* etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am,

usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
  usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
  - add notify_osd support to byobu, LP: #669189

debian/changelog

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ byobu (3.7) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.eu_ie,
     usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.us_ca, usr/share/byobu/ec2/rates.us_va:
     - add ec2_cost support for t1.micro instances
+  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am,
+    usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
+    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
+    - add notify_osd support to byobu, LP: #669189
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:09:14 -0500
 

etc/byobu/statusrc

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ mem_available=1
 mem_used=1
 menu=1
 network=0
+notify_osd=1
 processes=0
 rcs_cost=0
 reboot_required=1

usr/bin/byobu-config

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ def readstatus():
     status["mem_used"]=1
     status["menu"]=1
     status["network"]=0
+    status["notify_osd"]=1
     status["processes"]=0
     status["rcs_cost"]=0
     status["reboot_required"]=1

usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 libdirdir = $(prefix)/lib/@PACKAGE@
-libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  custom  date  disk  disk_io  ec2_cost  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  mem_available  mem_used  menu  network  processes  rcs_cost  reboot_required  release  services  time  time_utc  updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality
+libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  custom  date  disk  disk_io  ec2_cost  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  mem_available  mem_used  menu  network  notify_osd  processes  rcs_cost  reboot_required  release  services  time  time_utc  updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality
 

usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    notify_osd: print notify-osd messages in screen's notification buffer
+#    Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+#             with help from Mathias Gug <mathias.gug@canonical.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+LOG="$HOME"/.cache/notify-osd.log
+
+if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
+	cat "$LOG"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# This line operates basically as a daemon, watching the notify-osd log file,
+# processing new messages and sending them to screen
+tail -n 0 -F "$LOG" | perl -e '
+	$/ = "\n\n";
+	while (<STDIN>) {
+		$_ =~ s/^.*\]//;
+		system("/usr/bin/screen -X at 0 echo \"$_\"");
+	}'

usr/share/byobu/profiles/common

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ defutf8 on
 backtick 10 	9999999	9999999		byobu-janitor
 backtick 11	9999999	9999999		printf "\005-1="
 backtick 12	9999999	9999999		byobu-status color
+backtick 13	0	0		byobu-status notify_osd
 backtick 99  	9999999	9999999		byobu-status logo
 backtick 100	599	599		byobu-status release
 backtick 101 	7	7		byobu-status updates_available

usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBnetwork\fP \- instantaneous upload/download bandwidth in [GMk]bps over the last 3 seconds; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a purple background with a leading '^' sign indicating 'up' and 'v' sign indicating 'down'; override the default interface by specifying an alternate interface with MONITORED_NETWORK=eth1, and override the default units (bits) with NETWORK_UNITS=bytes in \fI$HOME/.byobu/statusrc\fP
 
+\fBnotify_osd\fP \- Send on-screen notification messages to screen's notification buffer
+
 \fBprocesses\fP \- total number of processes running on the system; displayed in the lower bar in white text on a dark yellow background with a trailing '&' indicating 'background processes'
 
 \fBreboot_required\fP \- symbol present if a reboot is required following a system update; displayed in the lower bar white text on a blue background by the symbol '(R)'; additionally, reboot_required will print '<F5>' in white text on a blue background, if Byobu requires you to reload your profile to affect some changes.