Is there a way of writing short text messages in the panel[s]?

[Chris G]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 02:57:50PM -0600, Sergey Manucharian wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:19:36 +0000
> Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 07:50:40PM +0000, Chris G wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 08:40:53PM +0100, Mike Massonnet wrote:
> > > > Le Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:13 +0000,
> > > > Chris G <cl at isbd.net> a écrit :
> > > > 
> > > > > Is there any way to display short text messages in the xfce
> > > > > panel?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Have a look at xfce4-genmon-plugin[1].
> > > > 
> > > > [1]
> > > > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin
> > > > 
> > > That's brilliant, thank you!  It even runs the 'text generator'
> > > periodically which makes my job even easier.
> > > 
> > However as always I want more!  :-)
> > 
> > Is there any way I can change the colour of the text, or use inverse
> > or similar.  I want to make the text stand out a bit when compared
> > with other stuff on the panel but I can't afford to make it very big. 
> > The only things I can change from the Properties of xfce4-genmon are
> > the font size and style.
> 
> Are you familiar with dzen?
> http://dzen.geekmode.org/dwiki/doku.php
> 
I think it must have moved elsewhere, the above URL doesn't exist and
even http://dzen.geekmode.org just returns "It works".  A Google
search took me to the same [non-]place.

> It's not xfce related, but very simple and flexible to use and to get
> OSD-like thinks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sergey
> 
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Chris Green