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.\"     glbiff -- A Mesa/OpenGL-based `xbiff' substitute
.\"     Copyright (C) 2000  Maciej Kalisiak
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.TH "glbiff" 1 "$Date: 2000/01/13 21:06:53 $" Linux "User Manuals"
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.SH NAME
glbiff \- an OpenGL-based xbiff replacement
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B glbiff
.RI [ options ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
`glbiff' is a mail monitoring and notification program similar to xbiff,
except that it provides a somewhat nicer output.  It requires Mesa
(OpenGL-based API graphics library) to render the 3D mailbox. The idea comes
from the "mailbox" program available on SGI machines, and hence tries to mimic
some of the features present in it.

Note that this is an alpha version, and hence there are still "some"(tm)
outstanding bugs.

Some interraction is possible with `glbiff'.  If the use right-clicks on the
window, the mailbox opens to show its contents.  A left-click on the window
also opens the mailbox, and brings up a mail reading program.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP 
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print a help message describing the command's syntax.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Prints the version number of the program.
.TP
.B \-n <program>, \-\-newmail <program>
Specifies an external program or shell script to be called when new mail
arrives.  Most often used to acoustically inform the user of the arrival.
.TP
.B \-m <program>, \-\-mailprog <program>
Specifies the program to be invoked to read mail (executed when the user
left\-clicks on the glbiff window).
.TP
.B \-f <conf_file>, \-\-cfgfile <conf_file>
Read the configuration from the specified
.I conf_file
instead of the default location (see FILES).
.TP
.B \-g <str>, \-geom <str>, \-geometry <str>, \-\-geometry <str>
This is the standard X11 command line switch, denoting the desired size and
location of the client window.
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.SH FILES
.I ~/.glbiffrc
.RS
The user's configuration file. See
.BR glbiffrc (5)
for further details.
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.\" .SH ENVIRONMENT
.\" .SH DIAGNOSTICS
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.SH BUGS/TODO
Please look at the TODO file that comes with the glbiff source.
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.SH AUTHOR
Maciej Kalisiak <mac@dgp.toronto.edu>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR glbiffrc (5),
.BR biff (1),
.BR xbiff (1)