marco

diff -uNr old/twitnotify.py new/twitnotify.py
--- old/twitnotify.py   2008-08-05 12:40:21.000000000 +0200
+++ new/twitnotify.py   2009-02-19 18:27:17.000000000 +0100
 -40,6 +40,9 @@
 2. Get a Twitter account. Add some friends (e.g. zeth0).

 3. Set up the USERNAME and PASSWORD below.
+Set up EXPIRE_TIME which defines for how long the notification
+well be shown, e.g. "5" for 5 seconds or "NEVER" if you don't
+want the notification to be closed automatically

 4. Run the script and (optionally) background it.

 -61,6 +64,7 @@

 USERNAME = "zeth0"
 PASSWORD = "lenna"
+EXPIRE_TIME = "NEVER"

 #####################################
 # These should be fine for most users
 -152,6 +156,11 @@
     if not pynotify.init("Twitter Notify"):
         sys.exit(1)
     note = pynotify.Notification(user, message, imageurl)
+    if EXPIRE_TIME == "NEVER":
+        note.set_timeout(pynotify.EXPIRES_NEVER)
+    else:
+        note.set_timeout(int(EXPIRE_TIME)*1000)
+
     if not note.show():
         print "Failed to send notification"
         sys.exit(1)