Panel
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<!ENTITY section "1">
<!ENTITY title "Panel User Manual">
<!ENTITY package "DeforaOS Panel">
<!ENTITY name "panel-message">
<!ENTITY purpose "Notifier for the panel">
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<year>2012</year>
<year>2013</year>
<year>2014</year>
<year>2015</year>
<year>2016</year>
<year>2017</year>
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<legalnotice>
<para>This manual page was written for the DeforaOS project (and may be
used by others).</para>
<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.</para>
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<command>&name;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-E</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-I</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-Q</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-W</option></arg>
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<arg choice="opt"><option>-T</option>
<replaceable>title</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-t</option>
<replaceable>timeout</replaceable></arg>
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<refsect1 id="description">
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>&name;</command> is a desktop notification program for the
desktop. It can popup a window, centered on the screen, containing different
applets of the panel. It can be set to disappear automatically after a
specific amount of time. It is particularly useful when implementing hotkeys
(system status...).</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="options">
<title>Options</title>
<para><command>&name;</command> expects a text message to be specified as an
argument on the command line.</para>
<para>The following options are available:</para>
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<term><option>-E</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display an error message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-I</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display an information message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-Q</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display a question message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-W</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display a warning message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-T</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The title to display with the message (default: according to the
message type).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Time to wait before disappearing (in seconds; 0 means
unlimited).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="bugs">
<title>Bugs</title>
<para>Issues can be listed and reported at <ulink
url="https://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/3262/Panel"/>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="see_also">
<title>See also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>panel</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>panelctl</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>panel-embed</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>panel-notify</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
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