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+"""
+This plugin lets you execute a command, to notify you from new important
+messages.
+
+Installation and configuration
+------------------------------
+
+You need to create a plugin configuration file. Create a file named :file:`simple_notify.cfg`
+into your plugins configuration directory (:file:`~/.config/poezio/plugins` by
+default), and fill it like this:
+
+First example:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+    [simple_notify]
+    command = notify-send -i /path/to/poezio/data/poezio_80.png "New message from %(from)s" "%(body)s"
+
+Second example:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+    [simple_notify]
+    command = echo \\<%{from}s\\> %{body}s >> some.fifo
+    delay = 3
+    after_command = echo >> some.fifo
+
+You can put any command, instead of these ones. You can also use the
+special keywords ``%(from)s`` and ``%(body)s`` that will be replaced
+directly in the command line by the author of the message, and the body.
+
+The first example shown above will display something like this:
+
+.. figure:: ../images/simple_notify_example.png
+    :alt: Simple notify example
+
+The second example will first write the author and the message in a
+fifo, that fifo can locally be read by some other program (was tested
+with the xmobar PipeReader command, which displays what is read from a
+fifo into a status bar. Be careful, you have two different fifos in
+that case, don’t get confused). The :term:`delay` and :term:`after_command` options
+are used to erase/delete/kill the notification after a certain
+delay.  In our example it is used to display an empty message in our
+xmobar, erasing the notification after 3 seconds.
+
+.. note:: If you set the :term:`exec_remote` option to ``true`` into the
+    main configuration file, the command will be executed remotely
+    (as explained in the :ref:`link-plugin` plugin help).
+
+Options defined
+---------------
+
+.. glossary::
+    :sorted:
+
+    command
+        The command to execute (with special keywords ``%{from}s`` and ``${body}s``)
+
+    delay
+        Delay after which :term:`after_command` must be executed.
+
+    after_command
+        Command to run after :term:`delay`. You probably want to clean up things.
+
+"""
+
 from plugin import BasePlugin
 from xhtml import clean_text, get_body_from_message_stanza
 from timed_events import DelayedEvent