xfce4-notifyd-start

#!/bin/bash

# xfce4-notifyd-fix.sh
# set pre-populate some defaults applications for xfce4-notifyd
# start xfce4-notifyd if not running

function start_notifyd() {
	local P=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/notifyd; 
	local D=xfce4-notifyd
	pgrep -a -u $UID -f $P/$D 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null || ( nohup $P/$D  2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null  & )
	}
#
function main() {

	# declare variables
	#
	declare -a TYPES=()
	declare -a PROPS=()
	declare -A MERGE=()
    declare -a CURRENT=()
	
   # set defaults	
	declare -a DEFAULTS=(
      # virgin defaults
      "nm-applet"
      "notify-send"
      "Xfce4-notifyd settings"
   
      # extended defaults	
      "Thunar"
      "thunar-volman"
      "Volume Icon"
      "xfce4-power-manager"
      "xfce4-sensors-plugin"
   )

   # get current	
   
   while read C
   do
       CURRENT+=( "$C" )
   done < <( LANG=C xfconf-query -c xfce4-notifyd -p /applications/known_applications 2>/dev/null \
           | sed -E '1{/^Value is an array with/d}; /^$/d;' )


   # merge defaults with current
   for A in "${DEFAULTS[@]}" "${CURRENT[@]}"  ; do
       MERGE[$A]="--type string"
   done
   # set types for merged properties 
   for P in "${!MERGE[@]}"  ; do
       TYPES+=( "--type" "string" ) 
       PROPS+=( "--set" "$P" ) 
   done
   
   # merge properties
   xfconf-query \
      -c xfce4-notifyd \
      -p /applications/known_applications -a -n \
       "${TYPES[@]}" \
       "${PROPS[@]}"
}

start_notifyd;

main;

exit $?