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+# notificationhackery
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+_Note:_ No, it doesn't hack your notifications, just tests them
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+Utilizes tray icon on Windows and GTK libnotify on Linux.
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+To build you need to have `/usr/share/java/gtk.jar` on your classpath (under Arch Linux, install `java-gnome`, undex Windows, copy it somewhere and modify `build.gradle`)