Add a font size option
Add a pid file option
Trigger custom actions when input is received
Small program that renders text from stdin to an X11 window
Draw current time in the lower left-hand corner:
# while sleep 1; do date -Is; done | xpanel -a SW
usage: xpanel [OPTION]...
options:
-0 use a null character to separate messages (default is newline)
-a DIR anchor window to border at DIR (N S W E NW SW NE SE)
-t NAME set window title to NAME
-f FONT use FONT
-H don't close the window when stdin closes
-A ACTION run ACTION (like system(3) does) when enter, space or mouse buttons are pressed ($0 is bound to the relevant button)
-h print this message