Any KDE GUI-based equivalent of the Unix "write" command?

[Kevin Krammer]

On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Alessandro Bottoni wrote:
> I'm looking for a tool that can be used like the venerable Unix "write"
> command in the KDE environment. In other words, I need a way to send a
> (text) message to another user of the same (Linux/BSD) machine and
> pop-up a QT/KDE message box in his/her KDE Desktop.
>
> This need is the consequence of the use of tools like timeoutd, pyttymon
> and autolog. As you probably know, these toosl are used to limit the
> time a user can stay connected to a Unix (and X11) session.
> Unfortunately, the warning messages sent by these tools are addressed to
> the user's TTY console and are not visibile in the KDE (or Gnome) desktop.
>
> I know of KNotify but I wonder if there is another, maybe simpler way to
> perform such a task.
>
> I understand I could use Kopete o Pidgin to send/receive such messages
> but I would like to use a system that does not require any kind of user
> registration (put aside the existing Unix account).
>
> Any suggestion?

If I understand you correctly you mainly need the receiver part of this, 
right?

I think there is a KDE service somewhere under KDE Components in KDE's control 
center, which can listen for write messages and display them.

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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