# bgnotify zsh plugin cross-platform background notifications for long running commands! Supports OSX and Ubuntu linux. Standalone homepage: [t413/zsh-background-notify](https://github.com/t413/zsh-background-notify) ---------------------------------- ## How to use! Just add bgnotify to your plugins list in your `.zshrc` - On OS X you'll need [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier) * `brew install terminal-notifier` (or `gem install terminal-notifier`) - On ubuntu you're already all set! - On windows you can use [notifu](https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/) or the Cygwin Ports libnotify package ## Screenshots **Linux**  **OS X**  **Windows**  ## Configuration One can configure a few things: - `bgnotify_threshold` sets the notification threshold time (default 6 seconds) - `function bgnotify_formatted` lets you change the notification Use these by adding a function definition before the your call to source. Example: ~~~ sh bgnotify_threshold=4 ## set your own notification threshold function bgnotify_formatted { ## $1=exit_status, $2=command, $3=elapsed_time [ $1 -eq 0 ] && title="Holy Smokes Batman!" || title="Holy Graf Zeppelin!" bgnotify "$title -- after $3 s" "$2"; } plugins=(git bgnotify) ## add to plugins list source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh ## existing source call ~~~