I want to run a program as a reminder.
My program will periodically display certain messages , like reminders etc. etc.
I intend to run the program in a terminal window which i will minimize after running the program.
I 've made my program as a shell script. But what i want is that every time a reminder is fired the terminal window running my program must come in the foreground so that i can see the message.
I do not want to use bell sound as i often fail to hear it.

Can any plz tell me how can i bring the terminal window from a minimized state to the foreground of all my running windows.

I am using fc5.
Thank you.

You will either need to use Xlib code directly or use a scriptable utility that does it for you. In the latter case you might try wmctrl. E.g.,

not easy since it depends on your wm and the wm can override your xcommands.

It depends on your window manager following the EWMH “standard” (or at least the part of it pertaining to window switching). Most window managers follow this correctly. In fact, the above works for me in an xterm with XFCE4. E.g., if I do:
and minimize the xterm while it’s sleeping, it will restore itself after the appropriate time.