# The jalert Notification Panel

## Introduction

The `jalert` application is just a wrapper around the `j:alert` procedure in the jalert.tcl library. It's intended to make the functionality of `j:alert` conveniently available from shell scripts.

This help file describes `jalert` version 4.0/4.0.

Copyright and contact information is available in the jstools documentation.

## Invocation and Usage

`jalert` [`-title` title]`` [`-text` text]

Invoking `jalert` causes a panel to appear with the title title, displaying text, with an OK button. When the user clicks OK, `jalert` exits.

Both title and text are localisable.

For more details, see the documentation for `j:alert` in the jalert.tcl library.

## Future Directions

* It might be nice to be able to force the window to be centred regardless of the user's preferences (or lack of them).

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