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⏰ ZSH plugin that automatically sends out a notification when a long running task has completed.
https://github.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify

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⏰ ZSH plugin that automatically sends out a notification when a long running task has completed.

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ZSH Auto-Notify

===============



|CircleCI| |Version| |GPLv3|



Simple zsh plugin that automatically sends out a notification when a long running task

has completed.



Useful for those commands you don't predict will take long to run or just plain forgot

to keep track of. Leave the task running and go do something else - ``auto-notify`` will

let you know when the task is done! :tada:



* Usage_

* Requirements_

* Installation_

* Configuration_

* `Temporarily Disabling Notifications`_

* Contributing_

* `Running Tests`_



Usage

-----



You don't need to do anything. Once it's installed,

``zsh-auto-notify`` will let you know if a long running task has completed its work via a

notification in your desktop environment.



.. image:: img/notification-example.png



Requirements

------------



``auto-notify`` officially supports zsh versions 5.1 onwards.



It is possible the plugin might work on even older versions.

However they would not have been tested as part of the CI test process.



Supported desktop environments:



* Linux X/Wayland (Requires ``notify-send`` to be installed)

* MacOSX



Installation

------------



Add one of the following to your ``.zshrc`` file depending on your

package manager:



ZPlug_



::



    zplug "MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify"



Antigen_



::



    antigen bundle "MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify"



Zgen_



::



    zgen load "MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify"



Fig_



Install ``zsh-auto-notify`` with Fig in just one click.



.. image:: https://fig.io/badges/install-with-fig.svg

  :target: https://fig.io/plugins/other/zsh-auto-notify_MichaelAquilina

  :alt: Install with Fig



oh-my-zsh_



Copy this repository to ``$ZSH_CUSTOM/custom/plugins``, where ``$ZSH_CUSTOM``

is the directory with custom plugins of oh-my-zsh `(read more) `_:

::



    git clone https://github.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/auto-notify



Then add this line to your ``.zshrc``. Make sure it is **before** the line ``source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh``.



::



    plugins=(auto-notify $plugins)



Configuration

-------------



**Notification Threshold**



By default, ``auto-notify`` will send notifications for tasks that take longer than 10 seconds. You

can configure this value by setting the environment variable ``AUTO_NOTIFY_THRESHOLD``:



::



    # Set threshold to 20seconds

    export AUTO_NOTIFY_THRESHOLD=20



**Notification Formatting**



You can change the formatting of notifications by setting the values for ``AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE`` and

``AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY``. When writing these values, the following variables will be replaced according to

the data that ``auto-notify`` has detected:



* ``%command`` - the command that the user executed

* ``%elapsed`` - number of seconds that elapsed

* ``%exit_code`` - the exit code of the command that was executed



An example of how these values can be set is shown below:



::



    export AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE="Hey! %command has just finished"

    export AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY="It completed in %elapsed seconds with exit code %exit_code"



**Notification Expiration Time**



You can set how long a notification sent by ``auto-notify`` will remain showing by setting the environment

variable ``AUTO_NOTIFY_EXPIRE_TIME`` to a custom value in milliseconds. The default value is set to 8 seconds.

NOTE: This configuration option currently only works for Linux.



::



    # Set notification expiry to 10 seconds

    export AUTO_NOTIFY_EXPIRE_TIME=10000



**Ignored Commands**



A number of commands do not get notifications for long running times due to their nature (e.g. ``watch`` or ``man``).

The list of ignored commands is specified in the ``AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE`` environment variable. This can be modified

or completely overwritten based on your use case.



::



    # Add docker to list of ignored commands

    AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE+=("docker")



Make sure that you append to the array above *after* your plugin manager has been loaded in your ``zshrc``.



If you wish to completely redefine what is ignored and not ignored, then just set ``AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE`` to

a new array.



::



    # redefine what is ignored by auto-notify

    export AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE=("docker" "man" "sleep")



**Using a Whitelist to ignore commands**



If you wish to use a whitelist approach instead of the default blacklist approach used by ``AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE``,

you can do so by defining the environment variable ``AUTO_NOTIFY_WHITELIST`` with the elements you wish to

allow ``auto-notify`` to track and send notifications for. NOTE: If ``AUTO_NOTIFY_WHITELIST`` is defined,

then all the values in ``AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE`` are not used.



::



    export AUTO_NOTIFY_WHITELIST=("apt-get" "docker")



Temporarily Disabling Notifications

-----------------------------------



You can temporarily disable auto notify by running the command ``disable_auto_notify``.



When you want to re-enable notifications, run the command ``enable_auto_notify``.



Contributing

------------



Pull requests and Feedback are welcome! :tada:



I have tried to cater for as many use cases that I can think of.

However, they are naturally tailored to to my own workflow and I could

be missing many others.



Because of this if there is a specific use case that does not work as

you would expect or if you have any suggestions to how the plugin should

behave, feel free to `open an

issue `__



Running Tests

-------------



Install `zunit `__. Run ``zunit`` in the root

directory of the repo.



::



    $ zunit

    Launching ZUnit

    ZUnit: 0.8.2

    ZSH:   zsh 5.3.1 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu)



    ✔ version exported

    ✔ hook functions are loaded by default

    ✔ enable/disable auto-notify

    ✔ auto-notify-send does not send notification for short task

    ✔ auto-notify-send does not send notification for ignored commands



NOTE: It is required that you use a minimum zunit version of 0.8.2



.. _Zplug: https://github.com/zplug/zplug



.. _Antigen: https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen



.. _ZGen: https://github.com/tarjoilija/zgen



.. _Fig: https://fig.io



.. _oh-my-zsh: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh



.. |GPLv3| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-blue.svg

   :target: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0



.. |CircleCI| image:: https://circleci.com/gh/MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify.svg?style=svg

   :target: https://circleci.com/gh/MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify



.. |Version| image:: https://badge.fury.io/gh/MichaelAquilina%2Fzsh-auto-notify.svg

   :target: https://badge.fury.io/gh/MichaelAquilina%2Fzsh-auto-notify