Desktop Notification--using libnotify

Desktop Notifications is a system for consolidating an API, UI and mechanism to allow applications, applets, services, etc. to notify the user when something interesting happens.

1、Install pynotify module

    Get the package from ,named notify-python-0.1.1.tar.gz.Unpack the tarball with the command tar xvf and enter the directory,./configure,make and sudo make install.During the configure procedure,you may need install some other necessary packages like python-gtk2-dev、python2.6-dev.

2、Use the module
   

try:
        import pynotify
        if pynotify.init('Fist Test'):
            n = pynotify.Notification('Title','message')
            n.show()
        else:
            print 'Pynotify module not initialized'
    except:
        print 'Pynotify module not installed'

    You can also set the urgency level to one of three values using the following:

        n.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_LOW)
        n.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_NORMAL)
        n.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_CRITICAL)

    You can close the notification before it has timed out using the following:

        n.close()