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+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="libnotify">
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-title"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Title</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-title" placeholder="Title">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-maxlength"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Maximum Length</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-maxlength" placeholder="Maximum Length">
+    </div>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="libnotify">
+    <p>Incomming data gets forwarded to your libnotify-compatible desktop notification service.</p>
+    <p>Messages longer than maxlength get truncated.</p>
+    <p>See the <a href="https://github.com/mytrile/node-libnotify">libnotify node module</a> and <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_Notifications">this wiki</a> for more information.</p>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    RED.nodes.registerType('libnotify',{
+        category: 'output',
+        defaults: {
+            name: {value:"Desktop Notification"},
+            maxlength: {value:"200"},
+            title: {value:"RED"},
+            active: {value:true}
+        },
+        label: function() {
+            return this.name || "Desktop Notificaton";
+        },
+        labelStyle: function() {
+            return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
+        },
+        color:"#BDFF59",
+        inputs:1,
+        outputs:0,
+        icon: "debug.png",
+        align: "right"
+    });
+</script>
diff --git a/io/libnotify/42-libnotify.js b/io/libnotify/42-libnotify.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+var RED = require(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME+"/red/red");
+var ln = require('libnotify');
+var util = require("util");
+var events = require("events");
+
+function LibnotifyNode(n) {
+	RED.nodes.createNode(this, n);
+	this.name = n.name;
+	this.title = n.title;
+	this.active = (n.active == null)||n.active;
+  this.maxlength = parseInt(n.maxlength) || 200;
+
+	this.on("input",function(msg) {
+		if (this.active) {
+			if (msg.payload instanceof Buffer) {
+				msg.payload = "(Buffer) "+msg.payload.toString();
+			}
+
+				if (typeof msg.payload !== "undefined") {
+					LibnotifyNode.send(this, msg.payload);
+				}
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+RED.nodes.registerType("libnotify",LibnotifyNode);
+
+LibnotifyNode.send = function(self, msg) {
+  var title = self.title;
+	if (msg instanceof Error) {
+	  title += " [ERROR]: ";
+	} else if (typeof msg === 'object') {
+	  title += " [OBJECT]: ";
+	}
+	msg = msg.toString();
+
+	if (msg.length > self.maxlength) {
+		msg = msg.substr(0,self.maxlength) +"...";
+	}
+	
+	ln.notify(msg, { title: title });
+}