[comp.windows.x] is there a message sending replying facility for X?

dove@rocky.UUCP (Webster Dove) (09/10/87)

Has anyone written a facility that allows a remote user to send a
message to my X server which will pop up a window with the message,
allow me to type a reply into the window, and then dissappear.

My model for this is the converse facilities on the Symbolics Lispms.

Preferably, such a facility would be setup to intercept SMTP send
messages and other intermachine immediate message protocols.

swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick) (09/11/87)

I wrote a simple program for pop-up messages and single-line replies
last fall, primarily as a test of various toolkits, but it never
escaped from here.  A much more complete facility, incorporating
user locator services, broadcast services (with 'subscriptions') and
authentication is under development here.  You will hear about it
when it is ready for release.

-Ralph R. Swick
 MIT Project Athena/DEC