https://github.com/msantos/erlang-notify-osd

Erlang NIF interface for sending desktop notifications
https://github.com/msantos/erlang-notify-osd

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Erlang NIF interface for sending desktop notifications

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/msantos/erlang-notify-osd
• Owner: msantos
• Created: 2010-07-28T21:55:28.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-27T12:34:40.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-28T18:14:45.057Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Erlang
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• Size: 410 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
An Erlang NIF interface to the libnotify library. libnotify is used to

send desktop notification bubbles. See:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD

# SCREENSHOTS

## Default Notification

![Default Notification](https://github.com/msantos/erlang-notify-osd/raw/master/doc/notify-default.png)

## Using a libnotify icon

To see the available icons:

    dpkg -L notify-osd-icons

Then:

    > notify:osd([{icon, "notification-gpm-phone-020"}]).

![Default Notification](https://github.com/msantos/erlang-notify-osd/raw/master/doc/notify-icon.png)

## RSS Feed

![Default Notification](https://github.com/msantos/erlang-notify-osd/raw/master/doc/notify-rss.png)

# HOW TO BUILD IT

    sudo apt-get install libnotify-dev

    rebar3 compile

# HOW TO USE IT

    osd(Options) -> ok | {error,enomem}

        Types   Options = [Opt]

                Opt = [{summary, iodata()}, {body, iodata()}, {icon, iodata()},

                        {category, iodata()}, {urgency, integer()},

                        {timeout, integer()}, Hints]

                Hints = [atom() | {atom(), Value}]

                Value = [iodata() | integer() | float() | Byte]

                Byte = {byte, byte()}

# EXAMPLES

    > notify:osd([]).

    > notify:osd([{summary, "hello"}, {body, "world"}]).

    

    > notify:osd([{icon, "notification-audio-volume-medium"},

            {hints, [{value, 75}, 'x-canonical-private-synchronous']},

            {summary, "Volume"},

            {body, ""}]).

    

    > rss:start().