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@ -55,23 +55,28 @@ A notification has the following components:
- A summary: This is a single line overview of the notification. For
instance "You have mail" or "A friend has come online". It should
generally not be longer than 40 characters (FIXME: is 40 sane?)
generally not be longer than 40 characters (FIXME: is 40
sane?). The summary must be encoded using UTF-8.
- An optional body: This is a multi-line body of text. Each line is a
paragraph, server implementations are free to word wrap them as they
see fit.
The text may contain simple markup as specified in the MARKUP
section below.
section below. It must be encoded using UTF-8.
If the body is omitted just the summary is displayed.
- An optional icon: See the ICONS/SOUNDS section below.
- An optional array of images: See the ICONS/SOUNDS section below.
- An optional sound: See the ICONS/SOUNDS section below.
- An array of buttons. The buttons send a request message back to the
notification client when clicked.
notification client when clicked. This functionality may not be
implemented by the notification server, conforming clients should
check if it is available before using it (see the CapsQuery message
in the PROTOCOL section). An implementation is free to ignore any
requested by the client.
- A timeout: the time in milliseconds after which the notification
should be hidden (FIXME: should this be a function of text length
@ -100,70 +105,64 @@ still some semantic mismatch. Clients should try and avoid making
assumptions about the presentation and abilities of the notification
server: the message content is the most important thing.
Clients can check with the server what capabilities are supported
using the CapsQuery message. See the PROTOCOL section.
If a client requires a response from a passive popup, it should be
coded such that a non-focus-stealing message box can be used instead
and the notification server is only used when available.
MARKUP
Description text may contain markup. The markup is XML-based, and consists
of a small subset of HTML along with a few additional tags.
The following tags should be supported by all implementations:
The following tags can optionally be supported:
- <b>...</b> - Bold
- <i>...</i> - Italic
- <u>...</u> - Underline
- <a href="...">...</a> - Hyperlink
TODO: Add the rest of the tags! This is mostly a filler.
ICONS/SOUNDS
ICON ENCODING
A notification can optionally include an array of images and/or a
single sound. The array of images specifies frames in an animation,
animations always loop. Implementations are free to ignore the
image/sound data, and implementations that support images may not
support animation.
Icons are sent through D-BUS either as an icon URI string, or as the raw
data. The determination should be automatically computed when sending or
receiving the icon.
If the image array has more than one element, a "primary frame" can
be specified - if not specified it defaults to the first frame. For
implementations that support images but not animation (for instance a
KNotify bridge), only the primary frame will be used.
Each element of the array must have the same type as the first
element, mixtures of strings and blobs are not allowed. The element
types can be one of the following:
ICON URIS:
* [string] Icon theme name. Any string that does not begin with the /
character is assumed to be an icon theme name and is looked up
according to the spec. The best size to fit the servers chosen
presentation will be used. This is the recommended way of
specifying images.
Icon URIs must consist of one of the following forms:
* [string] Absolute path. Any string that begins with a / will be
used as an absolute file path. Implementations should support at
minimum files of type image/png and image/svg.
- stock:<stockname>
- file://<hostname>/<path> [1]
- <path>
* [binary] A data stream may be embedded in the message. This is
assumed to be of type image/png.
The supplied list of stock icon names should be represented by all
notification daemons. If an unknown stock icon name is specified, the
notification daemon is encouraged to provide a best-guess based on the
toolkit's own stock system, or simply ignore the icon.
A sound can be specified, this will be played by the notification
server when the notification is displayed.
The file URI must match the format provided by the freedesktop.org
File URI Specification <http://freedesktop.org/Standards/file-uri-spec>.
STOCK ICON NAMES:
- question
- info
- warning
- error
- critical
[Do we want any of the following?]
- camera
- printer
- email
- fax
- disk
- cfcard
- memstick
- sdcard
DBUS PROTOCOL
PROTOCOL
Write me!
REFERENCE
[1] http://freedesktop.org/Standards/file-uri-spec