diff --git a/sources/tech/20180831 Get desktop notifications from Emacs shell commands .md b/sources/tech/20180831 Get desktop notifications from Emacs shell commands .md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d04e6d0a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20180831 Get desktop notifications from Emacs shell commands .md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: (lujun9972) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (Get desktop notifications from Emacs shell commands ·) +[#]: via: (https://blog.hoetzel.info/post/eshell-notifications/) +[#]: author: (Jürgen Hötzel https://blog.hoetzel.info) + +Get desktop notifications from Emacs shell commands · +====== +When interacting with the operating systems I always use [Eshell][1] because it integrates seamlessly with Emacs, supports (remote) [TRAMP][2] file names and also works nice on Windows. + +After starting shell commands (like long running build jobs) I often lose track the task when switching buffers. + +Thanks to Emacs [hooks][3] mechanism you can customize Emacs to call a elisp function when an external command finishes. + +I use [John Wiegleys][4] excellent [alert][5] package to send desktop notifications: + +``` +(require 'alert) + +(defun eshell-command-alert (process status) + "Send `alert' with severity based on STATUS when PROCESS finished." + (let* ((cmd (process-command process)) + (buffer (process-buffer process)) + (msg (format "%s: %s" (mapconcat 'identity cmd " ") status))) + (if (string-prefix-p "finished" status) + (alert msg :buffer buffer :severity 'normal) + (alert msg :buffer buffer :severity 'urgent)))) + +(add-hook 'eshell-kill-hook #'eshell-command-alert) +``` + +[alert][5] rules can be setup programmatically. In my case I only want to get notified if the corresponding buffer is not visible: + +``` +(alert-add-rule :status '(buried) ;only send alert when buffer not visible + :mode 'eshell-mode + :style 'notifications) +``` + +This even works on [TRAMP][2] buffers. Below is a screenshot showing a Gnome desktop notification of a failed `make` command. + +![../../img/eshell.png][6] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://blog.hoetzel.info/post/eshell-notifications/ + +作者:[Jürgen Hötzel][a] +选题:[lujun9972][b] +译者:[lujun9972](https://github.com/lujun9972) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://blog.hoetzel.info +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/eshell.html (Eshell) +[2]: https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/ (TRAMP) +[3]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Hooks.html (hooks) +[4]: https://github.com/jwiegley (John Wiegleys) +[5]: https://github.com/jwiegley/alert (alert) +[6]: https://blog.hoetzel.info/img/eshell.png (../../img/eshell.png)