NAME

UI::Dialog::Backend::NotifySend - backend for notify-send(1).

SYNOPSIS

  use UI::Dialog::Backend::NotifySend;
  my $ns = new UI::Dialog::Backend::NotifySend ();
  $ns->notify_send( subject => "Subject of notification." );

ABSTRACT

UI::Dialog::Backend::NotifySend is an OOPerl wrapper for the notify-send(1) program.

DESCRIPTION

Use this module to notify end-users via the notification daemon (Desktop Notifications). Requires the notify-send(1) progam to be installed (the libnotify-bin package in Debian).

EXPORT

None

INHERITS

UI::Dialog::Backend

CONSTRUCTOR

new( @options )

EXAMPLE

 my $ns = new UI::Dialog::Backend::NotifySend ( );

DESCRIPTION

This is the Class Constructor method. It accepts a list of key => value pairs and uses them as the defaults when interacting with the various widgets. All methods accept the same arguments as new() except that the arguments passed to the methods are temporarily used instead of making them the default as the new() method does.

RETURNS

A blessed object reference of the UI::Dialog::Backend::NotifySend class.

OPTIONS

The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option. An * denotes support by all the widget methods on a per-use policy defaulting to the values decided during object creation.

expire-time = \d+ (0) *

urgency = (low|normal|critical) ('normal') *

app-name = \w+ (none) *

icon = ICON[,ICON...] (none) *

category = TYPE[,TYPE...] (none) *

hint = TYPE:NAME:VALUE (none) *

METHODS

notify_send( )

EXAMPLE

 $ns->notify_send( subject => "Notification subject",
                   body => "Some text to display" );

DESCRIPTION

Display a notification to the end user.

RETURNS

Nothing.

SEE ALSO

PERLDOC

 UI::Dialog
 UI::Dialog::Backend

MAN FILES

osd_cat(1)

BUGS

Please email the author with any bug reports. Include the name of the module in the subject line.

AUTHOR

Kevin C. Krinke, <kevin@krinke.ca>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

 Copyright (C) 2004-2016  Kevin C. Krinke <kevin@krinke.ca>

 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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