[openbox] Openbox popup

[John Russell]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:04:20 -0800, Sirirat Traiviratana
<straivir at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> WOW Thanks,
> I didn't expect to get the answer this fast. You guys rock!
> 
> Here is the summary, in case someone else might look for it.
> 
> ======vol.sh======
> #!/bin/bash
> val=`amixer sget $1 | grep % | cut -d [ -f2 | cut -d % -f1 | head -n 1`
> osd_cat --pos=middle --align=center --color=white --shadow=2
> --shadowcolour=black --barmode=percentage --percentage=$val --delay=1
> --age=1 --font=-*-verdana-bold-i-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> ================

All I get when using osd_cat is

ABORT: Requested font not found

when using any font except fixed which is illegible.  I even used
xfontsel to create the real font string.  Nothing works.  Even the
veranda one you have here.  Am I don't something else wrong?

John

> 
> 
> Horst Gutmann wrote:
> 
> > John Russell wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:49:26 -0800, Sirirat Traiviratana
> >> <straivir at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there a way to use some script to use openbox popup to display some
> >>> information?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You can use zenity or xdialog to pop up stuff, but you'll have to
> >> click to dismiss it.  It sounds like you want more of a screen overlay
> >> kind of thing.  I'm not sure how to do that.
> >>
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Sirirat
> >>>
> >
> > Hm... or what about some XOSD action? :-)
> > `echo "Hello World" | osd_cat`
> >
> > Horst
> >
> >
> 
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> Sirirat Traiviratana
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> Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept.
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