Re: MOTD implementation in gnome-session

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:03 +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:40:23 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > It just makes gnome-session display the /etc/motd file on startup, using
> > libnotify if available, or an ugly dialog if not. The 2 new files are to
> > be placed in gnome-session/gnome-session
> 
> Given that libnotify messages aren't really meant for large amounts of
> text, I'm not sure that it's the right place to use it. Most MOTD messages
> on my university network are too large to fit in a notification and
> require at least basic formatting etc. I'd go for popping up a dialog in
> all cases, actually.
> 
can't the notification daemon use scrolling when the messages are too
big?
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>