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NAME

       xbiff - mailbox flag for X

SYNOPSIS

       xbiff [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ -option ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  xbiff  program displays a little image of a mailbox.  When there is no mail, the flag
       on the mailbox is down.  When mail arrives, the flag goes up and the  mailbox  beeps.   By
       default,  pressing any mouse button in the image forces xbiff to remember the current size
       of the mail file as being the ``empty'' size and to lower the flag.

OPTIONS

       Xbiff accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional
       options listed below:

       -help   This  option  indicates  that  a  brief  summary  of the allowed options should be
               printed on the standard error.

       -update seconds
               This option specifies the frequency in seconds at which xbiff  should  update  its
               display.   If  the  mailbox  is  obscured  and  then  exposed,  it will be updated
               immediately.  The default is 30 seconds.

       -file filename
               This option specifies the name of the file which should be monitored.  By  default
               it  watches  your inbox in the default location for your system (some examples are
               /var/mail/username,  /usr/spool/mail/username,   /var/spool/mail/username   (where
               username  is  your login name).  If the MAIL environment variable is set, the file
               specified by it will be monitored.

       -volume percentage
               This option specifies how loud the bell should be rung when new mail comes in.

       -shape  This option indicates that the mailbox window should be shaped if  masks  for  the
               empty or full images are given.

       The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with xbiff:

       -display display
               This option specifies the X server to contact.

       -geometry geometry
               This  option specifies the preferred size and position of the mailbox window.  The
               mailbox is 48 pixels wide and 48 pixels high and will be centered in the window.

       -bg color
               This option specifies the color to use for the background of the window.

       -bd color
               This option specifies the color to use for the border of the window.

       -bw number
               This option specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the window.

       -fg color
               This option specifies the color to use for the foreground of the window.

       -rv     This option indicates that reverse video  should  be  simulated  by  swapping  the
               foreground and background colors.

       -xrm resourcestring
               This option specifies a resource string to be used.  This is especially useful for
               setting resources that do not have separate command line options.

X DEFAULTS

       The application  class  name  is  XBiff.   This  program  uses  the  Mailbox  widget.   It
       understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as:

       checkCommand (class CheckCommand)
               Specifies  a  shell  command  to  be  executed  to  check for new mail rather than
               examining the size of file.  The specified string value is used as the argument to
               a  system(3)  call and may therefore contain i/o redirection.  An exit status of 0
               indicates that new mail is waiting, 1 indicates that there has been no  change  in
               size,  and  2  indicates  that  the  mail  has been cleared.  By default, no shell
               command is provided.

       file (class File)
               Specifies the name of the file to monitor.  The default is as described above  for
               the -file command line option.

       onceOnly (class Boolean)
               Specifies  that  the bell is only rung the first time new mail is found and is not
               rung again until at least one interval has  passed  with  no  mail  waiting.   The
               window  will  continue  to  indicate  the  presence  of new mail until it has been
               retrieved.  The default is false.

       width (class Width)
               Specifies the width of the mailbox.

       height (class Height)
               Specifies the height of the mailbox.

       update (class Interval)
               Specifies the frequency in seconds at which  the  mail  should  be  checked.   The
               default is 30.

       volume (class Volume)
               Specifies how loud the bell should be rung.  The default is 33 percent.

       foreground (class Foreground)
               Specifies the color for the foreground.

       reverseVideo (class ReverseVideo)
               Specifies that the foreground and background should be reversed.

       flip (class Flip)
               Specifies  whether  or not the image that is shown when mail has arrived should be
               inverted.  The default is ``true.''

       fullPixmap (class Pixmap)
               Specifies a bitmap to be shown when new mail has arrived.  The default is flagup.

       emptyPixmap (class Pixmap)
               Specifies a bitmap to be shown when no  new  mail  is  present.   The  default  is
               flagdown.

       shapeWindow (class ShapeWindow)
               Specifies  whether  or  not  the  mailbox  window  should  be  shaped to the given
               fullPixmapMask and emptyPixmapMask.  The default is false.

       fullPixmapMask (class PixmapMask)
               Specifies a mask for the bitmap to be  shown  when  new  mail  has  arrived.   The
               default is none.

       emptyPixmapMask (class PixmapMask)
               Specifies  a  mask  for  the  bitmap to be shown when no new mail is present.  The
               default is none.

ACTIONS

       The Mailbox widget provides the following actions for use in event translations:

       check() This action causes the  widget  to  check  for  new  mail  and  display  the  flag
               appropriately.

       unset() This action causes the widget to lower the flag until new mail comes in.

       set()   This action causes the widget to raise the flag until the user resets it.

       The default translation is

               <ButtonPress>:  unset()

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to  get  the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in
               the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

SEE ALSO

       X(7), xrdb(1), stat(2)

BUGS

       The mailbox bitmaps are ugly.

AUTHOR

       Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
       Additional hacks by Ralph Swick, DEC/MIT Project Athena