Re: desktop notifications (Re: idea for capture anywhere in x)

[Samuel Wales]

i called notify-send from the cli in emacs shell mode running bash,
with emacs maximized as most of my apps are.

in fluxbox terminology at least, maximized means takes up the whole
screen.  fullscreen would mean occupies the top.

no text result and no gui result from notify-send.

can dunst go away after a short period?

i launch dbus manually as fluxbox is not a dm
eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session)

for context, with org-capture firefox says captured briefly but that
is no guarantee back from emacs which is why we are seeking
confirmation; i used to think it meant that it was captured but when
broken it id not capture.

unfamiliar with notifications.el. if recommended i can look into it.
plauing a sound would irritate me.

On 10/26/22, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/10/2022 13:22, Samuel Wales wrote:
>> i have the daemon and the binary but notify-send "summary" "text"
>> seems to do nothing obvious.  called from shell mode.  my emacs is
>> maximized.  so is firefox.
>
> Does notify-send complain (with some delay) concerning timeout during
> attempt to connect to d-bus?
>
> I have found an Eric's message recommending dunst as a notification
> daemon for fluxbox.
>
> Firefox has a fallback implementation to display notifications in the
> case of d-bus failure, so it is not the best app to test their appearance.
>
> Fluxbox released versions (e.g. from Debian and Ubuntu packages) has a
> bug that may cause some applications, in particular Firefox, to be
> displayed above other windows. So it may hide a notification window.
> However if you have a terminal application in front of you, it should
> not be your case.
>
> I am unsure if functions from notifications.el are better than
> notify-send in respect to error reporting.
>
> Have you considered playing a tune as a notification?
>
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