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-# libnotify
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-## Description
-
-libnotify is a library for sending desktop notifications to a notification
-daemon, as defined in the [org.freedesktop.Notifications][fdo-spec] Desktop
-Specification. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event
-or display some form of information without getting in the user's way.
-
-## Notice
-
-For GLib based applications the [GNotification][gnotif] API should be used
-instead.
-
-[fdo-spec]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/notification-spec-latest.html
-[gnotif]: https://docs.gtk.org/gio/class.Notification.html