a bit sloppy but working

lua/config/notify.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require("notify").setup({
+    -- Animation style
+    stages = "fade_in_slide_out",
+    -- Function called when a new window is opened, use for changing win settings/config
+    on_open = nil,
+    -- Function called when a window is closed
+    on_close = nil,
+    -- Render function for notifications. See notify-render()
+    render = "default",
+    -- Default timeout for notifications
+    timeout = 5000,
+    -- For stages that change opacity this is treated as the highlight behind the window
+    -- Set this to either a highlight group, an RGB hex value e.g. "#000000" or a function returning an RGB code for dynamic values
+    background_colour = "#000000",
+    -- Minimum width for notification windows
+    minimum_width = 50,
+    -- Icons for the different levels
+    icons = {
+        ERROR = "",
+        WARN = "",
+        INFO = "",
+        DEBUG = "",
+        TRACE = "✎"
+    }
+})
+vim.notify = require("notify")