guard/guard — pull request #236 by alandipert (2012-02-06 07:57:17+00:00)
Title: NotifySend: simpler notifications via libnotify without FFI

I was unable to get the libnotify notifier working in JRuby because of a problem related to shared libraries and the fact that the gem uses FFI.

Instead of going down the shared library rabbit hole, I created a simpler notifier, "NotifySend", that does not use FFI but still leverages libnotify. Instead of FFI, it shells out to a program that comes with libnotify-bin, notify-send.

I think both Libnotify and NotifySend notifiers can coexist until me or someone else figures out what the problem is.

Thanks for your work on Guard, and in advance for considering my pull request.

Alan