I'd like to be able to pop up a notification bubble like the ones used by Ubuntu for 'updates available' etc. In particular I'd like to be able to use them to warn users of other machines that I have started a background session for maintenance and not to worry if the computer seems to be doing things that aren't related to their session.
I believe these bubbles are handled by the notification-daemon, listening on dbus for messages from libnotify0. Can this be controlled from Python via the Python-Dbus bindings? I haven't been able to turn up any detail or example programs yet; am I completely on the wrong track or can it be done? If it can, might it make a reasonable project for me as a complete beginner with Python though some experience with other languages? Or would I be biting off more than a beginner is likely te be able to deal with? Neil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
