gnome3 / libnotify notification for org-mode appointments

Org mode appointments

can be notified 12 minutes before with libnotify

by adding the following to the .emacs:

; Desktop notifications
(setq alert-default-style 'libnotify)
(setq appt-disp-window-function (lambda (min-to-app new-time appt-msg)
                                                         (alert appt-msg)))
(setq appt-delete-window-function (lambda ()))
; Rebuild the reminders everytime the agenda is displayed
(add-hook 'org-agenda-finalize-hook (lambda () (org-agenda-to-appt t)))
; Run once when Emacs starts
(org-agenda-to-appt t)
; Activate appointments so we get notifications
(appt-activate t)

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