rnotify

This is a tiny script that forwards messages to a (local) notification daemon. Client side simply dumps all data to port 1337, server side listens (netcat) and passes received stuff to notify-send. Startup and server reloading is managed via systemd unit file.

Prerequisites

• netcat
• systemd (local machine)
• notify-send (local machine)

Installation

1. Clone the repo (all relevant machines):

   git clone git@github.com:ondras/rnotify.git
   

2. Symlink the rnotify.service to your per-user systemd configuration directory (only the local machine):

   cd rnotify
   mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
   ln -s `pwd`/rnotify.service ~/.config/systemd/user
   systemctl --user daemon-reload

Running

1. Start the listening service:

   systemctl --user start rnotify

2. Test it locally:

   ./rnotify-send "This is a test"

3. Create a forwarding tunnel to another machine:

   ssh -R 1337:0:1337 user@host

4. Test it remotely:

   user@host> ./rnotify-send "This is a remote test"

WeeChat integration

/script install notify_send.pl
/set plugins.var.perl.notify_send.command "/path/to/rnotify/rnotify-send $type $name $message"