pomm.el does not trigger a notification

[elia-blue]

I'm trying to get notifications for break/start work from pomm.el, but for some reason I cannot find the corrent configuration.

Configuration of pomm.el:

(use-package pomm
    :commands (pomm pomm-third-time)
    :config
    (pomm-mode-line-mode)

Configuration of alert.el:

(use-package alert
    :config
    (setq alert-default-style "notifier")
    )

I know for a fact that the alert configuration works, because I get notifications for Org Mode tasks.

Does someone know what I'm missing?

[SqrtMinusOne]

Unlike pomm.el, Org uses the built-in notifications.el instead of alert.el because alert.el is not a part of GNU Emacs.

I guess the problem is that your alert-default-style is set to something you system doesn't support. You can check by evaluating something like:

(alert "Foo")

If the notification doesn't show up, check the list of available styles here: https://github.com/jwiegley/alert/tree/master#builtin-alert-styles

And find one that works for you. 'notifications will probably work.

[SqrtMinusOne]

Ahh, I haven't noticed.

The value of alert-default-style should be a symbol, not a string. So your config certainly won't work. If you want "notifier", try:

(setq alert-default-style 'notifier)