Re: [STUMP] notifications

[Eric Abrahamsen]

On Sat, Mar 03 2012, Max Mikhanosha wrote:

> I had to un-install xfce4-notify, and install notify-osd package instead,
> notification appear correctly even on the tile groups. its a drop-in
> replacement and works the same, ie it hooks up into DBUS and becomes
> system notification facility, and notify-send command line tool
> continues to work.

Much better, thanks very much for the suggestion! I ended up installing
notify-osd-customizable, fixes all the problems I was having, and
promises to be… customizable.

Thanks a lot!

Eric

>
> At Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:21:33 +0800,
> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> 
>> I've started using XFCE as my DE, as it was easier than rolling my own
>> panels etc. Everything's working well but the notifications. I do want
>> the notifications, as they can be handy, but currently they pop up in
>> the middle of the screen and steal focus. The problem is I don't know
>> how to target them for the purposes of *deny-raise-request* or
>> *deny-map-request* (I'm also not sure that's the proper method of
>> handling the problem).
>> 
>> Ideally I'd like to make the notifications appear in the top right
>> corner, and to be shown on top of the current window without stealing
>> focus. Is that possible? This is what `xwininfo' shows me for the
>> notifications:
>> 
>> xwininfo: Window id: 0xe00023 "xfce4-notifyd"
>> 
>>   Absolute upper-left X:  1927
>>   Absolute upper-left Y:  465
>>   Relative upper-left X:  0
>>   Relative upper-left Y:  0
>>   Width: 306
>>   Height: 70
>>   Depth: 24
>>   Visual: 0x21
>>   Visual Class: TrueColor
>>   Border width: 0
>>   Class: InputOutput
>>   Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
>>   Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
>>   Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
>>   Backing Store State: NotUseful
>>   Save Under State: no
>>   Map State: IsViewable
>>   Override Redirect State: no
>>   Corners:  +1927+465  -487+465  -487-365  +1927-365
>>   -geometry 306x70+1926+464
>> 
>> Slightly unrelatd 
>> 
>> 
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