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# bgnotify zsh plugin
-cross-platform background notifications for long running commands! Supports OSX and Ubuntu linux.
+cross-platform background notifications for long running commands! Supports OSX and Linux.
Standalone homepage: [t413/zsh-background-notify](https://github.com/t413/zsh-background-notify)
-----------------------------------
+---
-## How to use!
+## How to use
Just add bgnotify to your plugins list in your `.zshrc`
- On OS X you'll need [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier)
* `brew install terminal-notifier` (or `gem install terminal-notifier`)
-- On ubuntu you're already all set!
-- On windows you can use [notifu](https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/) or the Cygwin Ports libnotify package
+- On Linux, make sure you have `notify-send` or `kdialog` installed. If you're using Ubuntu you should already be all set!
+- On Windows you can use [notifu](https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/) or the Cygwin Ports libnotify package
## Screenshots
@@ -35,20 +35,29 @@ Just add bgnotify to your plugins list in your `.zshrc`
One can configure a few things:
+- `bgnotify_bell` enabled or disables the terminal bell (default true)
- `bgnotify_threshold` sets the notification threshold time (default 6 seconds)
-- `function bgnotify_formatted` lets you change the notification
+- `function bgnotify_formatted` lets you change the notification. You can for instance customize the message and pass in an icon.
Use these by adding a function definition before the your call to source. Example:
-~~~ sh
+```sh
+bgnotify_bell=false ## disable terminal bell
bgnotify_threshold=4 ## set your own notification threshold
function bgnotify_formatted {
## $1=exit_status, $2=command, $3=elapsed_time
- [ $1 -eq 0 ] && title="Holy Smokes Batman!" || title="Holy Graf Zeppelin!"
- bgnotify "$title -- after $3 s" "$2";
+
+ # Humanly readable elapsed time
+ local elapsed="$(( $3 % 60 ))s"
+ (( $3 < 60 )) || elapsed="$((( $3 % 3600) / 60 ))m $elapsed"
+ (( $3 < 3600 )) || elapsed="$(( $3 / 3600 ))h $elapsed"
+
+ [ $1 -eq 0 ] && title="Holy Smokes Batman" || title="Holy Graf Zeppelin"
+ [ $1 -eq 0 ] && icon="$HOME/icons/success.png" || icon="$HOME/icons/fail.png"
+ bgnotify "$title - took ${elapsed}" "$2" "$icon"
}
plugins=(git bgnotify) ## add to plugins list
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh ## existing source call
-~~~
+```