Module: Libnotify

n = Libnotify.new do |notify|
  notify.summary    = "hello"
  notify.body       = "world"
  notify.timeout    = 1.5         # 1.5 (s), 1000 (ms), "2", nil, false
  notify.urgency    = :critical   # :low, :normal, :critical
  notify.append     = false       # default true - append onto existing notification
  notify.transient  = true        # default false - keep the notifications around after display
  notify.icon_path  = "/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/emblems/emblem-default.svg"
end
n.show!

Libnotify.show(:body => "hello", :summary => "world", :timeout => 2.5)

n = Libnotify.new(:summary => "hello", :body => "world")
n.update # identical to show! if not shown before
Kernel.sleep 1
n.update(:body => "my love") do |notify|
  notify.summary = "goodbye"
end
Kernel.sleep 1
n.close

Libnotify.new(options) do |n|
  n.timeout = 1.5     # overrides :timeout in options
  n.show!
end

Parameters:

• options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

  options creating a notification

Options Hash (options):

• :summary (String) — default: ' ' —

  summary/title of the notification

• :body (String) — default: ' ' —

  the body

• :timeout (Fixnum, Float, nil, FalseClass, String) — default: nil —

  display duration of the notification. Use false or nil for no timeout.

• :urgency (Symbol) — default: :normal —

  the urgency of the notification. Possible values are: :low, :normal and :critical

• :icon_path (String) —

  path the an icon displayed.

Yields:

• (notify) —

  passes the notification object

Yield Parameters:

• notify (API) —

  the notification object

Returns:

• (API) —

  the notification object