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From: Tom Stiller on 28 Feb 2010 09:58 In article <4b8a69fe$0$7837$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-BDF7CD.14554727022010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > If you just want to display a message on the screen of another Mac on > > your network, try this: > > > > 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. > > 2. Connect to the remote Mac with SSH. > > 3. Issue a command similar to this: > > > > osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "This is a > > test."' > > Good gawd. > > man wall > man write > man talk > (man mesg) OK it the other user has a shell window up. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Tom Stiller on 28 Feb 2010 10:45 In article <michelle-4954F7.08192028022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <tom_stiller-D3D7D0.09584728022010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > OK it the other user has a shell window up. > > You mean "if" not "it", right? Yes, thanks. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Warren Oates on 28 Feb 2010 10:52 In article <tom_stiller-D3D7D0.09584728022010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > OK it the other user has a shell window up. That's the point. You can keep a small terminal (small font if you want) just for messages. You can also send email to each other. You could also have an iChat connection open. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Jolly Roger on 28 Feb 2010 11:13 In article <tom_stiller-D3D7D0.09584728022010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <4b8a69fe$0$7837$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-BDF7CD.14554727022010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > If you just want to display a message on the screen of another Mac on > > > your network, try this: > > > > > > 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. > > > 2. Connect to the remote Mac with SSH. > > > 3. Issue a command similar to this: > > > > > > osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "This is a > > > test."' > > > > Good gawd. > > > > man wall > > man write > > man talk > > (man mesg) > > OK if the other user has a shell window up. Clearly, this isn't what the OP wants. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Ben Smith on 28 Feb 2010 15:44
> It would be NICE if some enterprising young kid could give us a IP > Version of the old MacOS 4-9 Appletalk Based LAN Instant Messaging > System called "Broadcast".... I still use this on my Mac SE30's and > MacOS 9 Machines, and it still runs under Classic... > > something small, that runs in background, and just pops up messages > that are received over the LAN, with a simple little Message Writing > Frontend, that could live up on the Right hand Menu Line and Drop-down > selection just brings up a Bonjour List and a Message Entry Dialog Box. > > -- > Bruce in alaska > add <path> after <fast> to reply Yeah, that's such a simple and useful idea, I'd be surprised if there wasn't one out there already. |