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Documentation - Running

Version 2.6

gbiff is quite simple to use so it does not really need a full documentation.
I only give here some tips and informations about the graphical user interface (GUI).

WARNING !
If you experencied problems with window positionning when compiled without GNOME
support, try to play with WM_DECORATION_WIDTH and WM_DECORATION_HEIGHT
in gbiff.h. It seems there is a bug with some window manager and I cannot fix it properly with
the current version of GTK (1.2.x)

General

• Negative X coordinates refer to the right side of the screen
• Negative Y coordinates refer to the bottom side of the screen
• Password are not saved within a gnome session
• You can now specifying the port to connect to for pop3 and imap4 protocols by using

":port_number" at the end of the adress.
Example: "host:0110"

GNOME Version

• Left click on the applet to force instant mail check, hold button down to prevent popdown
• Click again to popdown popup window
• Keeping mouse pointer within popup window prevents popdown
• Right click on the applet to invoke menu

GTK Version

• Left click on the window to force instant mail check, hold button down to prevent popdown
• Click again to popdown popup window
• Keeping mouse pointer within popup window prevents popdown
• Right click on the window to invoke mailbox configuration

Command line option (overrides gnome session savings)
 

--protocol=[file,pop3,imap4,maildir,mh]	Protocol to use for checking mail
--address=LOCATION	Location of the mailbox (path or address)
--user=USERNAME	Username for login to a remote mailbox
--polltime=POLLTIME	Check mail every POLLTIME seconds
--poptime=POPTIME	Display popup windows for POPTIME
--pop_geom=GEOMETRY	Display popup at specified coordinate
--win_geom=GEOMETRY	Display window at specified coordinate
--title=NAME	Title of the mailbox
--nosound	No sound when new mail has arrived
--sndfile=SOUNDFILE	Soundfile to play when new mail has arrived
--mailpix=PIXMAP	Pixmap to use when new mail has arrived
--nomailpix=PIXMAP	Pixmap to use when no mail
--nopopup	No popup when new mail has arrived
--notitle	No title in popup window
--nodate	No date in popup window
--font=FONT	Font to used in popup window
--noconfigure	Skip the configure process (no mail configuration window)