Re: Special use of X11 with Motif

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, 21 May 2025 at 19:13, Greg A. Woods <woods%planix.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
> At Wed, 21 May 2025 08:48:23 -0400, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> Subject: Special use of X11 with Motif
> >
> > Is there a nice way to leave a message at
> > the bottom of the screen that says:
> >
> > DO A        |       DO B       |      DO C   | ...
> >
> > It must stay there all day.
>
> Try xmessage(1).
>
> Just don't click on the button until you're ready to dismiss it!

Or something a little prettier from pkgsrc :)

Have a script of

#!/bin/sh -e
while true ; doe
  xcowsay --cow-size small --at 0,2000 -t999999999 "DO A        |
 DO B       |      DO C   | ..."
done

Actually... using xcowsay could almost be a reasonable answer with
something like

xcowsay --image /usr/X11R7/include/X11/pixmaps/ctwm/ball5.xpm --think
--at 0,2000 -t999999999 "DO A        |       DO B       |      DO C
| ..."

:-p

David