Weechat Windows Notification

Requirements

• Windows 10
• Powershell 5 or higher
• WeeChat running on bash (not cygwin)

Instalation

1- Install BurntToast

Install-Module -Name BurntToast

Execute the command after the BurntToast installation

New-BTAppId

2- Register PowerShell Script

git clone https://github.com/dzfweb/weechat-windows-notification
cd weechat-windows-notification

Edit the file WeeChatWindowsNotification.ps1 and replace the folder configuration. Important: use a folder accessible both powershell and bash

$folder = 'C:\Users\dougl\.weechat'

Register the powershell script by running the following command on powershell

WeeChatWindowsNotification.ps1

Create a shortcut to this powershell script as the following on windows startup folder. It is necessary to execute the script automatically when windows loaded.

%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden -File C:\path\from\the\script\WeeChatWindowsNotification.ps1

3- Get WeeChat Windows Notification Plugin (windows bash)

Get the plugin script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dzfweb/weechat-windows-notification/master/windows_notification.py
cp windows_notification.py ~/.weechat/python/autoload

Start WeeChat and configure the path.

/set plugins.var.python.windows_notification.path /mnt/c/Users/dougl/.weechat

Obs: you can set any folder, it is used to share temp files between powershell and bash only

Variables

Send notification for every highlight (default is on)

/set plugins.var.python.windows_notification.highlight on

Send notification for every query (default is on)

/set plugins.var.python.windows_notification.query on

Send notification even if is away (default is off)

/set plugins.var.python.windows_notification.notify_away on

Reload PowerShell Script

Run the following command at the script plugin folders

Unregister-Event WeeChatWindowsNotification
WeeChatWindowsNotification.ps1

Obs

You need to had set your default nickname for weechat:

/set irc.server.freenode.nicks "mynick"