


PHONETOOL(1)                                         PHONETOOL(1)


NNAAMMEE
       pphhoonneettooooll  - a message-sending tool for phone calls inter-
       cepted on behalf of a co-worker

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       pphhoonneettooooll [ _a_n_y _O_p_e_n_L_o_o_k _w_i_n_d_o_w _o_p_t_i_o_n_s ]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       pphhoonneettooooll is an OpenLook style application that was origi-
       nally  created to run under Sun's OpenWindows environment.
       It is written in XView, and its code skeleton was  created
       using Sun's DevGuide product.

       pphhoonneettooooll is a simple message-sending tool.  It does noth-
       ing that regular email won't do, but  it  is  designed  to
       reduce  the typing involved when intercepting a call for a
       fellow worker who's  not  at  his/her  desk.   Users  keep
       pphhoonneettooooll  iconified  on  their desktop, and simply pop it
       open and fill in a name  and  a  phone  number  when  they
       intercept a call for a co-worker.


OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       Use any OpenLook window options with this tool.

UUSSAAGGEE
       The  pphhoonneettooooll application is about the same size as those
       little pink or yellow slips of paper your secertary leaves
       on  your desk with phone messages on it (about 4" x 5 1/4"
       here in the U.S... I'm not  sure  what  various  Europeans
       use...).  At the top of the pphhoonneettooooll pane is a "To:" text
       field with a "login id's" menu button to the right of  it.
       Users  can  type  in  any  valid email address in the text
       field that is  under  80  characters.   Invalid  addresses
       result  in  mail  being returned to the sender.  For effi-
       ciency, users can select a name from the "login id's" menu
       instead,  and  that  name  will  appear  in the "To:" text
       field.

       The "login id's" menu is compiled directly from the _._p_h_o_n_-
       _e_r_c  file.   Users must have a _._p_h_o_n_e_r_c file in their home
       directory.  The _._p_h_o_n_e_r_c file  contains  the  login  name,
       email  address, or email alias of co-workers for whom they
       might intercept phone calls.  The file  may  contain  com-
       ments  on lines beginning with a pound (#) sign.  Only one
       login name, email address, or email alias is  allowed  per
       line in the file.

       Below  the  "To:"  text  field are three more text fields,
       "Caller:", "Company:", and  "Phone:".   Users  fill  these
       text  fields  in  with the relevant information while they
       are taking the message on the phone.  Below  these  fields
       are six checkbox items with "canned" messages next to them
       that  users  may  select  from.   Or,  if  elaboration  is



                         25 January 1991                        1





PHONETOOL(1)                                         PHONETOOL(1)


       required,  below  the  checkboxes is an "Other:" scrolling
       text pane in which users can enter a longer message.

       At the bottom  is  a  "Send  Message"  button  that,  when
       pressed, mails the message off to the email address speci-
       fied at the top and then clears the form for the next mes-
       sage.   There is also a "Clear" button at the bottom which
       blanks out all the fields, checkboxes,  and  text  if  the
       user  decides  not  to  take  a message he/she has already
       started.

NNOOTTEESS
       pphhoonneettooooll should run under any X-based window manager.  It
       will not, however, run under a kernel-based windowing sys-
       tem, such as SunView.  Users must also have a  copy  of  a
       _._p_h_o_n_e_r_c file to build the "login id's" menu.  If the user
       doesn't wish to have anything in that menu,  the  _._p_h_o_n_e_r_c
       file  may still be present, only it must be empty.  Or the
       user may forgo having a _._p_h_o_n_e_r_c file at all.  The  _._p_h_o_n_-
       _e_r_c file must be in the home directory.  The _._p_h_o_n_e_r_c file
       contains the login name, email address, or email alias  of
       co-workers for whom they might intercept phone calls.  The
       file may contain comments on lines beginning with a  pound
       (#)  sign.   Only  one login name, email address, or email
       alias is allowed per line in the file.


BBUUGGSS
       pphhoonneettooooll may not run on machines other than Sun's without
       font problems.

       The  scrollbar  on  the  scrolling  text pane sometimes is
       drawn incorrectly, and the bottom anchor does not  appear.
       It is still usable.

CCOOMMPPLLAAIINNTTSS//FFIIXXEESS
       To indi, currently at uunet!ssi!young.




















                         25 January 1991                        2


