[Gllug] Timer Program

[Stephen Nelson-Smith]

Hi Tet,

> Perhaps not as slick a user interface, but this should work well enough:
>
> echo 'aplay /path/to/noise.wav && xmessage -display :0 "Time is up"' |
> at "now +25 minutes"

Yes - that's perfect.  I couldn't remember the command-line command.
Just checking the xmessage docs to see how to make it fill the screen.

S.
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