Hi
I'm new to Cocoa and I'm trying to figure out how to create a simple
popup which can be displayed from a command line tool or a background
process. Ideally it would be something like NSAlert plus a text input
field. I've been reading Apple's docs on windows, documents and the
various
A command line tool or a true background daemon can't really pull it
off- the process wouldn't have a connection to the window server to
actually do any of that. The best bet, I think, would be to have a
small helper application that could be launched to display the
appropriate alert; the helper
On 18 Apr '08, at 1:21 PM, David Wilson wrote:
A command line tool or a true background daemon can't really pull it
off- the process wouldn't have a connection to the window server to
actually do any of that.
A command-line tool, invoked from a logged-in user account, can use a
GUI if it's
I think the CFUserNotification API is exactly what I'm looking for,
although I'm not pleased with daemons requiring user interaction in
the first place. An earlier reply suggested Growl which I'm thinking
is better suited for what I'm doing. Combined with a simple
preference pane for
