Explain the growl/growl_notify differences.

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Michael Kessler 2011-08-17 14:57:20 +02:00
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@ -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