tk(sysnotify)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is sysnotify from the Tk manual, and bestie, she creates a notification window with a title and message. that's the whole assignment 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

tk sysnotify title message

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the tk sysnotify command is literally creating a platform-specific system notification alert. its intent? to give the user a brief, unobtrusive notification by popping up a window that briefly appears in a corner of the screen. lowkey the politest way to yell “hey bestie” at someone’s desktop ✨

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🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

here’s an example of the tk sysnotify code, no cap:

tk sysnotify "Alert" \
      "This is just a test of the Tk System Notification Code."

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🌈 PLATFORM NOTES 🌈

okay so platform tea ☕: the macOS and Windows versions are native implementations using system API's. the X11 version has a conditional dependency on libnotify, and falls back to a Tcl-only implementation if libnotify is not installed. on each platform the notification includes a platform-specific default image to accompany the text. cute, right? 🎀

🍓 macOS 🍓

the macOS version will request permission from the user to authorize notifications. this must be activated in Apple's System Preferences Notifications section. permission check, bestie — go handle that 🙈

If deploying an application using the standalone version of Wish.app, setting the bundle ID in the applications Info.plist file to begin with com seems necessary for notifications to work. Using a different prefix for the bundle ID, such as something like tk.tcl.tkchat, will cause notifications to silently fail. not silently fail like a shy queen — actually silently fail 💀

🪟 Windows 🪟

the image is taken from the system tray, i.e., sysnotify can only be called when a systray was installed. so no systray, no notif — that's the rule 🫶

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👑 KEYWORDS 👑

notify, alert

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okay bye bestie 🎀 this page is filed under the tk(sysnotify) manual with the footer's source/version tag n — and no date showed up in the footer, so that's the whole tea. 💅