Desktop::Notify - Communicate with the Desktop Notifications framework
Version 0.03
use Desktop::Notify; # Open a connection to the notification daemon my $notify = Desktop::Notify->new(); # Create a notification to display my $notification = $notify->create(summary => 'Desktop::Notify', body => 'Hello, world!', timeout => 5000); # Display the notification $notification->show(); # Close the notification later $notification->close();
This module provides a Perl interface to the Desktop Notifications framework.
The framework allows applications to display pop-up notifications on an X desktop. This is implemented with two components: a daemon that displays the notifications, and a client library used by applications to send notifications to the daemon. These components communicate through the DBus message bus protocol.
More information is available from http://trac.galago-project.org/wiki/DesktopNotifications
This module serves the same purpose as libnotify, in an object-oriented Perl interface. It is not, however, an interface to libnotify itself, but a separate implementation of the specification using Net::DBus.
libnotify
Connect to the notification daemon. %opts can include the following options:
The application name to use for notifications. Default is basename($0)
basename($0)
The Net::DBus mesage bus to use. Default is to call Net::DBus->session, which is usually where notification-daemon can be reached.
The DBus service name of the daemon. Default is org.freedesktop.Notifications.
The path to the notifications DBus object. Default is /org/freedesktop/Notifications.
The DBus interface to access the notifications object as. Default is org.freedesktop.Notifications.
Creates a new notification object that can be displayed later. This will return a Desktop::Notify::Notification object; see that module for information about using it.
Sets a user-specified function to be called whenever a notification is closed. It will be called with one argument, which is the Notification object that was just closed.
Stephen Cavilia, <sac at atomicradi.us>
<sac at atomicradi.us>
Net::DBus
http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/index.php
http://www.galago-project.org/downloads.php
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-desktop-notify at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Desktop-Notify. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
bug-desktop-notify at rt.cpan.org
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Desktop::Notify
You can also look for information at:
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/Desktop-Notify
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Desktop-Notify
RT: CPAN's request tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Desktop-Notify
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Desktop-Notify
Copyright 2007 Stephen Cavilia, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Desktop::Notify, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Desktop::Notify
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Desktop::Notify
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.