dunst(1) Dunst Reference dunst(1)NAMEdunst - A customizable and lightweight notification-daemon
SYNOPSISdunst [-geometry geom] [-shrink shrink] [-fn font] [-nf/nb/lf/lb/cf/cb
color] [-to/nto/lto/cto secs] [-format fmt] [-key key] [-mod mod] [-mon
n] [-t/title title] [-c/class class] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
Dunst is a highly configurable and lightweight notification daemon.
OPTIONS
-h/--help
display help message.
-fn font
defines the font or font set used.
-lb/nb/cb color
defines the background color of low/normal/critical messages.
-lf/nf/cf color
defines the foreground color of low/normal/critical messages.
-to secs
defines the default timeout. Can be (partially) overridden by the
following options.
-lto/nto/cto secs
timeouts for low/normal/critical messages.
-key key
remove notification by pressing key.
-all_key key
remove all notifications by pressing key.
-history_key key
redisplay last notification by pressing key.
-format fmt
defines the format of the message. See FORMAT.
-mon n
show the notification on monitor n.
-follow mode
display notifications on focused monitor. Possible options are
"mouse" to follow the mouse cursor, "keyboard" to follow the window
with the keyboard focus and "none" to disable focus following.
"mouse" and "keyboard" overwrite the -mon option.
-s sort messages by urgency.
-ns don't sort messages by urgency.
-geometry [{width}]x{height}][+/-{x}+/-{y}]
The geometry of the message window. The height is measured in lines
everything else in pixels. If the width is omitted but the height
is given ("-geometry x2"), the message window expands over the
whole screen (dmenu-like). If width is 0, the window
expands to the longest message displayed. A positive x is
measured from the left, a negative from the right side of the
screen. Y is measured from the top and down respectevly. see also
EXAMPLES show the notification on monitor n.
-t/-title title
Define the title of notification windows spawned by dunst.
-t/-class class
Define the class of notification windows spawned by dunst.
-shrink
Shrink window if it's smaller than the width. Will be ignored if
width is 0.
-lh/-line_height height
The height of a single line in pixel. If the height is smaller than
the font height, it will get raised to the font height.
-print
Print notifications to stdout. This might be useful for logging,
setting up rules or using the output in other scripts.
-v/--version
print version information.
-config file
use alternative config file.
FORMAT
fmt is a string containing placeholders. The placeholders will be
replaced with the corresponding text, or if the text is not present,
nothing. Possible placeholders are:
%a appname
%s summary
%b body
%i iconname (including its path)
%I iconname (without its path)
%p progress value ([ 0%] to [100%])
COLORS
Every option that needs a color as argument accepts #RGB, #RRGGBB and X
color names.
NOTIFY-SEND
dunst is able to get different colors for a message via notify-send.
In order to do that you have to add a hint via the -h option. The
progress value can be set with a hint, too.
notify-send -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444
notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#4444ff -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444
notify-send -h int:value:42 "Working ..."
MISCELLANEOUS
Dunst can be paused by sending a notification with a summary of
"DUNST_COMMAND_PAUSE" and resumed with a summary of
"DUNST_COMMAND_RESUME". Alternatively you can send SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2
to pause and unpause respectivly. For Example:
killall -SIGUSR1dunst # pause
killall -SIGUSR2dunst # resume
When paused dunst will not display any notifications but keep all
notifications in a queue. This can for example be wrapped around a
screen locker (i3lock, slock) to prevent flickering of notifications
through the lock and to read all missed notifications after returning
to the computer.
CONFIGURATION
An example configuration file is included (usually
/usr/share/dunst/dunstrc). To change the configuration, copy this file
to ~/.config/dunst/dunstrc and edit it accordingly.
AUTHOR
written by Sascha Kruse <knopwob@googlemail.com>
COPYRIGHT
copyright 2013 Sascha Kruse and contributors (see LICENSE for licensing
information)
If you feel that copyrights are violated, please send me an email.
SEE ALSOdwm(1), dmenu(1), twmn(1), notify-send(1)
2014-07-29 dunst(1)
