module Guard::Notifier::GrowlNotify

def available?(silent = false)

Returns:
  • (Boolean) - the availability status

Parameters:
  • silent (Boolean) -- true if no error messages should be shown 
def available?(silent = false)
  if RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /darwin/
    require 'growl_notify'
    begin
      if ::GrowlNotify.application_name != 'Guard'
        ::GrowlNotify.config do |c|
          c.notifications         = ['success', 'pending', 'failed', 'notify']
          c.default_notifications = 'notify'
          c.application_name      = 'Guard'
        end
      end
      true
    rescue ::GrowlNotify::GrowlNotFound
      ::Guard::UI.error 'Please install Growl from http://growl.info' unless silent
      false
    end
  else
    ::Guard::UI.error 'The :growl_notify notifier runs only on Mac OS X.' unless silent
    false
  end
rescue LoadError
  ::Guard::UI.error "Please add \"gem 'growl_notify'\" to your Gemfile and run Guard with \"bundle exec\"." unless silent
  false
end

def notify(type, title, message, image, options = { })

Options Hash: (**options)
  • priority (Integer) -- the importance of message from -2 (very low) to 2 (emergency)
  • sticky (Boolean) -- if the message should stick to the screen

Parameters:
  • options (Hash) -- additional notification library options
  • image (String) -- the path to the notification image
  • message (String) -- the notification message body
  • title (String) -- the notification title
  • type (String) -- the notification type. Either 'success', 'pending', 'failed' or 'notify' 
def notify(type, title, message, image, options = { })
  require 'growl_notify'
  ::GrowlNotify.send_notification(DEFAULTS.merge(options).merge({
      :application_name => 'Guard',
      :with_name        => type,
      :title            => title,
      :description      => message,
      :icon             => image
  }))
end