Start work on the notify kitten

gen/go_code.py

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def generate_extra_cli_parser(name: str, spec: str) -> None:
 
 def kitten_clis() -> None:
     from kittens.runner import get_kitten_conf_docs, get_kitten_extra_cli_parsers
-    for kitten in wrapped_kittens() + ('pager',):
+    for kitten in wrapped_kittens() + ('pager', 'notify',):
         defn = get_kitten_conf_docs(kitten)
         if defn is not None:
             generate_conf_parser(kitten, defn)

kittens/notify/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package notify
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"kitty/tools/cli"
+)
+
+var _ = fmt.Print
+
+func main(_ *cli.Command, opts_ *Options, args []string) (rc int, err error) {
+	return
+}
+
+func EntryPoint(parent *cli.Command) {
+	create_cmd(parent, main)
+}

kittens/notify/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2018, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+
+import sys
+
+OPTIONS = r'''
+--identifier -i
+The identifier of this notification. If a notification with the same identifier
+is already displayed, it is replaced/updated.
+
+
+--wait-till-closed
+type=bool-set
+Wait until the notification is closed. If the user activates the notification,
+"activated" is printed to STDOUT before quitting.
+'''.format
+help_text = '''\
+Send notifications to the user that are displayed to them via the
+desktop environment's notifications service. Works over SSH as well.
+'''
+
+usage = 'TITLE [BODY ...]'
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise SystemExit('This should be run as kitten clipboard')
+elif __name__ == '__doc__':
+    cd = sys.cli_docs  # type: ignore
+    cd['usage'] = usage
+    cd['options'] = OPTIONS
+    cd['help_text'] = help_text
+    cd['short_desc'] = 'Send notifications to the user'

tools/cmd/tool/main.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"kitty/kittens/hints"
 	"kitty/kittens/hyperlinked_grep"
 	"kitty/kittens/icat"
+	"kitty/kittens/notify"
 	"kitty/kittens/query_terminal"
 	"kitty/kittens/show_key"
 	"kitty/kittens/ssh"
@@ -70,8 +71,10 @@ func KittyToolEntryPoints(root *cli.Command) {
 	ask.EntryPoint(root)
 	// hints
 	hints.EntryPoint(root)
-	// hints
+	// diff
 	diff.EntryPoint(root)
+	// notify
+	notify.EntryPoint(root)
 	// themes
 	themes.EntryPoint(root)
 	themes.ParseEntryPoint(root)