otter-notifications

otter-notifications implements org.freedesktop.Notifications on D-Bus. Apps using notify-send or the standard notification API work without changes.

Usage

otter-notifications

Autostart at login: see Session setup.

Sending notifications

# Basic
notify-send "Hello" "World"

# Critical (persistent by default)
notify-send -u critical "Alert" "Something important"

# Low urgency
notify-send -u low "FYI" "Not urgent"

# With icon
notify-send -i firefox "Browser" "Download complete"

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/otter-shell/notifications.conf Fallback: /etc/otter-shell/notifications.conf

Field	Default	Description
`position`	`top_right`	Screen position (top/bottom × left/center/right)
`max_visible`	`5`	Max on screen (overflow queued)
`width`	`360`	Notification width in pixels
`default_timeout`	`10000`	Normal urgency timeout (ms)
`low_timeout`	`4000`	Low urgency timeout (ms)
`critical_timeout`	`0`	Critical timeout (0 = persistent)
`gap`	`8`	Vertical gap between notifications
`icon_size`	`48`	Icon size in pixels

Colors inherit from theme.conf when not set.

Interaction

Left click: Dismiss and activate the source application
Right click: Dismiss without activating

Config and theme hot-reload via inotify.

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