emacs-jabber/jabber-xmessage.el

;; jabber-xmessage.el - emacs-jabber interface to xmessage

;; Copyright (C) 2008 - Magnus Henoch
;; Copyright (C) 2005 - Mario Domenech Goulart

;; This file is a part of jabber.el.

;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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(eval-when-compile (require 'jabber))

(defcustom jabber-xmessage-timeout 15
  "Timeout in seconds for xmessage alerts.
Set this to nil to have no timeout."
  :type '(choice (integer :tag "Seconds")
		 (const :tag "No timeout" nil))
  :group 'jabber-alerts)

(defun jabber-xmessage-display-message (text &optional title)
  "Displays MESSAGE using the xmessage program."
  (let* ((process-connection-type nil)
	 (timeout-args (when jabber-xmessage-timeout
			 (list "-timeout" (number-to-string jabber-xmessage-timeout))))
	 (args (append timeout-args (list (or title text)))))
    (apply 'start-process "xmessage" nil "xmessage" args)))

(define-jabber-alert xmessage "Display a message using the xmessage program."
  'jabber-xmessage-display-message)

(provide 'jabber-xmessage)
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