#!/usr/bin/env python import pygtk pygtk.require('2.0') import pynotify import sys if __name__ == '__main__': if not pynotify.init("Markup"): sys.exit(1) n = pynotify.Notification("Summary", "Some bold, underlined, italic, " + "linked text") if not n.show(): print "Failed to send notification" sys.exit(1)