Hi Just found this blogpost [1] on how to send notifications from emacs without growl - might be useful for reminders and longer running computations in babel? Cheers, Rainer Footnotes: [1] http://justinsboringpage.blogspot.fr/2014/05/sending-notifications-from-emacs.html -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982