Make emacs say when compilations are finished.

gistfile1.txt

(defun terminal-notify (msg &optional title subtitle group)
  "Sends a message to the Mac OS X message center"
  (let ((infile nil)
        (buffer "*terminal-notifier*")
        (display t))
    (apply 'call-process
           "terminal-notifier" infile buffer display
           "-message" msg
           (append (if title    (list "-title"    title)    nil)
                   (if subtitle (list "-subtitle" subtitle) nil)
                   (if group    (list "-group"    group)    nil))
           )))

(defun say-when-compilation-finished (buffer string)
  "Sends a compile-done message to Mac OS X message center."
  ; (terminal-notify string "Compile finished" buffer)
  (terminal-notify string "Compile finished" (buffer-name buffer)))

(add-to-list 'compilation-finish-functions 'say-when-compilation-finished)