Bug 16785

Summary:	be an alternative to xmessage
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz>
Component:	gxmessage	Assignee:	Michael Shigorin <mike>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	qa-sisyphus
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P2	CC:	evg, mike
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux

Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2008-08-20 20:27:03 MSD

gxmessage-2.6.2-alt1

Currently, you cannot use the command "xmessage" and actually use the "gxmessage" program, although it is conceived as a compatible alternative to "xmessage".

I suggest to make "xmessage" an alternative switchable betwee the traditional "xmessage" and "gxmessage".

Comment 1 Michael Shigorin 2009-12-09 17:00:12 MSK

IIRC from my last revisiting this very topic, *message programs were barely compatible beyond basic "throw up some ascii" (that said, gxmessage(1) mentions every xmessage(1) option).

Whoever's using /usr/bin/xmessage shouldn't rely on any additional abilities, but then again, we might mildly provoke unsuspecting folks.

xmessage is 17k, gxmessage is 52k, these two install and run along nicely, so frankly I'm still not inclined to rush in with alternatives.

If it's ever conceived the other way around, please keep in mind kmessage:
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~wijnhout/kmessage/index.html
http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/Other/src/User%20Interface/Desktops/kmessage-0.9.5-3ark.src.rpm.32238.html (kde-3.5)