From 1fd6f2d7beddc0084a9d3a7eebd275e70dbd4e61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kessler Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:57:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Explain the growl/growl_notify differences. --- README.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5b2b622..5b3b05a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Features * [Directory Change Notification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261\(VS.85\).aspx) support on Windows ([rb-fchange, >= 0.0.2](https://rubygems.org/gems/rb-fchange) required). * Polling on the other operating systems (help us to support more OS). * Automatic & Super fast (when polling is not used) files modifications detection (even new files are detected). -* Growl notifications ([growlnotify](http://growl.info/documentation/growlnotify.php) & [growl gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl) required). +* Growl notifications ([growl_notify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl_notify) or [growlnotify](http://growl.info/documentation/growlnotify.php) & [growl gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/growl) required). * Libnotify notifications ([libnotify gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/libnotify) required). * Tested against Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.2 and REE. @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Install the rb-fsevent gem for [FSEvent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSEvents) $ gem install rb-fsevent ``` -Install either the growl_notify or the Growl gem if you want notification support: +Install either the growl_notify or the growl gem if you want notification support: ``` bash $ gem install growl_notify @@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ gem 'rb-fsevent' gem 'growl' ``` -growl_notify uses AppleScript, the suggested method for interfacing with Growl, -rather than the `growlnotify` command to display messages. +The difference between growl and growl_notify is that growl_notify uses AppleScript to +display a message, whereas growl uses the `growlnotify` command. In general the AppleScript +approach is preferred, but this is currently known to not work in conjunction with Spork. ### On Linux