Enable ERC notifications on macOS

Table of Contents

• 1. Enable ERC notifications on macOS
• 2. Useful Links
  • 2.1. Apple Script
  • 2.2. ERC Notifications
  • 2.3. Elisp examples

1 Enable ERC notifications on macOS

A quick post on how to enable ERC notification on macOS via Notification Center using AppleScript:

;; Send notification using Apple Script on macOS
(defun galactic-emacs-erc-ns-notify (nick msg &optional PRIVP)
  "Notify that NICK send a MSG using Apple Notification Center"
  (ns-do-applescript (concat "display notification \"" nick
                             " wrote: " msg "\"" "with title"
                             "\"ERC Notification\"")))
;; Desktop notifications
(require 'erc-desktop-notifications)
(erc-notifications-enable)
;; Use Notification Center on macOS
(when (string= system-type "darwin")
  (advice-add 'erc-notifications-notify :after #'galactic-emacs-erc-ns-notify))

2 Useful Links

2.1 Apple Script

Link: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/28896/how-to-get-notifications-from-erc-in-macos Link: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/57412/how-can-i-trigger-a-notification-center-notification-from-an-applescript-or-shel

2.2 ERC Notifications

Link: https://julien.danjou.info/erc-notifications/ Link: https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/erc/erc-desktop-notifications.el

2.3 Elisp examples

(ns-do-applescript "display notification \"hello world\"")