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	<!ENTITY firstname "Pierre">
	<!ENTITY surname   "Pronchery">
	<!ENTITY username  "khorben">
	<!ENTITY email     "khorben@defora.org">
	<!ENTITY section   "1">
	<!ENTITY title     "Panel User Manual">
	<!ENTITY package   "DeforaOS Panel">
	<!ENTITY name      "panel-message">
	<!ENTITY purpose   "Notifier for the panel">
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	<refentryinfo>
		<title>&title;</title>
		<date>@DATE@</date>
		<productname>&package;</productname>
		<authorgroup>
			<author>
				<firstname>&firstname;</firstname>
				<surname>&surname;</surname>
				<contrib>Code and documentation.</contrib>
				<address>
					<email>&email;</email>
				</address>
			</author>
		</authorgroup>
		<copyright>
			<year>2012</year>
			<year>2013</year>
			<year>2014</year>
			<year>2015</year>
			<year>2016</year>
			<year>2017</year>
			<holder>&firstname; &surname; &lt;&email;&gt;</holder>
		</copyright>
		<legalnotice>
			<para>This manual page was written for the DeforaOS project (and may be
				used by others).</para>
			<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
				document under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
				Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.</para>
		</legalnotice>
	</refentryinfo>
	<refmeta>
		<refentrytitle>&name;</refentrytitle>
		<manvolnum>&section;</manvolnum>
	</refmeta>
	<refnamediv>
		<refname>&name;</refname>
		<refpurpose>&purpose;</refpurpose>
	</refnamediv>
	<refsynopsisdiv>
		<cmdsynopsis>
			<command>&name;</command>
			<group choice="opt">
				<arg choice="plain"><option>-E</option></arg>
				<arg choice="plain"><option>-I</option></arg>
				<arg choice="plain"><option>-Q</option></arg>
				<arg choice="plain"><option>-W</option></arg>
			</group>
			<arg choice="opt"><option>-T</option>
				<replaceable>title</replaceable></arg>
			<arg choice="opt"><option>-t</option>
				<replaceable>timeout</replaceable></arg>
		</cmdsynopsis>
	</refsynopsisdiv>
	<refsect1 id="description">
		<title>Description</title>
		<para><command>&name;</command> is a desktop notification program for the
			desktop. It can popup a window, centered on the screen, containing different
			applets of the panel. It can be set to disappear automatically after a
			specific amount of time. It is particularly useful when implementing hotkeys
			(system status...).</para>
	</refsect1>
	<refsect1 id="options">
		<title>Options</title>
		<para><command>&name;</command> expects a text message to be specified as an
					argument on the command line.</para>
		<para>The following options are available:</para>
		<variablelist>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><option>-E</option></term>
				<listitem>
					<para>Display an error message.</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><option>-I</option></term>
				<listitem>
					<para>Display an information message.</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><option>-Q</option></term>
				<listitem>
					<para>Display a question message.</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><option>-W</option></term>
				<listitem>
					<para>Display a warning message.</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><option>-T</option></term>
				<listitem>
					<para>The title to display with the message (default: according to the
						message type).</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><option>-t</option></term>
				<listitem>
					<para>Time to wait before disappearing (in seconds; 0 means
						unlimited).</para>
				</listitem>
			</varlistentry>
		</variablelist>
	</refsect1>
	<refsect1 id="bugs">
		<title>Bugs</title>
		<para>Issues can be listed and reported at <ulink
				url="https://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/3262/Panel"/>.</para>
	</refsect1>
	<refsect1 id="see_also">
		<title>See also</title>
		<para>
			<citerefentry>
				<refentrytitle>panel</refentrytitle>
				<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
			</citerefentry>,
			<citerefentry>
				<refentrytitle>panelctl</refentrytitle>
				<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
			</citerefentry>,
			<citerefentry>
				<refentrytitle>panel-embed</refentrytitle>
				<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
			</citerefentry>,
			<citerefentry>
				<refentrytitle>panel-notify</refentrytitle>
				<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
			</citerefentry>
		</para>
	</refsect1>
</refentry>
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