Create instant desktop notification linux

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I'm writing a program which notify user about something repeatedly with new message each time using notify-send, but the problem is I want notifications to stay there for 5 seconds but it should be removed or deleted whenever new notification is created from notify-send.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '14 at 09:01

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notify-send does take a -t argument for time:

-t, --expire-time=TIME
Specifies the timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the notification.

But you're at the mercy of whatever handles the notifications as to whether or not that's implemented.

I tried it on KDE with notify-send -t 5000 test and the notification was on the screen for only three seconds. This may work in Ubuntu proper with notify-osd but it may not. If you want to be certain, you'll have to implement your own notification system.

answered Dec 18 '14 at 09:01

Oli

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I think this is still the case in Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/110969/notify-send-ignores-timeout I tried to set it without succes. – Jacob Vlijm Dec 18 '14 at 09:14
Thanks @JacobVlijm! That makes sense. I notice that the bug report for this against notify-osd got a wontfix. It seems like a design decision to stop things hogging the screen excessively. – Oli Dec 18 '14 at 09:17
Seems to work on XFCE, notify-send -t 10000 stays up for about 10 seconds, plus the "minimum" time of about 1.5 seconds. -t 5 still stays for 1.5 seconds too. – Xen2050 Dec 18 '14 at 15:17

Create instant desktop notification linux

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