An TCP proxy and client to send libnotify desktop notification. This allow you te receive notification from remote computer, for example from persistent IRC client over SSH.

• Notify last command status.
• Notify over SSH.
• Inhibit notification when current bash shell is focused.

• Install xdotool.

• Install notify-is-focused in your PATH.

• Put this in your .bashrc:

  . path/to/notify-last-command
  PROMPT_COMMAND='_EC=$? ; notify_last_command $_EC ;'
  

• Open a new terminal to test it with:

  sleep 11; true
  sleep 11; false
  

  Remember to focus another X11 window to see the notification.

• Copy tmux.conf as ~/.config/byobu/.tmux.conf.
• Recreate byobu session.
• Test like bash above.

On your desktop station:

• Install libnotify-bin and Python.
• Install notify-proxy scripts in your PATH.
• Put notify-proxy.desktop in ~/.config/autostart.
• Launch notify-proxy or open a new desktop session.
• Setup RemoteForward 1216 127.0.0.1:1216 in ~/.ssh/config or use ssh -R 1216:localhost:1216.

On remote servers:

• Install notify-last-command and setup bashrc and byobu as above.
• You don't need xdotool or notify-is-focused.
• Install notify-client in your PATH.
• Test as above.

Now, use notify-client just like notify-send, long options are compatible.

$ NOTIFY_TITLE=__unfocused__ notify-client Shown
$ notify-client Inhibited

• Install IRSSI perl script ramnes/highlight_cmd. (Requires CPAN Text::Sprintf::Named)
• /set hilightcmd_systemcmd notify-client --hint int:transient:1 --hint string:category:im.received "%(message)s" &
• Hilight from another IRC client to test it.

That's it.

• Initial idea stolen from itsamenathan/libnotify-over-ssh.
• GNOME notifications specs including hints and categories.