Ubuntu 9.04 Notifications from the Command line
Sat, 05/30/2009 - 17:18 — Phrank
I've been using Bonjour chat for Home automation updates - When someone calls, a chat box will appear with the caller id info.
But Bonjour chat isn't working in Ubuntu 9.04 - It crashes Pidgin.
So why not use the slick new notification system?
UPDATE: No need for python - Thanks, Jim!
Just use:
$ notify-send -i "phone" "Incoming Call" "`printf "Jimmy Bean\n111-222-3333"`"Output of notify-send --help
Usage:
notify-send [OPTION...] <SUMMARY> [BODY] - create a notification
Help Options:
-?, --help Show help options
Application Options:
-u, --urgency=LEVEL Specifies the urgency level (low, normal, critical).
-t, --expire-time=TIME Specifies the timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the notification.
-i, --icon=ICON[,ICON...] Specifies an icon filename or stock icon to display.
-c, --category=TYPE[,TYPE...] Specifies the notification category.
-h, --hint=TYPE:NAME:VALUE Specifies basic extra data to pass. Valid types are int, double, string and byte.
-v, --version Version of the package.| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| notify.py.txt | 740 bytes |
Comments
As a standalone script, you
As a standalone script, you have re-invented the wheel 'notify-send' found in the libnotify-bin package.
However, as a code snippet to be included in a Python application, you have saved a potentially unsafe system call :-)
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