montefin wrote: > > Wellllllll..."pon" and "poff", and let's not overlook "plog" _are_ > elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time > disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little > on/off light thingie might be nice to check before doing an apt-get, a > perl -MCPAN or a wget. > > AAMOF, since "pon's" man page is also elegantly tiny and simple, I have > not found if or how it can be activated by an application yet. > > Anyone know? Then I could care less about a little light thingie. >
Well, Gnome-Dialup detects when a connection drops, and pops up a window asking what you want to do. I think you must read Gnome-Dialup's source code. Taupter
