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author Guido Berhoerster <guido+xwrited@berhoerster.name>
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2 =======
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4 The xwrited utility displays write(1) and wall(1) messages as desktop
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5 notifications. A notification daemon compliant to the freedesktop.org Desktop
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6 Notification Specification draft needs to be running in order to display the
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7 notifications.
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9 Build Instructions
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12 xwrited requires a POSIX:2004 compatible operating system, it has been tested
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13 to work on Linux distributions, FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD, NetBSD, and Solaris and
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14 Illumos-derived distributions. The following tools and shared libraries are
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15 required to build xwrited:
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17 - GNU make version 3.81 or later
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18 - GNU or BSD install
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19 - GNU gettext 0.19 or later
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20 - GLib version 2.48 or later
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21 - libutempter on Linux
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22 - the xsltproc tool from libxml2
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24 Before building xwrited check the commented macros in the Makefile for any
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25 macros you may need to override depending on the used toolchain and operating
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26 system.
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28 By default, all files will be installed under the "/usr/local" directory, a
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29 different installation path prefix can be set via the `prefix` macro. In
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30 addition, a second path prefix can be specified via the `DESTDIR` macro which
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31 will be prepended to any path, incuding the `prefix` macro path prefix. In
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32 contrast to `prefix`, the path specified via the `DESTDIR` macro will only be
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33 prepended to paths during installation and not be used for constructing
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34 internal paths.
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36 The following instructions assume that `make` is GNU make, on some platforms
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37 it may be installed under a different name or a non-default path. In order to
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38 start the build process run `make all`. After a successful build, run `make
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39 install` to install the program, any associated data files and the
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40 documentation.
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42 Previously built binaries, object files, generated data files and
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43 documentation can be removed by running `make clean`, any additional,
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44 generated files which are not removed by the `clean` target can be removed by
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45 running `make clobber`.
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47 Contact
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48 -------
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50 Please send any feedback, translations or bug reports via email to
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51 <guido+xwrited@berhoerster.name>.
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53 Bug Reports
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54 -----------
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56 When sending bug reports, please always mention the exact version of xwrited
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57 with which the issue occurs as well as the version of the operating system you
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58 are using and make sure that you provide sufficient information to reproduce
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59 the issue and include any input, output, any error messages.
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61 In case of build issues, please also specify the implementations and versions
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62 of the tools and shared libraries used to build the program, in particular the
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63 compiler.
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65 In case of crashes, please generate a stack trace with a suitable debugger
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66 such as gdb, lldb, dbx, or debug after a crash has occurred either by
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67 examining the resulting core file or by running the program from the debugger
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68 and attach it to the bug report. In order to generate a meaningful stack
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69 trace the program as well as any dynamically linked libraries need to be built
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70 with debugging information, see the documentation of the used compiler for the
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71 required compiler flags. If any of the dynamically linked shared libraries do
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72 not contain debugging information, please either install debugging information
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73 for these libraries using mechanisms provided by your operating system or
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74 rebuild the libraries accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of the
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75 debugger for detailed instructions on generating backtraces.
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77 License
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78 -------
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80 Except otherwise noted, all files are Copyright (C) 2018 Guido Berhoerster and
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81 distributed under the following license terms:
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83 Copyright (C) 2018 Guido Berhoerster <guido+xwrited@berhoerster.name>
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85 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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86 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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87 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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88 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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89 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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90 permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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91 the following conditions:
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93 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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94 in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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96 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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97 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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98 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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99 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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100 CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
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101 TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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102 SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.