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 # corvid
 
-A DBus Notification server that outputs JSON. Intended for use with [eww](https://github.com/elkowar/eww). I may eventually actually document this, but it's fairly simple.
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+a dbus notification server that outputs json. intended for use with [eww](https://github.com/elkowar/eww).
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+## subcommands
+- `server`: run the server
+- `dismiss <id>`: dismiss specific notification
+- `dismiss-all`: dismiss all notifications
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+## environment variables
+- `CORVID_DEFAULT_EXPIRATION`: default notification expiration in ms. `-1` = never (default: `5000`)
+- `CORVID_SORT_DIRECTION`: notification sort direction, either `NEWEST_FIRST` or `OLDEST_FIRST` (default: `NEWEST_FIRST`)