Contool will capture and display system console messages with timestamps.

It is a replacement for the standard X console.  Contool will flash its
icon and beep when messages are written to the icon, so you can keep it
closed on your desktop until a message arrives.  You can modify this
beeping and flashing behavior; see the man page for more details.

You can instruct contool to filter and ignore certain common console
messages or act upon them.

Submitted by:   Nick Sayer <nsayer@@quack.kfu.com> (w/changes by me)
Closes PR:      ports/2152

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+Contool will capture and display system console messages with timestamps.
+
+It is a replacement for the standard X console.  Contool will flash its
+icon and beep when messages are written to the icon, so you can keep it
+closed on your desktop until a message arrives.  You can modify this
+beeping and flashing behavior; see the man page for more details.
+
+You can instruct contool to filter and ignore certain common console
+messages, or act upon them.  The man page explains how to create a file of
+filters in ~/.contool; the included sample.filter is how my filters are set
+up.  You can modify this to suit yourself, and copy it to ~/.contool.
+
+(port maintained by nsayer@quack.kfu.com)