diff --git a/local/bin/weenot.sh b/local/bin/weenot.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+where="$(echo "$*" | cut -d'~' -f1)"
+who="$(echo "$*" | cut -d'~' -f2)"
+what="$(echo "$*" | cut -d'~' -f3)"
+
+notify-send "$who" "$what"
+
diff --git a/weechat/perl/autoload/notify_send.pl b/weechat/perl/autoload/notify_send.pl
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+../notify_send.pl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/weechat/perl/notify_send.pl b/weechat/perl/notify_send.pl
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+# WeeChat pm and highlight notifications via notify-send
+#
+# modelled after 'WeeChat ubus notifications' by Arvid Picciani
+#
+# license: GPL3
+# contact: shmibs@gmail.com
+# history:
+#	1.4		another small bug-fix
+#	1.3		a small fix to formatting $message
+#	1.2		use config options
+#	1.1 	restructured code for (greater) sanity
+#	1.0 	first working version
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use constant SCRIPT_NAME => 'notify_send';
+
+weechat::register(SCRIPT_NAME, 'shmibs', '1.4', 'GPL3', 'execute a user-defined system command upon highlight or private message (with smart delays to avoid spam)', '', '');
+
+# global var declarations
+my %pv_times;
+my %highlight_times;
+my %settings_default=(
+    'wait_pm'        => [ '180', 'necessary time delay between private messages (seconds) for command to be executed' ],
+    'wait_highlight' => [ '60', 'necessary time delay between highlights (seconds) for command to be executed' ],
+    'ignore_nicks'   => [ '', 'comma-separated list of nicks to ignore' ],
+    'command'        => [ 'notify-send $type: $name', 'system command to be executed ($type, $name, and $message will be interpreted as values)' ]
+);
+my %settings=();
+
+#------------------------------------[ START CONFIGURATION ]------------------------------------
+
+sub config_changed {
+    my ($pointer, $name, $value) = @_;
+    $name = substr($name, length("plugins.var.perl.".SCRIPT_NAME."."), length($name));
+    $settings{$name} = $value;
+    return weechat::WEECHAT_RC_OK;
+}
+
+sub config_init{
+	my $version = weechat::info_get("version_number", "") || 0;
+	foreach my $option (keys %settings_default) {
+		if (!weechat::config_is_set_plugin($option)) {
+			weechat::config_set_plugin($option, $settings_default{$option}[0]);
+			$settings{$option} = $settings_default{$option}[0];
+		} else {
+			$settings{$option} = weechat::config_get_plugin($option);
+		}
+		if ($version >= 0x00030500) {
+			weechat::config_set_desc_plugin($option, $settings_default{$option}[1]." (default: \"".$settings_default{$option}[0]."\")");
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+config_init();
+weechat::hook_config("plugins.var.perl.".SCRIPT_NAME.".*", "config_changed", "");
+
+#-------------------------------------[ END CONFIGURATION ]-------------------------------------
+
+my @signals=qw(weechat_pv weechat_highlight);
+
+# message received hook
+foreach(@signals) {
+	weechat::hook_signal($_,'new_notification','');
+}
+
+sub new_notification {
+	# $_[1] is the type (either weechat_highlight, weechat_pv)
+	# $_[2] is the actual content
+
+	# get the username and message contents
+	my $name=substr($_[2],0,index($_[2],'	'));
+	my $message=substr($_[2],index($_[2],'	'));
+	if($name eq ' *'){
+		$name=substr($_[2],index($_[2],' *')+3);
+		$message=substr($name,index($name,' '));
+		$name=substr($name,0,index($name,' '));
+	}
+	$message =~ s/	//;
+	$name =~ s/@|\+//;
+
+	# get the type of the message
+	my $type;
+	if($_[1] eq 'weechat_pv') {
+		$type='PM';
+	} else {
+		$type='HL';
+	}
+
+	# boolean to determine whether or not a notification should
+	# be sent
+	my $send='true';
+
+	# ignore messages from nicks in ignore_nicks option
+	foreach(split(/,/,$settings{'ignore_nicks'})) {
+		$send='false' if($name eq $_);
+	}
+
+	# determine whether a notification of the same type has been
+	# made recently. if so, ignore it
+	if($type eq 'PM'){
+		if(exists $pv_times{$name}) {
+			if(time-$pv_times{$name} < int($settings{'wait_pm'})) {
+				$send='false';
+			}
+		}
+		$pv_times{$name} = time;
+	} else {
+		if(exists $highlight_times{$name}) {
+			if(time-$highlight_times{$name} < int($settings{'wait_highlight'})) {
+				$send='false';
+			}
+		}
+		$highlight_times{$name} = time;
+	}
+
+	# run system command
+	if($send eq 'true') {
+		my ($command,$args) = split(/ /,$settings{'command'},2);
+		$args =~ s/\$type/$type/g;
+		$args =~ s/\$name/$name/g;
+		$args =~ s/\$message/$message/g;
+		system($command, $args);
+	}
+
+	return weechat::WEECHAT_RC_OK;
+}