sound meets bytes

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:54:57 +0100

I have a new toy: notify-send.

I need to pratice guitar playing more often.

so let's try to combine these points:

install needed software: notification-daemon, libnotify-bin (contains notify-send).

find an image.

set up a cronjob.

cronjob (wrapped over several lines for better legibility):

0 17 * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send \
	-t 0 \
	-u critical \
	-h "int:x:1680" -h "int:y:0" \
	-i /home/gregoa/data/sound/trio\ infernal/triologo_square_border_transparent.png \
	"Trio Infernal says:" \
	"Heute schon Gitarre gespielt?"

(for details check man 1 notify-send) result (at the top right corner of my screen):

& yes, this is not my only use case for notify-send :)