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 6 # bgnotify zsh plugin
 7 
 8-cross-platform background notifications for long running commands! Supports OSX and Ubuntu linux.
 9+cross-platform background notifications for long running commands! Supports OSX and Linux.
10 
11 Standalone homepage: [t413/zsh-background-notify](https://github.com/t413/zsh-background-notify)
12 
13-----------------------------------
14+---
15 
16-## How to use!
17+## How to use
18 
19 Just add bgnotify to your plugins list in your `.zshrc`
20 
21 - On OS X you'll need [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier)
22   * `brew install terminal-notifier` (or `gem install terminal-notifier`)
23-- On ubuntu you're already all set!
24-- On windows you can use [notifu](https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/) or the Cygwin Ports libnotify package
25+- On Linux, make sure you have `notify-send` or `kdialog` installed. If you're using Ubuntu you should already be all set!
26+- On Windows you can use [notifu](https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/) or the Cygwin Ports libnotify package
27 
28 
29 ## Screenshots
30@@ -36,19 +36,26 @@ Just add bgnotify to your plugins list in your `.zshrc`
31 One can configure a few things:
32 
33 - `bgnotify_threshold` sets the notification threshold time (default 6 seconds)
34-- `function bgnotify_formatted` lets you change the notification
35+- `function bgnotify_formatted` lets you change the notification. You can for instance customize the message and pass in an icon.
36 
37 Use these by adding a function definition before the your call to source. Example:
38 
39-~~~ sh
40+```sh
41 bgnotify_threshold=4  ## set your own notification threshold
42 
43 function bgnotify_formatted {
44   ## $1=exit_status, $2=command, $3=elapsed_time
45-  [ $1 -eq 0 ] && title="Holy Smokes Batman!" || title="Holy Graf Zeppelin!"
46-  bgnotify "$title -- after $3 s" "$2";
47+
48+  # Humanly readable elapsed time
49+  local elapsed="$(( $3 % 60 ))s"
50+  (( $3 < 60 ))   || elapsed="$((( $3 % 3600) / 60 ))m $elapsed"
51+  (( $3 < 3600 )) || elapsed="$((  $3 / 3600 ))h $elapsed"
52+
53+  [ $1 -eq 0 ] && title="Holy Smokes Batman" || title="Holy Graf Zeppelin"
54+  [ $1 -eq 0 ] && icon="$HOME/icons/success.png" || icon="$HOME/icons/fail.png"
55+  bgnotify "$title - took ${elapsed}" "$2" "$icon"
56 }
57 
58 plugins=(git bgnotify)  ## add to plugins list
59 source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh  ## existing source call
60-~~~
61+```