and probably with the command in the crontab.
>
> btw, the notify-send manpage says that the -t option specifies the
> timeout in seconds, but appears to be milliseconds.
>
> Is there any way to control where the notification appears? It pops up
> at the bottom-right. Might work better from the top-right. Not a big
> deal though.
>
> On 6/29/06, Wander Boessenkool <wander at kanslozebagger.org> wrote:
> > On 6/29/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Okay, I want to write a script for Ubuntu that will pop-up a reminder
> > > every 20 minutes saying "if someone else is waiting, don't hog the
> > > computer" (exact text to be confirmed). It's for use in a busy cafe
> > > running Ubuntu for free, open Internet access.
> > >
> > > Question: What is the best way to do this?
> > >
> > -You could do it from a script launched at login
> > #/bin/bash
> > while true; do sleep 1200; notify-send -u critical -t 5000 -i
> > mail-notification "Hogging?" "If someone else is waiting please don't
> > hog the computer."; done
> >
> > -Or you could put that command in your crontab (with crontab -e)
> > */20 * * * * /usr/bin/notify-send -u critical -t 5000 -i
> > mail-notification "Hogging?" "If someone else is waiting please don't
> > hog the computer."
> >
> > You will need to install libnotify-bin from either synaptic/adept or
> > "$sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin" To use the fancy notifier stuff.
> >
> > --
> > Wander
> >
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