Is there an alternative to notify-osd that supports centered messages

Question

Using crontab I run a backup script at 9PM every evening, at 8:55 my computer reminds me to switch on my external with notify-osd.
The only problem is that I keep missing the alerts because they aren't centered. The developers of notify-osd seem to have lumped all notifications in the same boat - knowing what song is being played is just as important as a crucial backup!
Design choices aside, is there an alternative to notify-osd that supports centered messages? I'd use xmessage but, well, it's ugly as hell.
Alternatively is there a data bank of stock system sounds anywhere so that I can have a 'DING' played when the important messages come up?
Last edited by BaconPie (2010-08-29 22:04:42)

Answer 1

BaconPie wrote:
vae77 wrote:For notifications I can't miss (like battery status) I add an icon (of 100 px size) and set timeout to 6 seconds.
How do you get it to print at 100px - notify-send always crops my image.
I use notifyconf, which depends on notify-osd-customizable,  both are on aur.
But I've just remember one thing. Using python-notify with the set_timeout(pynotify.EXPIRES_NEVER) display the notification on center of screen with buttons 'ok' and 'cancel' (but the notification gets uglier). I don't know if is possible to have the same behavior with notify-send.
e.g:
#!/usr/bin/python
import pynotify
pynotify.init('test')
n = pynotify.Notification('title','body')
n.set_timeout(pynotify.EXPIRES_NEVER)
n.show()
Last edited by vae77 (2010-08-30 00:28:16)