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NAME
dunst - dmenu-ish universal notification system
SYNOPSIS
dunst [-geometry geom] [-fn font] [-nf color] [-nb color] [-lf color] [-lb color] [-cf color] [-cb color] [-to secs] [-nto secs] [-lto secs] [-cto secs] [-format fmt] [-key key] [-mod
modifier] [-mon n]
DESCRIPTION
dunst is a lightweight notification-daemon for the libnotify. Dnotify displays messages received via dbus or as commandline argument in a fashion similar to dmenu and additionally prints
them to stdout. Notifications can be closed via mouseclick.
OPTIONS
-h/--help
display help message.
-fn font
defines the font or font set used.
-nb color
defines the background color for normal messages. #RGB, #RRGGBB and X color names are supported.
-nf color
defines the foreground color for normal messages.
-lb color
defines the background color for low urgency messages.
-lf color
defines the forground color for low urgency messages.
-cb color
defines the background color for critical messages.
-cf color
defines the forground color for critical messages.
-to secs
timeout for messages with low and normal urgency. Messages with a timeout of 0 will not dissappear automaticly (defaults to 10)
-nto secs
timeout for messages with normal urgency (defaults to 10)
-lto secs
timeout for messages with low urgency (defaults to 10)
-cto secs
timeout for messages with critical urgency (defaults to 0)
-key key
close window by pressing key [a,b,space,Return etc.] (should be used in combination with -mod).
-mod modifier
defines the modifier for the key. Available modifiers are: ctrl,shift,mod1 (usually the alt-key),mod2,mod3,mod4 (usually windows key). This option can be used multiple times to
combine modifiers.
-format fmt
defines the format of the messages. See FORMAT.
-mon n show the notification on monitor n.
-geometry [[<width>]x<height>][+/-<X>+/-<y>]
The geometry of the message window. The height is measured in lines everything else in pixels. If the width is omitted but the height is given ("-geometry x2"), the message window
expands over the whole screen (dmenu-like). If width is 0, the window expands to the longest message displayed. A positive x is measured from the left, a negative from the right
side of the screen. Y is measured from the top and down respectevly. see also EXAMPLES show the notification on monitor n.
NOTIFY-SEND
dunst is able to get different colors for a message via notify-send. For that, you have to add a hint via the -h option.
notify-send -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444
notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#4444ff
notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#4444ff -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444
FORMAT
fmt is a string containing placeholders. The placeholders will be replaced with the corresponding text, or if the text is not present, nothing. Possible placeholders are:
%a appname
%s summary
%b body
%i iconname (including its path)
%I iconname (without its path)
EXAMPLES
dunst -geometry x2 Displays a maximum of two lines across the top of the screen.
dunst -geometry x3+0-0
Displays a maximum of three the lines across the bottom of the screen.
dunst -geometry 0x3-30+20
Displays a maximum of three lines 30 pixels away from the right border and 20 pixels away from the top with adaptive size.
dunst -geometry 100x3-30+20
Displays a maximum of three lines 30 pixels away from the right border and 20 pixels away from the top with a width of 100 pixels.
AUTHOR
written by Sascha Kruse <knopwob@googlemail.com>
COPYRIGHT
Parts of the code are taken from dmenu (especially draw.c and draw.h). Read LICENCE.dmenu and look at http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu.
Some snippets in dunst_dbus.c are taken from twmn. See http://github.com/sboli/twmn.
If you feel that copyrights are violated, please send me an e-mail to knopwob@googlemail.com.
SEE also
dwm(1), dmenu(1), twmn(1), notify-send(1)
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