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Re: Messagebox on current desktop

From Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Messagebox on current desktop
Date 2015-01-07 09:11 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 01/07/2015 07:14 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/06/2015 05:38 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> You can get a Messagebox with:
>>          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
>>                                        "Message",
>>                                        "Title",
>>                                        JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
>>                                        null);
>>
>> The problem is that I work with Linux and have several desktops. The
>> messagebox is displayed on the desktop where the program is running.
>> Is there a method to get the messagebox on the current desktop?
>>
>> For example the program is running on desktop 3. I am working on
>> desktop 1. Instead of the messagebox displayed on desktop 3 (where I
>> will not see it), I want it displayed on desktop 1.
>>
> Another problem might be the diversity of Linux distros and
> window managers. I'm using Gnome on Debian so I did a search
> on gnome+notifications and the first hit was:
> <https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/Notifications>.
>  From there you may be able to wrangle a Java solution for your
> particular setup. A general solution might be harder.
>
LOL
At my terminal I type:
jeff@debian:~$ xmessage "Test message from Steve."
and a small dialog appears with the message
"Test message from Steve." along with an OK button!
Should be usable from within a Java program?

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Messagebox on current desktop Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-06 23:38 +0100
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-06 18:13 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2015-01-06 16:04 -0800
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:14 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:19 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:39 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 08:44 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 10:17 -0500
        Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 10:37 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:11 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:41 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:46 -0500
        Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:49 -0500
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-10 23:04 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-11 18:17 +0100

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