feat: -persistent flag for win10/11 notifications keeps them on-scree…

…n until dismissed

lib/utils.js

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ const inArray = function (arr, val) {
     return arr.indexOf(val) !== -1;
 };
 
+/*
+    notifySend Flags
+*/
+
 const notifySendFlags = {
     u: 'urgency',
     urgency: 'urgency',
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ module.exports.fileCommandJson = function (notifier, options, cb) {
         console.info('[notifier path]', notifier);
         console.info('[notifier options]', options.join(' '));
     }
+
     return cp.execFile(notifier, options, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
         if (error) return cb(error, stdout);
         if (!stdout) return cb(error, {});
@@ -161,16 +166,19 @@ module.exports.mapToNotifySend = function (options) {
     if (options.timeout === false) {
         delete options.timeout;
     }
+
     if (options.wait === true) {
         options['expire-time'] = 5; // 5 seconds default time (multipled below)
     }
+
     for (const key in options) {
         if (key === 'message' || key === 'title') continue;
         if (options.hasOwnProperty(key) && notifySendFlags[key] !== key) {
             options[notifySendFlags[key]] = options[key];
             delete options[key];
         }
     }
+
     if (typeof options['expire-time'] === 'undefined') {
         options['expire-time'] = 10 * 1000; // 10 sec timeout by default
     } else if (typeof options['expire-time'] === 'number') {
@@ -215,10 +223,19 @@ module.exports.mapToMac = function (options) {
         options.sound = 'Bottle';
     }
 
+    /*
+        wait        : Wait with callback, until user action is taken against notification,
+                      does not apply to Windows Toasters as they always wait or notify-send
+                      as it does not support the wait option
+
+        timeout     : Takes precedence over wait if both are defined.
+    */
+
     if (options.wait === true) {
         if (!options.timeout) {
             options.timeout = 5;
         }
+
         delete options.wait;
     }
 
@@ -325,20 +342,31 @@ function removeNewLines(str) {
 }
 
 /*
----- Options ----
-[-t] <title string>     | Displayed on the first line of the toast.
-[-m] <message string>   | Displayed on the remaining lines, wrapped.
-[-b] <button1;button2 string>| Displayed on the bottom line, can list multiple buttons separated by ";"
-[-tb]                   | Displayed a textbox on the bottom line, only if buttons are not presented.
-[-p] <image URI>        | Display toast with an image, local files only.
-[-id] <id>              | sets the id for a notification to be able to close it later.
-[-s] <sound URI>        | Sets the sound of the notifications, for possible values see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761492.aspx.
-[-silent]               | Don't play a sound file when showing the notifications.
-[-appID] <App.ID>       | Don't create a shortcut but use the provided app id.
-[-pid] <pid>            | Query the appid for the process <pid>, use -appID as fallback. (Only relevant for applications that might be packaged for the store)
-[-pipeName] <\.\pipe\pipeName\> | Provide a name pipe which is used for callbacks.
-[-application] <C:\foo.exe>     | Provide a application that might be started if the pipe does not exist.
--close <id>             | Closes a currently displayed notification.
+    Ntfy Toast / Toaster
+
+    Windows 10 & 11 use ntfy-toast library to send notifications:
+        https://github.com/Aetherinox/ntfy-toast
+
+    ntfy-toast has a special parameter for ensuring that notifications stick and do dismiss
+    unless the user physically dismisses them by using:
+        -persistent
+
+    ---- Options ----
+    [-t] <title string>                     | Displayed on the first line of the toast.
+    [-m] <message string>                   | Displayed on the remaining lines, wrapped.
+    [-b] <button1;button2 string>           | Displayed on the bottom line, can list multiple buttons separated by ";"
+    [-tb]                                   | Displayed a textbox on the bottom line, only if buttons are not presented.
+    [-p] <image URI>                        | Display toast with an image, local files only.
+    [-id] <id>                              | sets the id for a notification to be able to close it later.
+    [-s] <sound URI>                        | Sets the sound of the notifications, for possible values see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761492.aspx.
+    [-silent]                               | Don't play a sound file when showing the notifications.
+    [-persistent]                           | Makes the notification stick until the user dismisses it.
+    [-d] (short | long)                     | Set the duration default is "short" 7s, "long" is 25s.
+    [-appID] <App.ID>                       | Don't create a shortcut but use the provided app id.
+    [-pid] <pid>                            | Query the appid for the process <pid>, use -appID as fallback. (Only relevant for applications that might be packaged for the store)
+    [-pipeName] <\.\pipe\pipeName\>         | Provide a name pipe which is used for callbacks.
+    [-application] <C:\foo.exe>             | Provide a application that might be started if the pipe does not exist.
+    -close <id>                             | Closes a currently displayed notification.
 */
 const allowedToasterFlags = [
     't',
@@ -348,13 +376,16 @@ const allowedToasterFlags = [
     'p',
     'id',
     's',
+    'd',
     'silent',
+    'persistent',
     'appID',
     'pid',
     'pipeName',
     'close',
     'install'
 ];
+
 const toasterSoundPrefix = 'Notification.';
 const toasterDefaultSound = 'Notification.Default';
 module.exports.mapToWin8 = function (options) {
@@ -402,6 +433,11 @@ module.exports.mapToWin8 = function (options) {
         delete options.sound;
     }
 
+    if (options.wait === true) {
+        options.persistent = true;
+        delete options.wait;
+    }
+
     if (options.s === false) {
         options.silent = true;
         delete options.s;