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2020-08-12 18:02
In case you always wanted to write a script that temporarily turns off dunst notifications in i3wm but have never taken the time to write one yourself, here, have a working implementation in bash.
`${HOME}/.local/bin/dunst_toggle.sh`:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
notify="notify-send -u low dunst"
case `dunstctl is-paused` in
true)
dunstctl set-paused false
$notify "Notifications are enabled"
;;
false)
$notify "Notifications are paused"
# the delay is here because pausing notifications immediately hides
# the ones present on your desktop; we also run dunstctl close so
# that the notification doesn't reappear on unpause
(sleep 3 && dunstctl close && dunstctl set-paused true) &
;;
esac
Now let's add a hotkey that toggles notifications in i3 config:
`${HOME}/.config/i3/config`:
bindsym $mod+F5 exec --no-startup-id ~/.local/bin/dunst_toggle.sh
That's it, pressing Win + F5 will now toggle notifications on/off. Any notifications received during downtime will be shown as soon as dunst is unpaused.