Patch (bug #3734) by Duarte Henriques to provide a convenient way of integrating libnotify with the glib mainloop. Modifications by me to make it even easier.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Wed Jul 27 01:08:56 PDT 2005  Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
+
+	* libnotify/notify.c:
+	* libnotify/notify.h:
+	* tests/test-default-action.c:
+	* tests/test-image.c:
+	* tests/test-multi-actions.c:
+	  - Patch (bug #3734) by Duarte Henriques to provide a convenient way
+	    of integrating libnotify with the glib mainloop. Modifications by
+	    me to make it even easier.
+
 Wed Jul 27 00:51:58 PDT 2005  Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
 
 	* tests/test-animation.c:

libnotify/notify.c

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "dbus-compat.h"
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
+#include <dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -356,6 +357,17 @@ notify_init(const char *app_name)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+gboolean
+notify_glib_init(const char *app_name, GMainContext *context)
+{
+	if (!notify_init(app_name))
+		return FALSE;
+
+	notify_setup_with_g_main(context);
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
 void
 notify_uninit(void)
 {
@@ -386,6 +398,12 @@ notify_is_initted(void)
 	return _initted;
 }
 
+void
+notify_setup_with_g_main(GMainContext *context)
+{
+	dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main(_dbus_conn, context);
+}
+
 void
 notify_close(NotifyHandle *handle)
 {

libnotify/notify.h

@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ typedef void (*NotifyCallback)(NotifyHandle *, guint32, gpointer);
  */
 gboolean notify_init(const char *app_name);
 
+/**
+ * Initializes the notifications library and sets it up with the
+ * glib mainloop.
+ *
+ * @param app_name The application name.
+ * @param context  The mainloop context, or NULL for the default.
+ *
+ * @return TRUE if the library initialized properly and a connection to a
+ *         notification server was made.
+ */
+gboolean notify_glib_init(const char *app_name, GMainContext *context);
+
 /**
  * Uninitializes the notifications library.
  *
@@ -75,6 +87,16 @@ void notify_uninit(void);
  */
 gboolean notify_is_initted(void);
 
+/**
+ * Sets up libnotify with the glib mainloop.
+ *
+ * This is usually best done by simply calling notify_glib_init(). However,
+ * there's no harm in calling this yourself.
+ *
+ * @param context the #GMainContext or NULL for default context
+ */
+void notify_setup_with_g_main(GMainContext *context);
+
 /**
  * Manually closes a notification.
  *

tests/test-default-action.c

@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ static void callback(NotifyHandle *handle, guint32 uid, void *user_data)
 int
 main()
 {
-	if (!notify_init("Default Action Test")) exit(1);
-
-	DBusConnection *conn = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, NULL);
 	loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-	dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main(conn, NULL);
+	if (!notify_glib_init("Default Action Test", NULL))
+		exit(1);
 
 	n = notify_send_notification(NULL, // replaces nothing
 								 "presence.online",

tests/test-image.c

@@ -68,15 +68,18 @@ static void send(char *i, size_t rawlen, char *s, char *b)
 	notify_icon_destroy(icon);	
 }
 
-int main() {
-	if (!notify_init("Images Test")) exit(1);
-
-	DBusConnection *conn = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, NULL);
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
 	loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-	dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main(conn, NULL);
+	if (!notify_glib_init("Images Test", NULL))
+		exit(1);
 
-	// these images exist on fedora core 2 workstation profile. might not on yours
+	/*
+	 * These images exist on fedora core 2 workstation profile.
+	 * Might not on yours
+	 */
 
 	send("gnome-starthere",
 		 0,

tests/test-multi-actions.c

@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ static void callback(NotifyHandle *handle, guint32 uid, void *user_data)
 	g_main_loop_quit(loop);
 }
 
-int main() {
-	if (!notify_init("Multi Action Test")) exit(1);
-
-	DBusConnection *conn = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, NULL);
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
 	loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-	dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main(conn, NULL);
+	if (!notify_glib_init("Multi Action Test", NULL))
+		exit(1);
 
 	n = notify_send_notification(NULL, // replaces nothing
 								 "device",