dunst: set highlight color #2011
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Is this option not deprecated:
DEPRECATED OPTIONS Old version of dunst allowed changing the colors of different urgencies through command line options. This has been long removed in favour of RULES, see issue #328. -li/ni/ci icon Set notification icon. -lf/nf/cf color Set notification foreground color. -lb/nb/cb color Set notification background color. -lh/nh/ch color Set notification highlight color. -lfr/nfr/cfr color Set notification frame color. -lto/nto/cto secs Set notification timeout time.--
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Could you show what this improves with a screenshot and provide a reproducible command?
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command: notify-send -h int:value:45 "Progress Test" "At 50%" |
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Rebasing this PR on top of #2021, shows that dunst already applies the correct color based on the urgency:
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This patch nullifies this feature, which is undesirable. Should the highlight colors not be based on the urgency color?
Alright, i'll close this one. My preference would be to keep the progress bar consistent regardless of urgency level, since the urgency is already communicated clearly enough. |
Since these highlight colors seem hard-coded, it would still be nice to have them properly match the urgency color. I suppose in this case, it should match the border color ( |
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