notify

Use notify to show desktop notifications from an OSL program.

import "std:notify"

API reference

notify

Method	Returns	Notes
notify.send(title: any, message: any)	boolean	Sends data.
notify.sendWithSound(title: any, message: any, sound: any)	boolean	Sends with sound on macOS and otherwise falls back to send.
notify.alert(title: any, message: any)	boolean
notify.isAvailable()	boolean

Notes

• Prefer import "std:notify"; the older import "osl/notify" spelling remains supported.

Behavior and limits

On macOS and Linux, notification text is passed as command arguments rather than shell source. The Windows implementation escapes quotes before building its PowerShell literal. isAvailable checks for the platform command, and send failures return false.