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mako — Notification daemon for Wayland compositors. Can be controlled with `makoctl`. More information: <ht

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Problem

How to use the mako command: Notification daemon for Wayland compositors. Can be controlled with makoctl. More information: <https://manned.org/mako>.

Solution

mako — Notification daemon for Wayland compositors. Can be controlled with makoctl. More information: <https://manned.org/mako>.

Start the mako notification daemon:

mako

Start with a custom configuration file:

mako {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config}}

Set maximum number of visible notifications:

mako --max-visible {{5}}

Set default timeout in milliseconds (0 to disable):

mako --default-timeout {{2000}}

Group notifications by application name:

mako --group-by {{app_name}}

Display help:

mako {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Start the `mako` notification daemon

mako

Start with a custom configuration file

mako {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config}}

Set maximum number of visible notifications

mako --max-visible {{5}}

Set default timeout in milliseconds (0 to disable)

mako --default-timeout {{2000}}

Group notifications by application name

mako --group-by {{app_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/mako

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