Lock screen drawn cheaply: the backdrop (gradient, veil and vignette) is one shader, lock.wgsl, instead of a vello gradient every frame; every icon in one canvas; lock.look.vignette

A read was a lock, a hash of the path and a conversion (a colour parsed from its text),
160 to 570 ns in the unoptimised shell, a few hundred a frame with a card open. Now an
atomic load and a copy while nothing changed. Every write to the settings goes through
change(), which bumps the generation the caches compare against

AGENTS.md

@@ -7,47 +7,47 @@ Handoff for agents continuing work on the Magic Island shell (Hermes, Claude Cod
 - **This repo:** `/root/amane-config` on the dev host; remote `git@server1:fabolous005/amane-config.git`.
 - **Amane library:** `/root/amane` (docs in `docs/src/*.md`). The desktop builds against its own, different copy at `~/git/amane`; type-check against a copy of that one (see Develop).
 - **Hermes skill `amane`** (`~/.hermes/skills/software-development/amane/`): distilled Amane docs plus lessons. `references/recipe-media-island.md` and `references/remote-visual-testing.md` cover this project; `scripts/` holds copies of `tools/` (keep them in sync).
-- **Desktop:** `ssh -o BatchMode=yes fabian@192.168.2.169`. Hyprland 0.56.2 with a **Lua** config (`~/.config/hypr/*.lua`; API stubs in `/usr/share/hypr/stubs/hl.meta.lua`). Intel Xe iGPU (Raptor Lake). Monitors: eDP-1 1920×1200 at 1920,620; HDMI-A-1 1920×1080 at 0,620; DP-2 1920×1080 at 3840,0; HDMI-A-4 at 5760,0 only when connected. `~/.config/amane` on the desktop is a git checkout of this repo.
+- **Desktop:** `ssh -o BatchMode=yes fabian@192.168.2.169`. Hyprland 0.56.2 with a **Lua** config (`~/.config/hypr/*.lua`; API stubs in `/usr/share/hypr/stubs/hl.meta.lua`). Intel Xe iGPU (Raptor Lake) plus an eGPU (RX 6600). Monitors: eDP-1 1920×1200 at 1920,620; HDMI-A-1 1920×1080 at 0,620; DP-2 1920×1080 at 3840,0; HDMI-A-4 at 5760,0 only when connected. `~/.config/amane` on the desktop is a git checkout of this repo.
-- **Desktop daemons the control centre uses:** OpenRC services `iwd` (Wi-Fi), `bluetooth` (bluez), `openvpn.<name>` (VPN); doas rule `permit nopass fabian` for `rc-service`, `sh` and `cat`; `wl-copy`, `ip`, `lspci`. iwd and bluetoothd are often stopped; the shell then greys their tiles.
+- **Desktop daemons the shell uses:** OpenRC services `iwd`, `bluetooth`, `openvpn.<name>`, `ollama` (stopped by default; `gemma4:e4b`, listens on 0.0.0.0:11434, runs on the eGPU); doas rule `permit nopass fabian` for `rc-service`, `sh` and `cat`; gnome-keyring as the Secret Service (`secret-tool`); `wl-copy`, `ip`, `lspci`, `ghostty`, `btm`. iwd and bluetoothd are often stopped; the shell then greys their tiles.
 
 ## Ground rules from the user
 
-- **Branch per big change, ask before merging.** New branch for each big change; merge into `master` only after explicit approval. "In main branch" or "merge directly to main" means commit straight to master. Small follow-ups in the same request can share a branch. **Push only when the user asks.**
+- **Branch per big change, ask before merging.** Merge into `master` only after explicit approval. "In main branch" or "merge directly to main" means commit straight to master. Small follow-ups in the same request can share a branch. **Push only when the user asks.**
 - **Never touch the user's real players' sound** (Cider, Firefox). Before any `island preset|output` call or volume change, check `amane ipc call island status` names a fake test player. Test audio goes to the inaudible null sinks.
-- **The user's own amane:** they sometimes run it themselves. Don't kill it without asking; `tools/amane-remote.sh start` refuses when it finds a shell it didn't start.
+- **The user's own amane:** their session starts one at login. Don't kill it without asking; `tools/amane-remote.sh start` refuses when it finds a shell it didn't start.
-- **Desktop access is SSH only.** Don't probe the network, SSH keys or other hosts. If SSH fails, report it and wait.
+- **Desktop access is SSH only.** Don't probe the network, SSH keys or other hosts. If SSH fails, report it and wait. The user may be at the desktop while you test: if workspaces change or cards close by themselves, stop the on-screen tests.
 - **Leave the desktop clean** after testing: fake players and null sinks stopped, shell running without the frame log (see "After testing").
 - **Edit files with the patch/write tools, not scripts that rewrite files.** The user installs missing tools themselves. Scripts take instance values (hosts, names) as arguments.
-- **No hardcoded tuning values:** every size, timing, text size, colour or interval is a setting in `config.rs` (see Settings). The user asked for this explicitly.
+- **No hardcoded tuning values:** every size, timing, text size, colour or interval is a setting in `config.rs` (see Settings).
-- **Blur strength is Hyprland's only** (`decoration.blur.*`); the shell never sets it. A shell blur setting was added once and reverted at the user's request.
+- **Blur strength is Hyprland's only** (`decoration.blur.*`; the user keeps size 1 and the layer rule's `ignore_alpha = 0.5`). The shell never sets it.
-- **D-Bus only for reading status.** Actions go through the CLIs: `iwctl` to join, scan and disconnect, `bluetoothctl` to pair and connect (the user had a D-Bus agent version reverted, `afe963d`). The one exception, chosen by the user: the shell serves `org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher` and calls tray apps' dbusmenus. Ask before serving anything else on the bus.
+- **D-Bus mostly for reading status.** Actions go through the CLIs: `iwctl`, `bluetoothctl` (a D-Bus agent version was reverted, `afe963d`). The shell serves only what the user chose: `org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher` (tray) and `org.freedesktop.Notifications` (Amane's own server; dunst is commented out in `~/.config/hypr/autocmds.lua`, backup `autocmds.lua.before-amane-notifications`). Ask before serving anything else.
-- **Never wake iwd by accident:** any D-Bus call to `net.connman.iwd` starts it (it then joins Wi-Fi and adds a route). Check `org.freedesktop.DBus.NameHasOwner` first; only talk to it while it has an owner.
+- **Never wake iwd by accident:** any D-Bus call to `net.connman.iwd` starts it. Check `NameHasOwner` first.
-- **Root only through `doas -n` with fixed command lines** (`rc-service <svc> start|stop`, `cat /var/lib/iwd/<profile>.psk`). Strings from other programs (SSIDs, device names, D-Bus metadata) go to `Command` args, never into `amane::spawn`/`output` (`sh -c`). Passwords go to `wl-copy` on stdin, never as an argument; iwctl's `--passphrase` is visible in `ps` for about a second, which the user accepted.
+- **Root only through `doas -n` with fixed command lines.** Strings from other programs go to `Command` args, never into `amane::spawn`/`output` (`sh -c`). Secrets go on stdin: `wl-copy`, `secret-tool store`, curl's `-K -` for the calendar. Never put a password in a file, an argument or a log.
-- Edits to AGENTS.md prompt for approval (`security.protected_instruction_files`); the user approves them at the screen, and a timed-out prompt is a no: don't retry by another path. Keep this file near 20k characters, Hermes's load limit.
+- **Local AI only:** the AI card talks to Ollama on the desktop, never a cloud service. Phone stats are out for now.
+- Edits to AGENTS.md prompt for approval (`security.protected_instruction_files`); a timed-out prompt is a no: don't retry by another path. Keep this file near 20k characters, Hermes's load limit.
 - Report honestly what was and wasn't checked on the real desktop.
 
 ## Current state
 
-**master** (pushed): the island (pill, card, CD ring, EQ, output and player switching, hover animations, instant transport buttons), an idle pill when no player is open, one island per monitor (card on one monitor, live bars only on the focused one), a workspace pill per monitor, wallpaper colours through matugen, and:
+**master** (pushed): the island (pill, card, CD ring, EQ, output and player switching, hover animations), an idle pill without players, one island per monitor (live bars only on the focused one), a workspace pill per monitor, wallpaper colours through matugen, and:
 
-- **Control centre** (top right): a status pill (Wi-Fi or hotspot, VPN, Bluetooth, Ethernet, battery) that opens a panel: tiles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VPN, Hotspot, Ethernet; volume with the output, brightness, keyboard light, performance mode, external-GPU programs; a Settings button (gear) at its foot. The panel morphs into its menus as one shape: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth maps (click to join/pair, right-click a saved network for its password, click the centre to search again), VPN list, sound outputs, Ethernet details with copyable addresses. Popups (`magic-prompt`) ask for passwords, PINs and passkeys and say why something failed.
+- **Control centre** (top right): status pill opening a panel with tiles (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VPN, Hotspot, Ethernet), volume, brightness, keyboard light, performance mode, eGPU programs, Settings (gear). The panel morphs into its menus as one shape: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth maps, VPN list, sound outputs, Ethernet details. Popups (`magic-prompt`) ask for passwords, PINs and passkeys.
 - **System tray** right of the workspace pill.
-- **Bar hiding:** only on monitors showing a fullscreen window; the pointer on the top edge brings it back. Peeks: the workspace pill alone on a workspace change, the island on a song change or a new player. A peek starts from where the part is (no dip).
+- **Bar hiding** only on monitors showing a fullscreen window; the top edge brings it back. Peeks: the workspace pill on a workspace change; the island on a song change or new player, but not when the focused window's class is the playing player (`parse::same_app`).
-- **Workspace switch:** Hyprland deletes an empty workspace the moment it's left; its slot stays for the slide, shrinking and fading, so the row closes up with the disc's move instead of jumping.
+- **Workspaces:** a removed empty workspace's slot shrinks and fades during the slide; a created one (`createworkspacev2`) grows in.
 - **Reserved space:** windows that aren't fullscreen stay below the bar (44 px).
-- **Settings** (branch `config-window`, merged 2026-10-15): `~/.config/amane/config.toml` holds all 184 shell settings with their help; the config window (`Magic Island settings`, a normal window; Esc closes it) edits them plus every Hyprland option. See Settings.
+- **Settings:** `~/.config/amane/config.toml` holds every shell setting with its help; the config window edits them plus every Hyprland option. Saves are serialised by `config::WRITTEN`, and the file watch skips the shell's own saves (an earlier race reset settings to defaults).
+- **Glass designs:** `appearance.surface.design` = solid / frosted / liquid, drawn by `surface::shell()` on every surface. The user keeps all three and may want more. The old branches `glass-base`, `design-frosted`, `design-liquid` (also on origin) are superseded; deleting them was asked, no answer.
 
-On 2026-10-13 the user tried the mouse-only parts (tray clicks, top-edge reveal, Copy buttons, PIN pairing): "All works". The agent itself only drives them over IPC.
+**Branch `side-pills`** (pushed, not merged; the user tries it first): two one-icon pills left of the island (AI, System) and two right (Home, Notifications); see Architecture and README "Side pills".
 
-**Glass designs** (`glass-base`, `design-frosted`, `design-liquid`, pushed, not merged): `glass-base` adds `src/surface.rs` (`shell()` draws the island, idle pill and workspace pill; with glass below 1 the open/close fade uses `.opacity()`, as a veil can't hide content on see-through glass) and a `glass` opacity; `design-frosted` (0.62, thin tint, hairline white rim, top sheen, soft black shadow) and `design-liquid` (0.4, specular gradient, light rim warming to `flame` on hover, accent glow) build on it. They branched from `036b326`, before the control centre and the settings, and read `glass` from `shell.conf`, which master no longer has: port them as settings (`appearance.surface.*`), not as a revived `shell.conf`. Measured 2026-10-09 (pill / open card GPU ms per frame): solid 1.6 / 3.3, liquid 2.2 / 3.3, frosted 2.9 / 3.3. `~/.config/hypr/windowrules.lua` has the glass layer rule (`^magic-.*$`, blur, `ignore_alpha = 0.5`).
+**On the desktop:** the agent-started shell (pid in `~/.cache/amane-remote-test/shell.pid`, stderr in `shell.err`) runs the `side-pills` build; the user's login shell was stopped with their approval. `config.toml` has `pills.ai.model = gemma4:e4b`, design frosted at 0.7. `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua` did not `require("amane")` (checked 2026-10-15), so Hyprland options set in the window are lost on a reload; the user was told.
 
-**On the desktop:** the agent-started shell runs the `config-window` build (pid in `~/.cache/amane-remote-test/shell.pid`, no frame log). `config.toml` was made from the old `shell.conf` (still there, unread). `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua` does **not** `require("amane")` yet (checked 2026-10-15), so Hyprland options set in the window are lost on a Hyprland reload; the user was told to add it. amane is not autostarted: after a reboot the user starts it.
+**Theme pipeline:** Skwd-wall v2's matugen integration renders `~/.config/amane/matugen/amane.colors` into `~/.config/amane/theme`.
-
-**Theme pipeline:** Skwd-wall v2's matugen integration `amane` renders `~/.config/amane/matugen/amane.colors` into `~/.config/amane/theme` (scheme `scheme-fidelity`).
 
 ## Constraints of Amane itself
 
-- Only `amane` and the Rust standard library: `amane compile` generates `Cargo.toml`, so no crates. External tools run as processes (`std::process::Command`, `amane::output`).
+- Only `amane` and the Rust standard library: `amane compile` generates `Cargo.toml`, so no crates. External tools run as processes (`Command`, `amane::output`); HTTP is curl.
 - Amane redraws the whole window every frame, so every effect is paid at the frame rate.
 - Amane can only blur what the shell draws itself; frosting the desktop behind it needs a Hyprland layer rule.
 - `amane compile` saves `~/.cache/amane/amane-shell`; `amane run` starts it.
@@ -56,68 +56,64 @@ On 2026-10-13 the user tried the mouse-only parts (tray clicks, top-edge reveal,
 
 | Piece | Kind | Job |
 |---|---|---|
-| `config.rs` | settings | Every setting declared once in `settings! { part { group { name: type = default, range; "help" } } }`: a typed accessor (`config::island::pill::width()`) plus an `OPTIONS` entry (path, help, kind, range, default) for the window. Values live in a `RwLock`; reading per draw costs nothing measurable. `load()` reads `config.toml` (first start: writes it, moving `shell.conf`'s 4 values over); `save()` rewrites it with every setting and its help. `[hyprland.*]` tables hold Hyprland overrides. |
+| `config.rs` | settings | Every setting declared once in `settings! { part { group { name: type = default, range [choices]; "help" } } }`: a typed accessor plus an `OPTIONS` entry for the window. `load()`/`save()` of `config.toml`, `set`/`reset`; `[hyprland.*]` tables hold Hyprland overrides. |
-| `settings.rs` | view, normal `Window` | The config window: a page per part and per Hyprland category, search over everything, a row per setting (switch, slider + field, text with colour swatch, choice chips), reset per row, `config.toml` errors at the top. Esc closes. The `config` IPC handler (`command`). |
+| `settings.rs` | view, normal `Window` | The config window: a page per part and per Hyprland category, search, a row per setting (switch, slider + field, text with swatch, chips), reset per row. Esc closes. `config` IPC. |
-| `hypr.rs` `Hypr` | Service, worker thread | Hyprland's options from Hyprland itself (`hyprctl descriptions -j`, one `--batch` of `j/getoption`), so no option is named in code. `set`/`reset` queue jobs (superseded ones dropped); the worker applies with `hl.config`, rewrites `~/.config/hypr/amane.lua` and `config.toml`; a reset reloads Hyprland's config so the user's value returns. |
+| `hypr.rs` `Hypr` | Service, worker | Hyprland's options from `hyprctl descriptions -j` and one `--batch` of `j/getoption`. `set`/`reset` apply with `hl.config`, rewrite `~/.config/hypr/amane.lua` and `config.toml`. |
-| `island.rs` `Island` | input-only Service | `open: Animation` (0 pill, 1 card), `expanded`, `selected` player (`None` follows the playing one), open `menu`, time-bar `scrub`, `hover` (per-`Spot`), `opened_on` / `pointer_on` (monitors), `playing_now`. Also the view and the `island` IPC handler. |
+| `surface.rs` | widget function | `shell(w, h, radius, colors, lift, content)`: the chosen glass design for every surface. |
-| `sound.rs` `Sound` | Service, poll | `pactl list sinks` + `sink-inputs` → each player's streams (by process ancestry, then app name), volume, mute, output, equalizer; `presets()` from settings. Curves saved by player identity to `~/.config/amane/island-eq`. |
+| `island.rs` `Island` | input-only Service | The island: `open: Animation`, player selection, menus, scrub, hover spots, `width_on(monitor)` (for the pods), `island` IPC. `expand()` closes a pod card. |
-| `spectrum.rs` `Spectrum` | Service | While the shown player plays: `pw-record --target <stream> \| cava -p $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/magic-island/cava.conf` → levels (`sound.spectrum.bars`). On start it `pkill -KILL`s cava left by an earlier shell (cava ignores SIGTERM). |
+| `pods.rs` `Pods` | view + input-only Service | Side pills: windows `magic-pods-left|right` per monitor beside the island, moving out as it opens; a pill morphs into its card (one timeline, `pills.layout.open_ms`). One card open across the shell. `header`, `chip`, `button`, `rule` helpers for the cards. `pods` IPC (`open|toggle <pod> [monitor]`, `close`, `ask`, `processes`, `notices …`, `status`). |
-| `art.rs` `Art` | Service, poll | Cover URL → local file, copied to `palette-cover`, which `Palette` (opened in `main.rs`) watches. Only used for `cover_colors`. |
+| `ai.rs` `Ai` | Service | Ollama `/api/chat` via curl, streamed line by line (`parse::Chunk`); starts `ollama` via doas when it doesn't answer. Stop and New chat bump `round`, so a late line from an old answer is dropped. |
-| `theme.rs` `Theme` | Service, `amane::watch_file` | 10 colours from `~/.config/amane/theme`, faded together on one `Animation<Colors>`; also watches `config.toml` (own thread) and reloads it. Views start with `theme::begin()` and draw with `theme::now()`; `theme::touch()` redraws every view. No theme file: `appearance.fallback.*`. `watch_file` watches the folder, so matugen's rename-over saves count. |
+| `stats.rs` `Stats` | Service, thread | CPU (`/proc/stat`), GPU clock (xe/i915 sysfs), memory, network, disk sectors of physical disks, hottest sensor per hwmon. All graphs in one canvas. Processes runs `ghostty --class=amane.monitor -e btm` via `hl.exec_cmd` on `special:monitor`, then toggles it. |
-| `workspaces.rs` | view + input-only `Hover` | Workspace pill per monitor (`magic-workspaces`, top left), slots placed by x in one `Stack` under one sliding accent disc. Click runs `hyprctl dispatch 'hl.dsp.focus({ workspace = N })'` on a thread. |
+| `home.rs` `Clock`, `Forecast`, `Agenda` | Services, threads | Avatar (`~/.face`, else a glyph), clock, open-meteo weather (Munich by default), month grid, CalDAV (iCloud by default): discovery, `REPORT` with `expand`, `parse::ics_events`. Sign-in stores an app-specific password with `secret-tool` (`service amane-calendar account <id>`). |
-| `parse.rs` | plain functions | pactl/cava/proc parsing, filter-chain config, EQ store, `key = value`, colours, iwctl/bluetoothctl output, Wi-Fi bars, `hyprctl` JSON, `ip`, tray icons; the TOML reader/writer (`Value`, `toml`), a JSON reader (`json`, skips non-JSON lines between values), Hyprland option values (`hypr_option`, `hypr_lua`). Unit-tested on its own. |
+| `notices.rs` `Notices` | Service, poll 250 ms | On top of Amane's `Notifications` server: popups (`magic-notifications`, top right of the focused monitor, timeouts by urgency, paused on hover), pictures found once per notification (`tray::icon_file`), unread count, the history card (cross = `dismiss`, Clear all, Mute = `notifications.popups.enabled`). A popup click without a default action only hides it; the server's `click` would delete it. The server itself never expires notifications. |
-| `control.rs` `Control` | view + input-only Service | The control centre (`magic-control`) and its menu window (`magic-control-menu`: the panel morphs to the menu's size, then its content fades in). `menu_content(menu, map_w, ..)`, `map_width(monitor_w)`, the `control` IPC handler. |
+| `sound.rs` `Sound` | Service, poll | `pactl` sinks and sink-inputs → each player's streams, volume, mute, output, equalizer. Curves in `~/.config/amane/island-eq`. |
-| `system.rs` `Links`, `Power`, `Gpu` | Services, threads | iwd (D-Bus reads, only while it has an owner), openvpn, bluez state, wired cards from sysfs, battery, brightness, keyboard light, power profile, eGPU programs from fdinfo; actions via CLIs. Intervals in `control.polling.*`. |
+| `spectrum.rs` `Spectrum` | Service | `pw-record --target <stream> \| cava` → levels while the shown player plays; kills stale cava with `-KILL`. |
-| `prompt.rs` `Prompt` | view + input-only Service | The popup (`magic-prompt`): password, PIN, passkey, confirm, code, saved password, failure reason. Runs the `bluetoothctl` pairing session. `prompt::copy(text, done)` is the one wl-copy. |
+| `art.rs` `Art` | Service, poll | Cover → `palette-cover` for `cover_colors`. |
-| `map.rs` | widget functions | The Wi-Fi/Bluetooth maps: nodes on an ellipse round the centre bubble (nearer = stronger), floating, lines, search rings. Sizes in `control.maps.*` (8 nodes at most: a 9th makes labels meet at 822 px; picked by simulating the drift). |
+| `theme.rs` `Theme` | Service, `watch_file` | 10 colours from `~/.config/amane/theme` faded on one `Animation`; also watches `config.toml`. Views start with `theme::begin()`, draw with `theme::now()`; `theme::touch()` redraws all. |
-| `glyph.rs` | shapes | Every icon as `Shape`s; maps draw all of theirs into ONE canvas (`glyph_shapes`), as each `Canvas` has a large fixed GPU cost. |
+| `workspaces.rs` | view + `Hover` | Workspace pill per monitor; slots by x in one `Stack` under one sliding disc; ghost and growing slots. |
-| `edge.rs` `Edge` | Service, Hyprland sockets | `.socket2.sock` events and `.socket.sock` queries, no polling. Hides the bar on fullscreen monitors, the 1 px `magic-edge` strip, peeks, the island's pop, the workspace slide (`switched`), `hide_h()`, and `spacer` (`magic-reserve`, 44 px). |
+| `parse.rs` | plain functions | All parsing, unit-tested: pactl/cava/proc, EQ store, colours, iwctl/bluetoothctl, `hyprctl` JSON, TOML (`Value`), JSON, Hyprland values, `same_app`, Ollama chunks, /proc stats, weather, WebDAV XML, iCalendar, civil dates, notification body markup. |
-| `tray.rs` `Tray`, `TrayUi` | Services, bus threads | Owns `org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher` (only if no other watcher runs) and is its host; icons from themes or `IconPixmap`; dbusmenu menus in `magic-tray-menu`; the `tray` IPC handler. |
+| `control.rs`, `map.rs`, `prompt.rs`, `system.rs` | views, Services | Control centre and its menus, the maps (one canvas each), the popups, the network/power/GPU services. |
-| `png.rs` | plain functions | Stored-deflate PNG writer for pixmap tray icons. |
+| `glyph.rs` | shapes | Every icon as `Shape`s; draw many into ONE canvas (`glyph_shapes`), as each `Canvas` has a large fixed GPU cost. |
+| `edge.rs` `Edge` | Service, Hyprland sockets | socket2 events, no polling: bar hiding, `magic-edge`, peeks, workspace slide (`switched`, `created`), `hide_h()`, `magic-reserve`. |
+| `tray.rs`, `png.rs` | Services | StatusNotifierWatcher and host, icons from themes or pixmaps, dbusmenu menus. |
 
-The equalizer: one `setsid -f pipewire -c eq-<key>.conf` per player with `libpipewire-module-filter-chain`, 10 biquads at `sound.equalizer.bands`. The player's streams move into sink `magic_island_eq.<key>`; gains change live with `pw-cli set-param`. A player only gets one when its curve or output first changes, or it has a saved non-flat curve.
+### The island view
 
-### The view (island.rs `view`)
+- One `LayerWindow` per monitor (`magic-island`, `Layer::Overlay`), sized for the open card; an `InputArea` passes clicks outside through.
-
+- `phases(open)` splits one timeline: pill fades out, the empty shape grows, then the card fades in. At most one face per frame; `veiled()` fades with a backdrop-coloured veil.
-- One `LayerWindow` per monitor (`magic-island`, `Layer::Overlay` because the user's windows are fullscreen), sized for the open card; an `InputArea` lets clicks outside through. No player: `idle()`, a click-through pill.
+- Hover: Amane matches hover targets by index in the last frame, so a vanished button never hears the pointer leave: entering a spot fades all others, and `collapse()`/`set_menu()` drop stale highlights.
-- `tap(monitor)` opens the card where it was clicked, `expand()` (IPC) on the focused monitor. Only the focused window and the one with the card read `Spectrum` (reading subscribes), so the rest stay idle.
-- `phases(open)` splits one timeline (`island.animation.open_ms`): pill fades out, the empty shape grows until `shape_done`, then the card fades in. At most one face per frame; `veiled()` fades with a backdrop-coloured veil instead of `.opacity()`.
-- Background: one 150° three-stop gradient (`backdrop()`); with `cover_colors` the card blends to the cover's colours as it opens. White-alpha overlays (`appearance.overlays.*`, `CLEAR`) stay unthemed.
-- Hover: `hovering(spot)` eases a `Spot` over `appearance.motion.hover_ms`. Amane matches hover targets by index in the last frame, so a vanished button never hears the pointer leave: entering a spot fades all others, and `collapse()`/`set_menu()` drop stale highlights.
-- Transport: play/pause flips at once through `playing_now`; `refresh_soon()` re-reads Media at 150 and 600 ms.
 
 ## Settings
 
-- **Add a setting** by declaring it in `config.rs`'s `settings!` block in the right part and group, with a range and a one-line help; use the accessor in code. Derived values (`inner_w()` and the like) are functions over settings, not constants. Text sizes are roles (`appearance.text.tiny|caption|small|label|body|heading|section|title|popup`), not numbers. Remaining `const`s are names and identities only (D-Bus names, `CLEAR`, `TAU`).
+- **Add a setting** in `config.rs`'s `settings!` block with a range and a one-line help; use the accessor in code. Derived values are functions over settings. Text sizes are roles (`appearance.text.*`). Remaining `const`s are names and identities only.
 - The font and cava's bar count apply on restart; everything else on save.
-- `amane ipc call config get|set|reset <path> [value]` drives everything without the mouse (`hyprland.<option.path>` for Hyprland, e.g. `hyprland.decoration.blur.size`); `status` says `open=… page=… errors=… search=…`.
+- `amane ipc call config get|set|reset <path> [value]` (`hyprland.<option.path>` for Hyprland); `status` says `open=… page=… errors=… search=…`.
-- `hl.config` value forms: numbers and bools plain, gradients `{ colors = { "rgba(…)" }, angle = 45.0 }`, vec2 `{ x, y }`, css gaps a number or `{ top, right, bottom, left }`. `hyprctl --batch` of all `j/getoption` prints plain "invalid type (internal error)" lines between objects for a few options.
+- `hl.config` value forms: numbers and bools plain, gradients `{ colors = { "rgba(…)" }, angle = 45.0 }`, vec2 `{ x, y }`, css gaps a number or `{ top, right, bottom, left }`.
 
 ## Hyprland 0.56 (Lua config) pitfalls
 
-- **Never return `visible(false)` from a layer view**: a hidden-at-start layer window stays blank forever ("has no child to draw"). Return `window.click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0))`.
+- **Never return `visible(false)` from a layer view**: a hidden-at-start layer window stays blank forever. Return `window.click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0))`.
-- **`Workspaces::focus` does nothing** (sends `dispatch workspace N`). Use `hl.dsp.focus({ workspace = N })`.
+- **`Workspaces::focus` does nothing.** Use `hl.dsp.focus({ workspace = N })`. Special workspaces: `hl.exec_cmd(cmd, { workspace = "special:x silent" })`, `hl.dsp.workspace.toggle_special("x")`.
-- `hyprctl eval` / `repl` share one Lua state; globals (a rule kept in a variable) vanish on a config reload.
+- `hyprctl eval` / `repl` share one Lua state; globals vanish on a config reload.
-- Layer-rule `match.namespace` is a full match: `^magic-.*$`. Layer rules can only switch blur on; strength is global.
+- Layer-rule `match.namespace` is a full match: `^magic-.*$`.
-- `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/` keeps folders of dead instances; the live one has `.socket.sock`. A shell started with a dead signature gets an empty `Workspaces` list.
+- `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/` keeps folders of dead instances; the live one has `.socket.sock`.
 - `hyprctl layers` lists hidden layer windows too (alpha 0).
-- **Reserved space:** `Zone::Reserve` reserves the whole window height and only on a window anchored to one edge. Tiled and maximised windows stay out of the strip; fullscreen 2/3 cover it. Bar windows keep `Zone::Ignore`. Check with `hyprctl monitors` (`reserved: 0 44 0 0`).
+- **Reserved space:** `Zone::Reserve` reserves the whole window height, only on a window anchored to one edge. Check with `hyprctl monitors` (`reserved: 0 44 0 0`).
-- A peek only shows on the **focused** monitor; test with a workspace hop there, then restore the focus.
+- A peek only shows on the **focused** monitor. A monitor whose workspace has a fullscreen window hides the bar, pods included (an open pod card stays).
-- `hl.dsp.window.float(...)` acts on the focused window. To screenshot the config window floating, add a temporary rule: `hyprctl eval 'r = hl.window_rule({ name = "amane-settings", match = { title = "^Magic Island settings$" }, float = true, center = true, size = { 1100, 760 } })'`.
 
 ## Performance rules
 
-- **Measure before and after every visual change**, baseline first, same player and monitor: Amane's per-frame `gpu` time and `top` CPU (the iGPU busy counter reads 100% even with the shell paused).
+- **Measure before and after every visual change**, same player and monitor: Amane's per-frame `gpu` time and `top` CPU.
-- Don't resize a shape with the full card inside it; grow the empty shape, then fade the content in. Don't resize a layer window every frame: give it the largest size for the animation (the workspace ghost does).
+- Don't resize a shape with the full card inside it; grow the empty shape, then fade the content in. Don't resize a layer window every frame: size it for the whole animation.
-- `.clip()` and `.opacity(<1)` each add a GPU layer (a clip over the whole card once took the iGPU from 47 to 9 fps); a shadow is two. Halos only while hovered.
+- `.clip()` and `.opacity(<1)` each add a GPU layer; a shadow is two. Halos only while hovered.
-- One backdrop gradient is affordable, many aren't. A veil over a gradient must be the same gradient at the same size.
+- One backdrop gradient is affordable, many aren't.
-- Draw repeated marks (candles, bars) as one `Path` per look.
+- Draw repeated marks as one `Path` per look; many icons or graphs in one `Canvas`.
-- Streaming data needs `amane::request_frame()` in the view while levels are live.
+- Streaming data needs `amane::request_frame()` while it's live. Slow work (icon lookups, curl, sysfs walks) belongs on Service threads, never in a view.
 
 ## Develop
 
-1. Type-check in a scratch crate outside the repo (don't commit a `Cargo.toml`), at `/root/.hermes/cache/scratch/amane-check/` (pruned after 24 h idle): `[package] name = "amane-shell"`, edition 2024, `[[bin]] path = '/root/amane-config/src/main.rs'`, `amane = { path = '<copy of the desktop's ~/git/amane>' }`, an empty `[workspace]`. Then `cargo clippy` (first build takes minutes).
+1. Type-check in a scratch crate outside the repo (don't commit a `Cargo.toml`), at `/root/.hermes/cache/scratch/amane-check/` (pruned after 24 h idle): `[package] name = "amane-shell"`, edition 2024, `[[bin]] path = '/root/amane-config/src/main.rs'`, `amane = { path = '<copy of the desktop's ~/git/amane>' }`, an empty `[workspace]`. Then `cargo clippy`. Fetch the copy with `ssh … 'tar cf - --exclude=target --exclude=.git -C ~/git amane'`.
-2. Unit tests: `rustc --edition 2024 --test src/parse.rs -o /tmp/parse_test && /tmp/parse_test` (12 tests).
+2. Unit tests: `rustc --edition 2024 --test src/parse.rs -o /tmp/parse_test && /tmp/parse_test` (21 tests).
 
 ## Testing on the desktop
 
@@ -127,23 +123,21 @@ The equalizer: one `setsid -f pipewire -c eq-<key>.conf` per player with `libpip
 H=fabian@192.168.2.169
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H deploy src        # back up the remote src once, then replace it
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H build             # amane compile
-tools/amane-remote.sh $H start             # stop the shell it started earlier, start one WITH frame logging
+tools/amane-remote.sh $H start             # start a shell WITH frame logging
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H fps 3             # frames, average gap, gpu wait
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H anim island       # open/close 3x; stutter = 20-500 ms gaps
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H sinks start       # null sinks island_test_a/_b
-tools/amane-remote.sh $H players start 4   # fake MPRIS players; "Synth Test" plays into island_test_a
+tools/amane-remote.sh $H players start 4   # fake MPRIS players
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H sh 'COMMAND'      # anything inside the graphical session's environment
 ```
 
 - Pick a fake player with `ipc island next` until `status` names it, before anything that changes sound.
-- `ipc island open` opens on the **focused** monitor. Read geometry from `hyprctl layers -j` right before each `grim` capture. With one window per monitor the frame log mixes windows.
+- `ipc island open` and `ipc pods open X` act on the **focused** monitor (pods take a monitor name too). Read geometry from `hyprctl layers -j` right before each `grim` capture, on a monitor without a fullscreen window.
-- **Animations:** capture a strip in a loop (`grim -g "3840,0 300x60"` takes ~20 ms) while dispatching the change, then tile the frames with ffmpeg (`tile=2x12`) and look at one sheet.
+- **Animations:** capture a strip in a loop (`grim -g "3840,0 300x60"`) while dispatching the change, then tile the frames with ffmpeg.
-- Keys to a focused window: `wtype -k Escape`. Hover can't be faked with `movecursor`; real motion moves the user's mouse, so ask first.
+- Keys: `wtype -k Escape`. Hover can't be faked with `movecursor`; real motion moves the user's mouse, so ask first.
-- Control centre and tray without a mouse: `ipc control open|close|menu <wifi|bluetooth|vpn|sound>|ethernet|status` (`status` ends with `prompt=…`), `ipc tray list|menu|open N|activate N|choose ID|close`. Fake tray app: `python3 tools/fake_tray.py name|path`; kill it by pid.
+- Without a mouse: `ipc control open|close|menu …|status`, `ipc tray list|menu|open N|…`, `ipc pods …`. Notifications: `notify-send -a App -i icon -u critical -A key=Label …`, then `ipc pods notices list`.
-- Maps with many nodes: deploy a scratch `src/` whose `map::map` injects fake nodes (never commit it), then redeploy the real one.
+- Measure gaps and alignment from pixels (`ffmpeg … crop=… -f rawvideo`), not by asking a vision model.
-- Measure gaps and alignment from pixels (`ffmpeg … crop=1920:1:0:Y -f rawvideo`), not by asking a vision model.
+- Check `uptime` before trusting timings. In `pkill -f` patterns over SSH use `[p]ython3 ...`.
-- To tune a visualiser, sample real levels read-only first (`pw-record --target <stream> | cava`, `timeout -s KILL` on each stage); typical music sits at 0.15–0.35.
-- Check `uptime` before trusting timings. In `pkill -f` patterns over SSH use `[p]ython3 ...`. A fresh shell once died with "lost the gpu"; starting again worked.
 
 ### After testing
 
@@ -151,17 +145,18 @@ tools/amane-remote.sh $H sh 'COMMAND'      # anything inside the graphical sessi
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H players stop
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H sinks stop
 tools/amane-remote.sh $H sh 'kill $(cat shell.pid); for i in $(seq 50); do pgrep -F shell.pid > /dev/null || break; sleep 0.1; done
-  rm -f shell.log; setsid -f sh -c "echo \$\$ > shell.pid; exec ~/.cache/amane/amane-shell" > /dev/null 2>&1'
+  rm -f shell.log; setsid -f sh -c "echo \$\$ > shell.pid; exec ~/.cache/amane/amane-shell 2> shell.err" > /dev/null 2>&1'
 ```
 
 ## Open threads
 
-- The user reviews the glass designs, ported onto master as settings; then merge the chosen one.
+- **Side pills, untested by the agent:** the calendar (the user signs in later; CalDAV discovery and the iCloud answer have never run), clicks and typing in the cards (only IPC was used), the AI answer in the card (the API answered in 0.8 s; the card capture came after the user closed it), the popups' new right alignment, Processes (ghostty + btm), the avatar (`~/.face` doesn't exist yet).
+- During the notification test all three test notifications left the history within 6 s and the Firefox one's Open action fired, apparently from the user's clicks at the desk; not confirmed.
 - The user adds `require("amane")` to `hyprland.lua` (or asks the agent to).
-- The config window was only driven over IPC and Esc; clicking, dragging and typing in it are untested by the agent.
+- The config window was only driven over IPC and Esc.
 - The candle ring is still mirrored (`mirrored()`); the pill's bars aren't.
-- Upstream Amane fixes for the two Hyprland 0.56 issues (hidden layer at start, `Workspaces::focus`): not started.
+- Upstream Amane fixes for the two Hyprland 0.56 issues: not started.
-- `island-eq` is tracked but rewritten live; untracking it was proposed, no answer yet. Leftovers offered for deletion, no answer: `src.before-test/` and old screenshots in `~/.cache/amane-remote-test/` on the desktop, merged local branches on the dev host.
+- `island-eq` is tracked but rewritten live; untracking it was proposed, no answer. Leftovers offered for deletion, no answer: `src.before-test/` and old screenshots on the desktop, merged and superseded local branches.
-- On a monitor narrower than about 1500 px the maps stop at 600 px and run under the island.
+- On a monitor narrower than about 1500 px the maps run under the island.
-- The open/close stutter rise (25–40 slow frames per 3 opens and closes on every build) is unexplained.
+- The open/close stutter rise (25–40 slow frames per 3 opens and closes) is unexplained.
 - See README "Known limits".

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 A Dynamic-Island-style media widget for Amane (Rust Wayland shell library), running on Hyprland. It sits as a small pill at the top centre of the screen and opens into a now-playing card.
 
-- **Pill:** cover thumbnail, title, 7 live bars from the shown player's own sound (lows left, highs right, growing up and down from the middle), or a pause sign. With no player open, an idle pill: a music note and "Nothing playing".
+- **Pill:** cover thumbnail, title, 7 live bars from the shown player's own sound (lows left, highs right, growing up and down from the middle), or a pause sign. With no player open, an idle pill: a music note and "Nothing playing". It opens too, into the last song played (kept across restarts) with Play, which starts its player and asks it to play, and chips that start the players of `island.idle.players` (desktop file names, `gtk-launch`).
 - **Card:** a still CD of the cover ringed by 40 cava "candles", title and artist, a seekable time bar, previous / play-pause / next.
 - **Player switcher** ("VIA …" chip): every MPRIS player; picking one pins it, otherwise the island follows whichever plays.
 - **Output switcher:** moves only the shown player's audio to another device.
@@ -111,11 +111,59 @@ The Material You scheme type is Skwd-wall's setting (`matugen.schemeType`).
 
 Whether the open card takes the song cover's colours instead (`appearance.colors.cover_colors`), the fade time, and the colours used until there is a theme file are [settings](#settings).
 
+## Side pills
+
+Two small one-icon pills sit left of the island and two right of it, on every monitor, each in its own colour (`pills.colors.*`; Home's follows the sky). A click grows a pill into a big card in the middle of the top of the screen; meanwhile the row becomes a carousel: the other pills and the island's pill line up two left and two right of the card in their usual order (around Home: AI and System left, the island and the bell right), and clicking one switches straight to its card (the island's pill closes the card, then opens the island). A closing card shrinks back into its own pill's place. Only one card is open across the shell. Esc, the cross or a click elsewhere closes it.
+
+- **AI** (sparkle): a chat with an Ollama model on your own servers, `gemma4:e4b` at `http://localhost:11434` by default. `pills.ai.servers` takes several, comma-separated, in order: the model chip in the header lists every server's models (each once, with its server when there are several) and switches at once, and a question goes to the first server that has the chosen model. Answers stream in through curl. When Ollama doesn't answer, the shell starts the OpenRC service with `doas rc-service ollama start` (`pills.ai.start_service`). Stop ends an answer and New chat starts over. Nothing goes to a cloud service, only to the servers listed.
+- **System** (pulse): CPU, the integrated GPU's clock, the external GPU's load (with its video memory and the programs on it, formerly in the control centre), memory, swap, network and disk read/write as graphs over the last minute, plus the hottest sensors with icons, in cool/warm/hot colours (`pills.monitor.warm|hot`). Everything is read from `/proc` and `/sys`, so there is no process list. Processes opens `ghostty --class=amane.monitor -e btm` on the special workspace `monitor`; a second press shows or hides it.
+- **Home** (house): `~/.face` as the avatar (a person glyph until the file exists), a greeting, the date, a big clock, and Munich's weather now and for four days from open-meteo (no key), over a photo of the current weather (`~/.config/amane/weather/<kind>-<day|night>.jpg`, downloaded once from Wikimedia Commons, credits in `weather/CREDITS.md`; swap any file, `pills.home.photo_opacity` tones it down). A big month grid marks events (dots in their calendars' colours), birthdays from your iCloud contacts (a cake) and the public holidays of `pills.calendar.holidays` (BY by default); click a day for its list. Events can be created, edited and deleted there (a series: title, place and calendar only). For iCloud, set `pills.calendar.account` to your Apple ID and store an [app-specific password](https://account.apple.com) in the keyring: `secret-tool store --label='Magic Island calendar' service amane-calendar account <Apple ID>` (gnome-keyring or another Secret Service has to run). The password never goes into `config.toml`. Other CalDAV/CardDAV servers work through `pills.calendar.server` and `contacts_server`.
+- **Notifications** (bell, with the unread count): Amane is the notification daemon (`org.freedesktop.Notifications`), so dunst must not run; it is commented out in `~/.config/hypr/autocmds.lua` (the old file is beside it as `autocmds.lua.before-amane-notifications`). Popups appear at the top right of the focused monitor with the app's icon or image, summary, body (simple markup) and action buttons. They time out by urgency (critical ones stay) and wait while the pointer is over them. A click runs the default action. The card lists the history, newest first; each entry's cross deletes it, and Clear all deletes everything. Mute app keeps an app's notifications in the history without popups; Block app drops them (`notifications.apps.muted|blocked`, undone from chips at the top of the card). Do not disturb turns all popups off.
+
+`amane ipc call pods open|toggle ai|monitor|home|notifications [monitor]`, `close`, `ask <question>`, `processes`, `notices list|dismiss <id>|clear`, `status`. Sizes, colours, poll intervals, the city and its coordinates, the model and the popup timeouts are under Side pills and Notifications in the [settings](#settings).
+
+Left out on purpose: phone stats (iOS shares nothing Linux can read without extra daemons).
+
+## Lock screen
+
+`amane ipc call lock` locks the session (ext-session-lock; bind it to a key or an idle daemon yourself). Every monitor shows the wallpaper blurred and darkened, the date with Munich's weather now, a big clock, Hyprland's splash message, what plays with its cover, how far it is and previous/play/next (they work while locked), chips for the next calendar event, the new notifications and the battery, and at the bottom `~/.face`, your name and the password field. The monitors share one field. Enter checks the password with PAM as `login` does; a wrong one lights the field's rim and says so. Each part can be switched off and every size is a setting (`lock.look.*`, `lock.show.*`, the Lock screen page).
+
+The picture is `lock.look.wallpaper`, or else the wallpaper the colours came from: `matugen/amane.colors` writes its path into the theme file (`wallpaper=`), so it's there after the next wallpaper change. Without either, the colours' gradient. Amane reads PNG and JPEG only.
+
+It redraws for the music's progress, the clock and typing, so it's cheap to draw: the backdrop (the gradient, and the veil over the picture, darker toward the corners, `lock.look.vignette`) is one shader, `src/lock.wgsl`, and every icon goes into one canvas. Measured in a preview on one 1080p monitor: 0.8 ms per frame to submit and present (2.4 ms before), the GPU's render engine half as busy.
+
+Killing the shell does not unlock: Hyprland keeps the session locked and shows its own error screen. Keep a second TTY logged in when trying changes to the lock screen.
+
 ## Settings
 
 Every setting lives in `~/.config/amane/config.toml`: sizes, timings, text sizes, colours, poll intervals, equalizer presets and bands, the hotspot profile, the extra Sound output. The shell writes the file with every setting and its explanation the first time it starts (moving `cover_colors`, `transition_ms`, `hotspot` and `extra_output` over from an old `shell.conf`, which it no longer reads). Saving the file applies it at once; a line left out takes its default, and a line the shell can't use is listed at the top of the config window. The font and the cava bar count take effect on restart.
 
-The config window edits the same file: Settings at the foot of the control centre, or `amane ipc call config toggle`. It is a normal window with a page per part of the shell, a page per Hyprland category, and a search over everything. Numbers with a range get a slider and a field, switches toggle, colours show a swatch; a typed value applies on Enter. Reset brings back the default.
+The config window edits the same file: Settings at the foot of the control centre, or `amane ipc call config toggle`. It is a normal window with a page per part of the shell, a page per Hyprland category, and a search over everything; typing with no field selected (as right after opening it) goes into the search. Numbers with a range get a slider and a field, switches toggle, colours show a swatch; a typed value applies on Enter. Reset brings back the default.
+
+### Glass
+
+`appearance.surface.design` picks what the island, the pills, the tray menu, the control centre and its popups are made of: `solid` (the wallpaper's gradient with an accent glow), `frosted` (a thin tint, a hairline white rim, a sheen along the top, a soft shadow), `liquid` (clear glass, denser toward the bottom right, a light-catching edge, the accent's glow) or `glass` (after Apple's Liquid Glass: a thin tint and an edge like the rim of a lens, brightest where the light falls in at the top left, a glint where it leaves at the bottom right, a thin specular line and a faint warm and cool fringe). Each design's opacity, rim and light are settings of their own (`appearance.solid|frosted|liquid|glass.*`); the look itself is `src/surface.rs`, drawn by one shader (`src/surface.wgsl`: the shadow, the fill and the sheen or lit edge in one pass; the rim stays a border). `glass` has its own, `src/glass.wgsl`, drawn twice: the shadow and tint under the content, the lit edge over it, so a photo on a card lies behind the glass. Unlike Apple's, it doesn't bend the desktop at the rim: a shell's shader never sees what's behind its window, Hyprland's blur is all it has. On see-through glass a face fades with `.opacity()` instead of a veil, a GPU layer only while it fades.
+
+Screenshots of each design, from when they were made: `docs/design/` (`base-solid-card.png`, `base-glass-0.5-card.png` for solid below 1, `frosted-0.62-card.png`, `liquid-0.4-card.png`, and a board for each glass design: the card three times side by side, with the pills below).
+
+### Performance
+
+Amane draws rectangles, borders, letters and pictures as cheap quads, and gradients, shadows and `Canvas` paths with vello, which renders over the whole window and then lays the result on top. vello keeps a result between frames only when its shapes didn't change and hold no gradient, so anything drawn with it on every frame costs a pass over the whole window. What redraws every frame is therefore kept off vello: the surfaces are a shader, the pill's bars are rounded rectangles, the candle ring and the equalizer's curve are shaders (`src/ring.wgsl`, `src/curve.wgsl`). A shader's file is written to `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/magic-island/` when it is first drawn. A shader must not contain the word `time`, or amane redraws its window on every frame.
+
+`tools/perf.sh PID [SECONDS]` (on the desktop) prints a process's CPU (and its children's), GPU per engine (DRM fdinfo) and memory.
+
+Amane can only blur what the shell draws, so the frosting comes from Hyprland: a layer rule for the shell's windows (the namespace match is a full match). `ignore_alpha` leaves pixels at or below that opacity unblurred, which keeps the clear margin around the pills sharp; keep it below the design's thinnest part, or that part shows the desktop unblurred (liquid at its default 0.4 is 0.22 in its top left corner; glass is its `opacity` all over, 0.32 by default).
+
+```lua
+hl.layer_rule({
+    name = "amane-glass",
+    match = { namespace = "^magic-.*$" },
+    blur = true,
+    ignore_alpha = 0.2,
+})
+```
+
+The blur's strength is Hyprland's own (`decoration.blur.size`, `passes`; also on the config window's Decoration page).
 
 ### Hyprland options
 
@@ -147,13 +195,16 @@ src/png.rs         a stdlib png writer, for tray icons sent as pixels
 src/system.rs      what the control centre shows: iwd, wired cards, openvpn, power, the external GPU
 src/glyph.rs       every drawn icon, as a Canvas or as shapes for a shared one
 src/theme.rs       the shell's colours: the matugen theme file, the cross-fade; watches config.toml
+src/lock.rs        the lock screen (amane's App::lock), `lock` IPC
+src/surface.rs     what the island, pills, menus and popups are made of: the solid, frosted and liquid designs as values for surface.wgsl, glass for glass.wgsl
+src/*.wgsl         shaders: surface (every surface), glass (the glass design), ring (the candles), curve (the equalizer's line), lock (the lock screen's backdrop)
 src/config.rs      every setting, declared once (typed accessors + the window's list), config.toml read and written
 src/hypr.rs        Hyprland's options for the config window: hyprctl descriptions/getoption, hl.config, amane.lua
 src/settings.rs    the config window, `config` IPC
 src/parse.rs       pure text parsing with unit tests, no amane dependency
 matugen/           the matugen template (amane.colors), rendered by skwd-wall into ./theme
 island-eq          saved equalizer curves (a snapshot of ~/.config/amane/island-eq)
-tools/             remote test driver, fake MPRIS players, a fake tray app (`fake_tray.py name|path`), see AGENTS.md
+tools/             remote test driver, fake MPRIS players, a fake tray app (`fake_tray.py name|path`), perf.sh (CPU, GPU, memory of a process), see AGENTS.md
 ```
 
 ## Requirements
@@ -164,6 +215,7 @@ On the desktop that runs the shell:
 - PipeWire with `pipewire-pulse`: `pactl`, `pw-record`, `pw-cli`, `pipewire` (filter-chain module)
 - `cava`, `curl`
 - the Fira Code font
+- PAM (`/etc/pam.d/login`), for the lock screen's password
 - for the control centre: `iwd`, openrc `openvpn.<name>` services, `pciutils` (`lspci`), `wl-clipboard` (`wl-copy`, for copying a saved password or an address), `iproute2` (`ip`, for the Ethernet details), optionally `bluez` (with `bluetoothctl`), and a doas rule without a password for `rc-service`, `sh` and `cat` (see [Control centre](#control-centre))
 
 ## Install and run
@@ -195,6 +247,7 @@ amane ipc call config set island.pill.width 260         # any setting by its con
 amane ipc call config set hyprland.decoration.blur.size 3
 amane ipc call config reset island.pill.width
 amane ipc call config status           # open=<bool> page=<id> errors=<n> search=<words>
+amane ipc call lock                    # lock the session
 ```
 
 Example Hyprland keybind:
@@ -207,8 +260,9 @@ bind = SUPER, M, exec, amane ipc call island toggle
 
 - `~/.config/amane/config.toml`: every setting (see [Settings](#settings)); rewritten by the config window.
 - `~/.config/hypr/amane.lua`: the Hyprland options set in the config window, as `hl.config`; rewritten by the shell.
+- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/amane/` (`~/.local/state/amane/`): `last-played` (the song the island last heard, `key = value`) and a copy of its cover, for the card shown while nothing plays.
 - `~/.config/amane/island-eq`: one line per player identity, `<player>\t<preset or Custom>\t<10 gains in dB>`.
-- `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/magic-island/`: downloaded covers, `palette-cover`, `cava.conf`, `eq-<key>.conf`. On tmpfs, gone at logout.
+- `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/magic-island/`: downloaded covers, `palette-cover`, `cava.conf`, `eq-<key>.conf`, the shaders (`*.wgsl`). On tmpfs, gone at logout.
 - Equalizer nodes are named `magic_island_eq.<key>`. The key is the player's MPRIS bus name without `org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.`, non-alphanumerics as `_` (e.g. `chromium_instance123`).
 
 ## Known limits

matugen/amane.colors

@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ outline={{colors.outline_variant.default.hex}}
 surface={{colors.surface_container.default.hex}}
 surface_high={{colors.surface_container_high.default.hex}}
 surface_low={{colors.surface_container_lowest.default.hex}}
+# the picture the colours came from, for the lock screen
+wallpaper={{image}}

src/ai.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::sync::{Mutex, PoisonError};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use amane::{Center, Column, End, Full, Rectangle, Row, Scroll, Service, Stack, Start, Text, TextInput, Widget};
+
+use crate::config::appearance::{overlays, text};
+use crate::config::pills::ai as settings;
+use crate::glyph::Glyph;
+use crate::island::faded;
+use crate::parse::{self, Chunk};
+use crate::{pods, theme};
+
+/*
+ * the AI card: a chat with a model on your own ollama servers (pills.ai.servers) through
+ * their http api (curl, streamed line by line), never a cloud service. a question goes to
+ * the first server that has the chosen model. a local ollama isn't kept running: it's
+ * started (doas, the same fixed rc-service rule the control centre uses) when it doesn't
+ * answer and no other server has the model
+ */
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Who {
+    You,
+    Model,
+}
+
+pub struct Ai {
+    pub said: Vec<(Who, String)>,
+    pub busy: bool,
+    // what's going on or what went wrong, under the chat
+    pub note: Option<String>,
+    // how far the chat is scrolled back from its newest line, in px
+    back: f32,
+    // the question being typed, for the send button
+    typed: String,
+    // bumped by Stop and New chat, so an answer still streaming stops writing
+    round: u32,
+    // (server, model) for every model the servers have, while the model list is open (empty while it loads)
+    models: Option<Vec<(String, String)>>,
+}
+
+impl Service for Ai {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self { said: Vec::new(), busy: false, note: None, back: 0.0, typed: String::new(), round: 0, models: None }
+    }
+
+    // changes only through input and the answering thread
+    fn listen() {}
+}
+
+const INPUT: &str = "ai-input";
+
+// the curl streaming the answer now, so Stop can end it
+static ASKING: Mutex<Option<Child>> = Mutex::new(None);
+
+// a question from outside (ipc), as if typed
+pub fn ask(words: String) {
+    send(words);
+}
+
+fn send(words: String) {
+    let words = words.trim().to_string();
+
+    if words.is_empty() || Ai::read().busy {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    TextInput::set_text(INPUT, "");
+
+    let round = {
+        let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+        ai.said.push((Who::You, words));
+        ai.said.push((Who::Model, String::new()));
+        ai.busy = true;
+        ai.note = None;
+        ai.back = 0.0;
+        ai.typed.clear();
+        ai.round
+    };
+
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        if let Err(why) = answer(round) {
+            finish(round, Some(why));
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+fn stop() {
+    if let Some(mut child) = ASKING.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).take() {
+        let _ = child.kill();
+        let _ = child.wait();
+    }
+
+    let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+    ai.round += 1;
+    ai.busy = false;
+
+    // an answer cut off before its first word leaves nothing to show
+    if ai.said.last().is_some_and(|(who, words)| *who == Who::Model && words.is_empty()) {
+        ai.said.pop();
+    }
+}
+
+fn new_chat() {
+    stop();
+
+    let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+    ai.said.clear();
+    ai.note = None;
+    ai.back = 0.0;
+}
+
+// on the answering thread: find the model's server (starting a local ollama if needed), then stream the reply into the chat
+fn answer(round: u32) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let model = settings::model();
+
+    let server = models(Some(&model), |words| note(round, words))?
+        .into_iter()
+        .find(|(_, name)| *name == model)
+        .map(|(server, _)| server)
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("None of pills.ai.servers has {model}"))?;
+
+    let body = request();
+
+    let mut child = Command::new("curl")
+        .args(["-sN", "-X", "POST", "-H", "Content-Type: application/json", "--data-binary", "@-", &format!("{server}/api/chat")])
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(|error| format!("curl: {error}"))?;
+
+    if let Some(mut input) = child.stdin.take() {
+        let _ = input.write_all(body.as_bytes());
+    }
+
+    let output = child.stdout.take().ok_or("curl gave no output")?;
+
+    *ASKING.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner) = Some(child);
+
+    for line in BufReader::new(output).lines() {
+        let Ok(line) = line else { break };
+
+        match parse::ollama_chunk(&line) {
+            Some(Chunk::Text(piece)) => {
+                let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+                if ai.round != round {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+
+                if let Some((Who::Model, words)) = ai.said.last_mut() {
+                    words.push_str(&piece);
+                }
+            }
+            Some(Chunk::Done) => break,
+            Some(Chunk::Failed(why)) => return Err(why),
+            None => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(mut child) = ASKING.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).take() {
+        let _ = child.wait();
+    }
+
+    let empty = Ai::read().said.last().is_some_and(|(who, words)| *who == Who::Model && words.is_empty());
+
+    finish(round, empty.then(|| String::from("The model gave no answer")));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// pills.ai.servers, in order, without trailing slashes
+fn servers() -> Vec<String> {
+    settings::servers().split(',').map(|server| server.trim().trim_end_matches('/').to_string()).filter(|server| !server.is_empty()).collect()
+}
+
+fn local(server: &str) -> bool {
+    server.contains("://localhost") || server.contains("://127.0.0.1")
+}
+
+// the models a server has; none when it doesn't answer
+fn models_on(server: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    let done = Command::new("curl").args(["-s", "--connect-timeout", "1", "-m", "5", &format!("{server}/api/tags")]).output().ok()?;
+
+    if !done.status.success() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let tags = parse::json(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&done.stdout));
+
+    let names = tags.first().and_then(|tags| tags.get("models")).map(|models| match models {
+        parse::Value::List(models) => models.iter().filter_map(|model| model.get("name").and_then(parse::Value::text).map(str::to_string)).collect(),
+        _ => Vec::new(),
+    });
+
+    Some(names.unwrap_or_default())
+}
+
+/*
+ * (server, model) for the servers' models, in the servers' order, each model once with the
+ * first server that has it; with `wanted`, only until a server has that model. a local
+ * server that doesn't answer is started (pills.ai.start_service) when the others don't have
+ * `wanted`, or for the whole list; `say` tells what's going on
+ */
+fn models(wanted: Option<&str>, say: impl Fn(&str)) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>, String> {
+    let servers = servers();
+
+    if servers.is_empty() {
+        return Err(String::from("pills.ai.servers names no server"));
+    }
+
+    let mut started = false;
+
+    loop {
+        let mut found: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+        let mut silent_local = None;
+        let mut answered = false;
+
+        for server in &servers {
+            let Some(names) = models_on(server) else {
+                if local(server) && silent_local.is_none() {
+                    silent_local = Some(server.clone());
+                }
+
+                continue;
+            };
+
+            answered = true;
+
+            for name in names {
+                if !found.iter().any(|(_, known)| *known == name) {
+                    found.push((server.clone(), name));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if wanted.is_some_and(|wanted| found.iter().any(|(_, name)| name == wanted)) {
+                return Ok(found);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(server) = silent_local.filter(|_| !started && settings::start_service()) {
+            wake(&server, &say)?;
+
+            started = true;
+
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        return match (answered, found.is_empty()) {
+            (false, _) => Err(format!("No Ollama server answers ({})", servers.join(", "))),
+            (true, true) => Err(String::from("The servers have no models (ollama pull <model>)")),
+            (true, false) => Ok(found),
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+// starts the local ollama service, telling `say` what's going on, and waits until it answers
+fn wake(server: &str, say: impl Fn(&str)) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if answers(server) {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    say("Starting ollama…");
+
+    let _ = Command::new("doas").args(["-n", "rc-service", "ollama", "start"]).output();
+    let until = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
+
+    while !answers(server) {
+        if Instant::now() > until {
+            return Err(String::from("Ollama didn't start (doas rc-service ollama start)"));
+        }
+
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+
+    say("");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// the model list opens (asking ollama which models it has) or closes
+fn pick() {
+    let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+    if ai.models.take().is_some() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ai.models = Some(Vec::new());
+
+    drop(ai);
+
+    thread::spawn(|| {
+        let names = models(None, |words| Ai::write().note = (!words.is_empty()).then(|| words.to_string()));
+
+        let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+        match names {
+            // only if the list wasn't closed meanwhile
+            Ok(names) => {
+                if ai.models.is_some() {
+                    ai.models = Some(names);
+                }
+            }
+            Err(why) => {
+                ai.models = None;
+                ai.note = Some(why);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+// another model from the list; kept in config.toml, used from the next question on
+fn choose(name: String) {
+    Ai::write().models = None;
+
+    let _ = crate::config::set("pills.ai.model", parse::Value::Text(name));
+}
+
+// whether ollama answers at all, within a second
+fn answers(server: &str) -> bool {
+    Command::new("curl")
+        .args(["-s", "-m", "1", "-o", "/dev/null", "-w", "%{http_code}", &format!("{server}/api/version")])
+        .output()
+        .is_ok_and(|done| done.stdout == b"200")
+}
+
+// the chat so far as ollama's /api/chat request
+fn request() -> String {
+    let ai = Ai::read();
+
+    let mut messages = vec![format!("{{\"role\":\"system\",\"content\":{}}}", parse::json_string(&settings::system()))];
+
+    for (who, words) in &ai.said {
+        if words.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let role = if *who == Who::You { "user" } else { "assistant" };
+
+        messages.push(format!("{{\"role\":\"{role}\",\"content\":{}}}", parse::json_string(words)));
+    }
+
+    format!("{{\"model\":{},\"stream\":true,\"messages\":[{}]}}", parse::json_string(&settings::model()), messages.join(","))
+}
+
+fn note(round: u32, words: &str) {
+    let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+    if ai.round == round {
+        ai.note = (!words.is_empty()).then(|| words.to_string());
+    }
+}
+
+fn finish(round: u32, problem: Option<String>) {
+    let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+    if ai.round != round {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ai.busy = false;
+    ai.note = problem;
+
+    if ai.said.last().is_some_and(|(who, words)| *who == Who::Model && words.is_empty()) {
+        ai.said.pop();
+    }
+}
+
+fn scrolled(step: Scroll) {
+    let mut ai = Ai::write();
+
+    ai.back = (ai.back - step.y * 40.0).max(0.0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * the card's inside: the header, the chat (newest at the bottom, the wheel scrolls back),
+ * a note line, the question field
+ */
+pub fn card(width: f32, height: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let ai = Ai::read();
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    // the model, as a chip that opens the list of the others
+    // the model, as a chip that opens the list of the others; its arrow points up while the list is open
+    let arrow = if ai.models.is_some() { Glyph::ChevronUp } else { Glyph::Chevron };
+    let mut buttons: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(pods::chip(&settings::model(), Some(arrow), pick))];
+
+    if ai.busy {
+        buttons.push(Box::new(pods::chip("Stop", None, stop)));
+    } else if !ai.said.is_empty() {
+        buttons.push(Box::new(pods::chip("New chat", None, new_chat)));
+    }
+
+    let header = pods::header("AI", buttons, width);
+
+    let field_h = 40.0;
+    let note_h = text::small() + 8.0;
+    let chat_h = height - pods::header_height() - field_h - note_h - 3.0 * 8.0;
+
+    // the bubbles, measured so the newest sit at the bottom
+    let bubble_w = width * 0.86;
+    let mut bubbles: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut total = 0.0;
+
+    for (who, words) in &ai.said {
+        let shown = if words.is_empty() { String::from("…") } else { words.clone() };
+        let words = Text::new(shown).size(text::body()).color(theme.text).wrap();
+        let words_h = words.height_in(bubble_w - 24.0);
+        let mine = *who == Who::You;
+
+        let bubble = Rectangle::new()
+            .width(bubble_w)
+            .height(words_h + 16.0)
+            .radius(14.0)
+            .fill(if mine { faded(theme.accent, 70) } else { overlays::chip() })
+            .padding(8.0)
+            .child(Rectangle::new().width(bubble_w - 24.0).height(words_h).child(words));
+
+        total += words_h + 16.0 + 8.0;
+        // yours on the right, the model's on the left
+        let row = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(words_h + 16.0);
+        let row = if mine { row.align_child(End, Start) } else { row.align_child(Start, Start) };
+
+        bubbles.push(Box::new(row.child(bubble)));
+    }
+
+    let chat: Box<dyn Widget> = if let Some(models) = &ai.models {
+        let current = settings::model();
+        let several = servers().len() > 1;
+        let mut rows: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(Text::new(if models.is_empty() { "Asking the servers for their models…" } else { "Chat with" }).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim))];
+
+        for (server, name) in models {
+            let chosen = *name == current;
+            let picked = name.clone();
+
+            // with more than one server, where the model is, without the scheme
+            let host = if several { server.split("://").last().unwrap_or(server) } else { "" };
+            let host_w = host.chars().count() as f32 * text::small() * crate::config::appearance::font::letter_width();
+
+            rows.push(Box::new(
+                Rectangle::new()
+                    .width(width)
+                    .height(34.0)
+                    .radius(12.0)
+                    .fill(if chosen { faded(theme.accent, 70) } else { overlays::chip() })
+                    .padding(amane::Padding { top: 0.0, right: 12.0, bottom: 0.0, left: 12.0 })
+                    .align_child(Start, Center)
+                    .cursor(amane::Pointer)
+                    .on_click(move |_| choose(picked.clone()))
+                    .child(
+                        Row::new(vec![
+                            Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width - 24.0 - host_w - 12.0).height(34.0).align_child(Start, Center).child(Text::new(name.as_str()).size(text::body()).color(theme.text).elide())) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                            Box::new(Text::new(host).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim)),
+                        ])
+                        .gap(12.0)
+                        .align(Center),
+                    ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(chat_h).clip().child(Column::new(rows).gap(6.0)))
+    } else if bubbles.is_empty() {
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(chat_h).align_child(Center, Center).child(Text::new(if servers().iter().all(|server| local(server)) { format!("Ask {} anything; it runs on this computer", settings::model()) } else { format!("Ask {} anything; it runs on your own servers", settings::model()) }).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim)))
+    } else {
+        // the column's bottom on the area's bottom, moved down by the scroll back; what's above is cut
+        let back = ai.back.min((total - chat_h).max(0.0));
+        let column = Column::new(bubbles).gap(8.0);
+
+        Box::new(
+            Rectangle::new()
+                .width(width)
+                .height(chat_h)
+                .clip()
+                .on_scroll(scrolled)
+                .child(Stack::new(vec![Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(total).translate(0.0, chat_h - total + back).child(column)) as Box<dyn Widget>]).width(width).height(chat_h)),
+        )
+    };
+
+    let note = Text::new(ai.note.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| if ai.busy { String::from("Thinking…") } else { String::new() })).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim).elide();
+
+    let input = TextInput::new(INPUT).width(width - 2.0 * 14.0 - 34.0).size(text::body()).color(theme.text).placeholder(format!("Ask {}…", settings::model())).focused().on_change(|words| Ai::write().typed = words).on_submit(send);
+
+    let field = Rectangle::new()
+        .width(width)
+        .height(field_h)
+        .radius(Full)
+        .fill(overlays::chip())
+        .padding(amane::Padding { top: 0.0, right: 6.0, bottom: 0.0, left: 14.0 })
+        .align_child(Start, Center)
+        .child(
+            Row::new(vec![
+                Box::new(input) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                Box::new(pods::button(Glyph::Send, || {
+                    let typed = Ai::read().typed.clone();
+
+                    send(typed);
+                })),
+            ])
+            .gap(6.0)
+            .align(Center),
+        );
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(
+        Column::new(vec![
+            Box::new(header) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+            chat,
+            Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(note_h).align_child(Start, Center).child(note)),
+            Box::new(field),
+        ])
+        .gap(8.0),
+    )
+}

src/art.rs

@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ impl Service for Art {
                 *Self::write() = Self { url, path };
             }
 
+            // the song playing, kept for the card shown while nothing plays
+            let (url, path) = {
+                let art = Self::read();
+
+                (art.url.clone(), art.path.clone())
+            };
+
+            crate::last::watch(&url, &path);
+
             // 4 checks a second: after next/previous the new cover follows the title quickly
             thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(timing::cover_check_ms()));
         }

src/config.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{LazyLock, Mutex, PoisonError, RwLock};
+use std::thread::LocalKey;
 
 use amane::Color;
 
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ pub struct Opt {
     pub help: &'static str,
     pub kind: Kind,
     pub range: Option<(f64, f64)>,
+    // the only words a text setting takes, shown as chips; empty: any text
+    pub choices: &'static [&'static str],
     pub default: fn() -> Value,
 }
 
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ pub fn color(text: &str) -> Option<Color> {
 }
 
 macro_rules! settings {
-    ($( $module:ident { $( $group:ident { $( $name:ident : $ty:ty = $default:expr $(, $min:literal ..= $max:literal)? ; $help:literal )* } )* } )*) => {
+    ($( $module:ident { $( $group:ident { $( $name:ident : $ty:ty $([ $($choice:literal),+ ])? = $default:expr $(, $min:literal ..= $max:literal)? ; $help:literal )* } )* } )*) => {
         $( pub mod $module {
             $( pub mod $group {
                 #[allow(unused_imports)]
@@ -179,7 +184,11 @@ macro_rules! settings {
                 $(
                     #[allow(dead_code)]
                     pub fn $name() -> $ty {
-                        super::super::get(concat!(stringify!($module), ".", stringify!($group), ".", stringify!($name)), || $default)
+                        std::thread_local! {
+                            static SLOT: std::cell::RefCell<(u64, Option<$ty>)> = const { std::cell::RefCell::new((0, None)) };
+                        }
+
+                        super::super::cached(&SLOT, concat!(stringify!($module), ".", stringify!($group), ".", stringify!($name)), || $default)
                     }
                 )*
             } )*
@@ -190,6 +199,7 @@ macro_rules! settings {
             help: $help,
             kind: <$ty as Setting>::KIND,
             range: settings!(@range $($min, $max)?),
+            choices: &[ $( $($choice),+ )? ],
             default: || <$ty as Setting>::value(&$default),
         }, )* )* )* ];
     };
@@ -221,6 +231,35 @@ settings! {
         motion {
             hover_ms: u64 = 220, 0..=2000; "How long hover highlights take to fade in and out"
         }
+        surface {
+            design: String ["solid", "frosted", "liquid", "glass"] = String::from("solid"); "What the island, the pills, the menus, the control centre and its popups are made of: solid (the wallpaper's gradient with an accent glow), frosted (a thin tint, a hairline rim and a sheen), liquid (clear glass with a light-catching edge) or glass (after Apple's Liquid Glass: a thin tint with a lens-like rim). See-through ones need Hyprland's blur behind the shell: README, Glass"
+        }
+        solid {
+            opacity: f32 = 1.0, 0.05..=1.0; "How opaque the solid design is; below 1 the desktop shows through"
+            glow: f32 = 0.3, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the accent glow around each surface"
+            hover_glow: f32 = 0.7, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the glow while hovered"
+        }
+        frosted {
+            opacity: f32 = 0.62, 0.05..=1.0; "How opaque the frosted tint is"
+            rim: f32 = 0.19, 0.0..=1.0; "Opacity of the hairline white rim"
+            sheen: f32 = 0.13, 0.0..=1.0; "Opacity of the white highlight along the top edge"
+            shadow: f32 = 0.24, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the soft shadow under each surface"
+        }
+        liquid {
+            opacity: f32 = 0.4, 0.05..=1.0; "How opaque the glass is in its middle; clearer at the top left, denser at the bottom right"
+            rim: f32 = 0.33, 0.0..=1.0; "Opacity of the light rim"
+            rim_width: f32 = 1.5, 0.0..=4.0; "Width of the light rim, in pixels"
+            light: f32 = 0.235, 0.0..=1.0; "Opacity of the light caught at the top left edge"
+            glow: f32 = 0.22, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the accent glow around each surface"
+        }
+        glass {
+            opacity: f32 = 0.32, 0.05..=1.0; "How strongly the glass is tinted in its middle. Keep it above the ignore_alpha of Hyprland's layer rule, or the desktop behind isn't blurred (README, Glass)"
+            edge: f32 = 16.0, 1..=60; "Width of the band along the rim that catches the light like the edge of a lens, in pixels"
+            light: f32 = 0.55, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the light caught where it falls in (top left) and where it leaves (bottom right)"
+            rim: f32 = 0.5, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the thin bright line on the rim"
+            dispersion: f32 = 0.3, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the warm and cool fringe along the rim, as glass splits light"
+            shadow: f32 = 0.18, 0.0..=1.0; "Strength of the soft shadow under each surface"
+        }
         fallback {
             accent: Color = Color::rgb(247, 168, 200); "Accent, used until matugen writes ~/.config/amane/theme from the wallpaper"
             on_accent: Color = Color::rgb(40, 18, 32); "Text and icons on the accent colour, without a theme file"
@@ -305,6 +344,11 @@ settings! {
             row_letters: usize = 30, 4..=200; "Letters of a device name a menu row shows before cutting the middle"
             chip_letters: usize = 13, 4..=200; "Letters of a device name the output chip shows before cutting the middle"
         }
+        idle {
+            players: String = String::from("cider, spotify, tidal-hifi"); "Players the card offers to start while nothing plays: their desktop file names (cider for cider.desktop), comma-separated"
+            wait_s: u64 = 30, 1..=300; "How long a player started from the card gets to start playing before the card gives up"
+            check_ms: u64 = 500, 100..=5000; "How often a player started from the card is looked for and asked to play"
+        }
     }
 
     sound {
@@ -396,9 +440,6 @@ settings! {
             slider_height: f32 = 28.0, 8..=100; "Height of a slider"
             keys_height: f32 = 26.0, 8..=100; "Height of the keyboard light's buttons"
             profile_height: f32 = 48.0, 16..=200; "Height of the performance profile buttons"
-            vram_height: f32 = 14.0, 4..=60; "Height of the external GPU's memory line"
-            row_height: f32 = 22.0, 8..=100; "Height of a program row under the external GPU"
-            max_rows: usize = 5, 1..=50; "Programs listed under the external GPU before \"and N more\""
         }
         menus {
             pad: f32 = 12.0, 0..=100; "Padding inside a menu"
@@ -473,19 +514,213 @@ settings! {
             media_check_ms: u64 = 300, 50..=5000; "How often the song is checked for a change, for the island's peek"
         }
     }
+
+    pills {
+        layout {
+            gap: f32 = 10.0, 0..=200; "Space between the island's pill and the small pills beside it"
+            spacing: f32 = 8.0, 0..=100; "Space between the small pills on one side"
+            icon: f32 = 18.0, 6..=40; "Size of the small pills' icons"
+            open_ms: u64 = 420, 0..=5000; "How long a small pill takes to open into its card, and to close"
+            radius: f32 = 28.0, 0..=60; "Corner radius of the opened cards"
+            pad: f32 = 24.0, 0..=60; "Padding inside the opened cards"
+        }
+        colors {
+            ai: Color = Color::rgb(160, 128, 255); "The AI pill's own colour, mixed into its pill and card"
+            monitor: Color = Color::rgb(64, 208, 190); "The system monitor pill's own colour"
+            notifications: Color = Color::rgb(255, 128, 104); "The notification pill's own colour"
+            home_clear_day: Color = Color::rgb(255, 190, 92); "The home pill's colour under a clear or partly cloudy day sky"
+            home_clear_night: Color = Color::rgb(104, 118, 230); "The home pill's colour on a clear night"
+            home_cloudy: Color = Color::rgb(150, 170, 200); "The home pill's colour under clouds (and before the weather is known)"
+            home_fog: Color = Color::rgb(176, 176, 190); "The home pill's colour in fog"
+            home_rain: Color = Color::rgb(84, 156, 244); "The home pill's colour in rain"
+            home_snow: Color = Color::rgb(206, 232, 255); "The home pill's colour in snow"
+            home_storm: Color = Color::rgb(160, 104, 230); "The home pill's colour in a storm"
+            pill_mix: f32 = 0.55, 0..=1; "How much of its own colour a small pill takes (0 = the wallpaper's only)"
+            card_mix: f32 = 0.28, 0..=1; "How much of its pill's colour an open card takes"
+        }
+        ai {
+            width: f32 = 760.0, 280..=1400; "Width of the AI card"
+            height: f32 = 680.0, 200..=1200; "Height of the AI card"
+            servers: String = String::from("http://localhost:11434"); "The Ollama servers the AI card talks to, comma-separated, in order: the model list shows all their models, a question goes to the first that has the chosen one"
+            model: String = String::from("gemma4:e4b"); "The Ollama model to chat with, with its tag (ollama list shows them)"
+            start_service: bool = true; "Start the local ollama service (doas rc-service ollama start) when it isn't answering"
+            system: String = String::from("You are a helpful assistant inside a Linux desktop shell. Answer briefly and plainly."); "What the model is told before every chat"
+        }
+        monitor {
+            width: f32 = 620.0, 280..=1400; "Width of the system monitor card"
+            interval_ms: u64 = 1000, 200..=10000; "How often the system monitor reads the system"
+            history: usize = 60, 10..=600; "How many readings the graphs show"
+            graph_height: f32 = 46.0, 10..=200; "Height of each graph"
+            temperatures: usize = 6, 0..=20; "How many temperature sensors to show, always in the same order: CPU, iGPU, eGPU, NVMe, memory, board, then the rest"
+            warm: f32 = 65.0, 20..=120; "From this temperature (°C) a sensor shows in the warm colour"
+            hot: f32 = 85.0, 20..=130; "From this temperature (°C) a sensor shows in the hot colour"
+            cool_color: Color = Color::rgb(120, 200, 255); "Colour of a sensor below the warm temperature"
+            warm_color: Color = Color::rgb(255, 196, 92); "Colour of a warm sensor"
+            hot_color: Color = Color::rgb(255, 105, 97); "Colour of a hot sensor"
+            programs: usize = 5, 1..=50; "Programs on the external GPU listed before the rest are counted"
+            terminal: String = String::from("ghostty"); "The terminal that runs the process list"
+            processes: String = String::from("btm --default_widget_type proc --expanded"); "The process list command, opened on a special workspace"
+            workspace: String = String::from("processes"); "The special workspace the process list opens on"
+        }
+        home {
+            width: f32 = 880.0, 300..=1600; "Width of the home card. It opens in the middle with the AI, system and island pills on its left, which on a 1920 px wide monitor leaves room for about 900 beside the workspace pill"
+            clock_size: f32 = 64.0, 20..=200; "Size of the big clock"
+            clock_font: String = String::new(); "The big clock's font family, any installed one (fc-list : family lists them); empty takes the shell's font"
+            clock_weight: u64 = 700, 100..=900; "The big clock's weight, 100 (thin) to 900 (black); a font without that weight shows its nearest one"
+            clock_letter_width: f32 = 0.0, 0..=2; "Width of one of the clock's digits as a share of its size, so the weather beside it makes room; 0 takes the shell font's"
+            seconds: bool = false; "Show seconds on the big clock"
+            avatar: String = String::from("~/.face"); "The picture shown as the user's avatar; a drawn person without one"
+            avatar_size: f32 = 84.0, 24..=200; "Size of the avatar; the greeting row is as tall"
+            gap: f32 = 12.0, 0..=60; "Space between the home card's parts"
+            city: String = String::from("Munich"); "The weather's place, as shown"
+            latitude: f32 = 48.137, -90.0..=90.0; "The weather's latitude"
+            longitude: f32 = 11.575, -180.0..=180.0; "The weather's longitude"
+            weather_minutes: u64 = 20, 5..=360; "How often the weather is fetched, in minutes"
+            weather_height: f32 = 60.0, 30..=200; "Height of the weather now"
+            weather_icon: f32 = 44.0, 16..=120; "Size of the icon of the weather now"
+            temperature_size: f32 = 28.0, 10..=100; "Size of the temperature now"
+            forecast_height: f32 = 64.0, 30..=200; "Height of the coming days' weather"
+            forecast_icon: f32 = 22.0, 10..=80; "Size of the coming days' weather icons"
+            photo: bool = true; "Show a photo of the weather now behind the home card"
+            photos: String = String::from("~/.config/amane/weather"); "Folder of the weather photos: <kind>-<day|night>.jpg for clear, partly-cloudy, cloudy, fog, rain, snow and storm. A missing one is downloaded once from Wikimedia Commons (credits in the repo's weather/CREDITS.md); a file that's there is never replaced, so put your own in its place (the shell shows a swapped file after a restart)"
+            photo_opacity: f32 = 0.45, 0..=1; "How much the weather photo shows through behind the home card: the card's colour veils the rest, 0 hides it"
+        }
+        calendar {
+            server: String = String::from("https://caldav.icloud.com/"); "The CalDAV server; iCloud's by default"
+            contacts_server: String = String::from("https://contacts.icloud.com/"); "The CardDAV server the birthdays come from, with the same account; iCloud's by default"
+            account: String = String::new(); "Your Apple ID (or CalDAV user). Store its app-specific password (account.apple.com > Sign-In and Security > App-Specific Passwords) in the keyring with: secret-tool store --label='Magic Island calendar' service amane-calendar account <Apple ID>"
+            sync_minutes: u64 = 15, 1..=360; "How often the calendar and the birthdays are synced, in minutes"
+            holidays: String = String::from("BY"); "The German state whose public holidays the calendar marks: BW, BY, BE, BB, HB, HH, HE, MV, NI, NW, RP, SL, SN, ST, SH or TH; empty marks none"
+            birthdays: bool = true; "Show the birthdays of your contacts"
+            cell: f32 = 52.0, 32..=96; "Size of a day in the month grid; the card grows with it"
+            disc: f32 = 0.72, 0.3..=1.0; "Size of today's disc and the selected day's ring, as a share of a day"
+            ring: f32 = 2.0, 0.5..=6.0; "Thickness of the selected day's ring"
+            dot: f32 = 5.0, 2..=16; "Size of the dots under a day with events, one per calendar"
+            dots: usize = 3, 1..=6; "Most dots under one day"
+            mark: f32 = 13.0, 6..=30; "Size of the cake on a day with a birthday"
+            list_gap: f32 = 24.0, 0..=100; "Space between the month grid and the selected day's list"
+            item_gap: f32 = 8.0, 0..=40; "Space between the selected day's items"
+            field_height: f32 = 32.0, 20..=60; "Height of the event form's text fields"
+            length_minutes: u64 = 60, 5..=1440; "How long a new event lasts until you change its end"
+            holiday_color: Color = Color::rgb(255, 122, 104); "Colour of public holidays: the day's number, its tint and flag"
+            holiday_tint: f32 = 0.2, 0..=1; "How strongly a public holiday is tinted in its colour"
+            birthday_color: Color = Color::rgb(255, 138, 196); "Colour of birthdays: the cake on the day and in its list"
+            selected_color: Color = Color::rgba(255, 255, 255, 220); "Colour of the selected day's ring"
+        }
+    }
+
+    notifications {
+        popups {
+            enabled: bool = true; "Show notifications as popups; off is do not disturb (they still go to the history)"
+            timeout_ms: u64 = 6000, 1000..=60000; "How long a normal notification's popup stays"
+            low_timeout_ms: u64 = 4000, 1000..=60000; "How long a low-urgency popup stays"
+            critical_stays: bool = true; "Critical notifications stay until dismissed"
+            width: f32 = 380.0, 240..=900; "Width of the popups"
+            count: usize = 4, 1..=10; "How many popups show at once"
+            icon: f32 = 40.0, 16..=128; "Size of a notification's icon or picture"
+        }
+        apps {
+            muted: String = String::new(); "Apps whose notifications don't pop up but stay in the history, comma-separated (Mute app on a notification adds it)"
+            blocked: String = String::new(); "Apps whose notifications are dropped at once, comma-separated (Block app on a notification adds it)"
+        }
+        history {
+            width: f32 = 620.0, 280..=1400; "Width of the notification card"
+            height: f32 = 700.0, 200..=1400; "Height of the notification card"
+        }
+    }
+
+    lock {
+        look {
+            wallpaper: String = String::new(); "The picture behind the lock screen, PNG or JPEG; empty takes the wallpaper the shell's colours come from (the wallpaper line matugen writes into the theme file), else the colours' gradient"
+            blur: u64 = 6, 0..=40; "How blurred the picture is, in pixels of its small copy; 0 shows it sharp"
+            copy_width: u64 = 320, 64..=1920; "Width of the small copy of the picture that's blurred and stretched over the screen; smaller is softer"
+            dim: f32 = 0.3, 0..=1; "How much the picture is darkened, so the words over it stay readable"
+            vignette: f32 = 0.35, 0..=1; "How much darker the screen's corners are than its middle"
+            top: f32 = 90.0, 0..=600; "Space above the date"
+            bottom: f32 = 70.0, 0..=600; "Space below the password field"
+            gap: f32 = 16.0, 0..=80; "Space between the lock screen's parts"
+            date_size: f32 = 22.0, 10..=80; "Size of the date and the weather beside it"
+            clock_size: f32 = 150.0, 40..=400; "Size of the clock"
+            clock_font: String = String::new(); "The clock's font family, any installed one (fc-list : family lists them); empty takes the shell's font"
+            clock_weight: u64 = 600, 100..=900; "The clock's weight, 100 (thin) to 900 (black)"
+            card_width: f32 = 440.0, 240..=1200; "Width of the music card"
+            card_height: f32 = 100.0, 60..=300; "Height of the music card"
+            cover: f32 = 68.0, 24..=200; "Size of the cover on the music card"
+            chip_height: f32 = 34.0, 20..=80; "Height of the chips under the music: the next event, the new notifications, the battery"
+            avatar_size: f32 = 96.0, 24..=300; "Size of the avatar; pills.home.avatar is the picture"
+            field_width: f32 = 300.0, 160..=800; "Width of the password field"
+            field_height: f32 = 46.0, 28..=100; "Height of the password field"
+            wrong_color: Color = Color::rgb(255, 105, 97); "Colour of the note after a wrong password"
+        }
+        show {
+            weather: bool = true; "The weather now beside the date, for the home pill's place"
+            splash: bool = true; "Hyprland's splash message under the clock"
+            music: bool = true; "What plays, with its cover"
+            controls: bool = true; "Previous, play/pause and next on the music card; they work while locked"
+            event: bool = true; "The next event of the home pill's calendar"
+            notifications: bool = true; "How many notifications came in that you haven't seen yet"
+            battery: bool = true; "The battery's charge"
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-// what config.toml set, by path; a missing or bad setting takes its default
+// what config.toml set, by path; a missing or bad setting takes its default. written only through change()
 static VALUES: LazyLock<RwLock<HashMap<String, Value>>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
 
+// how many times VALUES changed; an accessor's cached answer from an older count is read again
+static GENERATION: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(1);
+
 // what was wrong in the file when it was last read, for the config window
 static ERRORS: Mutex<Vec<String>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
 
-// ponytail: a lock and a hash lookup per call, a few hundred a frame; a snapshot struct if a profile ever shows it
+/*
+ * config.toml as the shell last wrote or read it. every save and every reread holds
+ * this lock, so the file watch can't read a save halfway or undo a change it raced
+ * with (it once reset settings to their defaults that way), and skips the shell's own saves
+ */
+static WRITTEN: Mutex<String> = Mutex::new(String::new());
+
+fn written() -> std::sync::MutexGuard<'static, String> {
+    WRITTEN.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner)
+}
+
 fn get<T: Setting>(path: &str, default: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
     VALUES.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).get(path).and_then(T::read).unwrap_or_else(default)
 }
 
+// an accessor's last answer on this thread, with the GENERATION it was read at
+type Slot<T> = LocalKey<RefCell<(u64, Option<T>)>>;
+
+/*
+ * what every accessor (settings!) returns: its last answer while VALUES hasn't changed
+ * since, else a fresh get(). a few hundred reads a frame with a card open, each a lock,
+ * a hash of the path and a conversion (a colour parsed from its text) at 160 to 570 ns
+ * unoptimised; a cached one is an atomic load and a copy, 13 ns. per thread, so it takes
+ * no lock. a read racing a change may return the old value once, as get() could
+ */
+fn cached<T: Setting + Clone>(slot: &'static Slot<T>, path: &str, default: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
+    let now = GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+
+    if let Some(value) = slot.with_borrow(|(seen, value)| value.clone().filter(|_| *seen == now)) {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    let value = get(path, default);
+
+    slot.set((now, Some(value.clone())));
+
+    value
+}
+
+// every change to VALUES: made, then counted (the write lock is gone by then), so the accessors read again
+fn change<R>(edit: impl FnOnce(&mut HashMap<String, Value>) -> R) -> R {
+    let done = edit(&mut VALUES.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner));
+
+    GENERATION.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+
+    done
+}
+
 pub fn file() -> PathBuf {
     theme::config_file("config.toml")
 }
@@ -496,39 +731,60 @@ pub fn option(path: &str) -> Option<&'static Opt> {
 
 // at startup: config.toml, or the first time, one made from the old shell.conf
 pub fn load() {
+    let mut written = written();
+
     let text = fs::read_to_string(file()).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
         migrate();
 
         let text = render();
 
-        let _ = fs::write(file(), &text);
+        let _ = write_file(&text);
 
         text
     });
 
     apply_text(&text);
+
+    *written = text;
+}
+
+// config.toml changed on disk: a hand edit applies, the shell's own saves are skipped. whether it applied
+pub fn reread() -> bool {
+    let mut written = written();
+    let text = fs::read_to_string(file()).unwrap_or_default();
+
+    if text == *written {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    apply_text(&text);
+
+    *written = text;
+
+    true
 }
 
 // shell.conf's four settings, moved to their places in config.toml
 fn migrate() {
     let old = fs::read_to_string(theme::config_file("shell.conf")).unwrap_or_default();
-    let mut values = VALUES.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
 
-    for (key, text) in parse::settings(&old) {
+    change(|values| {
-        let path = match key.as_str() {
+        for (key, text) in parse::settings(&old) {
-            "cover_colors" => "appearance.colors.cover_colors",
+            let path = match key.as_str() {
-            "transition_ms" => "appearance.colors.transition_ms",
+                "cover_colors" => "appearance.colors.cover_colors",
-            "hotspot" => "control.services.hotspot",
+                "transition_ms" => "appearance.colors.transition_ms",
-            "extra_output" => "control.services.extra_output",
+                "hotspot" => "control.services.hotspot",
-            _ => continue,
+                "extra_output" => "control.services.extra_output",
-        };
+                _ => continue,
+            };
 
-        if let Some(option) = option(path)
+            if let Some(option) = option(path)
-            && let Ok(value) = from_text(option, &text)
+                && let Ok(value) = from_text(option, &text)
-        {
+            {
-            values.insert(path.to_string(), value);
+                values.insert(path.to_string(), value);
+            }
         }
-    }
+    });
 }
 
 // the file's text, read anew: what it sets replaces everything set before
@@ -545,7 +801,7 @@ pub fn apply_text(text: &str) {
         }
     }
 
-    *VALUES.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner) = values;
+    change(|old| *old = values);
     *ERRORS.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner) = errors;
 
     hypr::sync_soon();
@@ -575,6 +831,10 @@ fn check(path: &str, value: &Value) -> Result<(), String> {
         return Err(format!("needs {}", kind_words(option)));
     }
 
+    if !option.choices.is_empty() && !value.text().is_some_and(|word| option.choices.contains(&word)) {
+        return Err(format!("must be one of {}", option.choices.join(", ")));
+    }
+
     let numbers: Vec<f64> = match value {
         Value::List(items) => items.iter().filter_map(Value::number).collect(),
         _ => value.number().into_iter().collect(),
@@ -639,26 +899,42 @@ pub fn override_of(path: &str) -> Option<Value> {
 pub fn set(path: &str, value: Value) -> Result<(), String> {
     check(path, &value)?;
 
-    VALUES.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).insert(path.to_string(), value);
+    let mut written = written();
 
-    save()
+    change(|values| values.insert(path.to_string(), value));
+
+    save(&mut written)
 }
 
 // back to the default (a Hyprland option: back to Hyprland's own config)
 pub fn reset(path: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
-    VALUES.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).remove(path);
+    let mut written = written();
 
-    save()
+    change(|values| values.remove(path));
+
+    save(&mut written)
 }
 
-fn save() -> Result<(), String> {
+fn save(written: &mut String) -> Result<(), String> {
-    fs::write(file(), render()).map_err(|error| format!("couldn't write {}: {error}", file().display()))?;
+    let text = render();
+
+    write_file(&text).map_err(|error| format!("couldn't write {}: {error}", file().display()))?;
+
+    *written = text;
 
     theme::touch();
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// whole or not at all: a new file renamed over the old, so no reader sees half of it
+fn write_file(text: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let fresh = file().with_extension("toml.new");
+
+    fs::write(&fresh, text)?;
+    fs::rename(&fresh, file())
+}
+
 // config.toml as the shell writes it: every setting with its help, then the Hyprland options set here
 pub fn render() -> String {
     let mut out = String::from(
@@ -789,6 +1065,8 @@ pub fn modules() -> Vec<&'static str> {
 pub fn title(id: &str) -> String {
     match id {
         "control" => String::from("Control centre"),
+        "pills" => String::from("Side pills"),
+        "lock" => String::from("Lock screen"),
         "bar" => String::from("Bar hiding"),
         "input-capture" => String::from("Input capture"),
         "opengl" => String::from("OpenGL"),
@@ -812,3 +1090,29 @@ pub fn label(name: &str) -> String {
 
     title(name)
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // the cached accessors follow every change, on this thread and on others
+    #[test]
+    fn accessors_follow_changes() {
+        let (width, family, accent) = (island::pill::width(), appearance::font::family(), appearance::fallback::accent());
+
+        change(|values| {
+            values.insert("island.pill.width".into(), Value::Float(321.0));
+            values.insert("appearance.font.family".into(), Value::Text("Iosevka".into()));
+            values.insert("appearance.fallback.accent".into(), Value::Text("#102030".into()));
+        });
+
+        assert_eq!(island::pill::width(), 321.0);
+        assert_eq!(appearance::font::family(), "Iosevka");
+        assert_eq!(appearance::fallback::accent(), Color::rgb(16, 32, 48));
+        assert_eq!(std::thread::spawn(island::pill::width).join().unwrap(), 321.0);
+
+        change(|values| values.clear());
+
+        assert_eq!((island::pill::width(), appearance::font::family(), appearance::fallback::accent()), (width, family, accent));
+    }
+}

src/control.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * the control centre: a status pill in the top right corner of every monitor (wi-fi,
  * vpn, bluetooth, battery) that opens, on the monitor it was clicked on, into a panel
  * like macOS's: connection tiles, sound, the screen and keyboard light, the performance
- * mode with the battery, and the external gpu with the programs using it. it opens on
+ * mode with the battery (the external gpu moved to the system monitor pill). it opens on
  * the island's timeline (island::phases): pill out, the empty shape grows, panel in
  */
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use amane::{
     Animation, Audio, Blend, Bluetooth, Brightness, Button, Canvas, Cap, Center, Color, Column, Easing, End, Full,
-    Horizontal, InputArea, Layer, LayerWindow, Line, Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Service, Shadow,
+    Horizontal, InputArea, Layer, LayerWindow, Line, Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Service,
     Shape, SpaceBetween, Stack, Start, Text, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Zone, children, shapes,
 };
 
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ use crate::config::control as c;
 use crate::config::island::{animation as island_animation, pill as island_pill};
 use crate::edge::{self, Edge};
 use crate::glyph::{Glyph, icon};
-use crate::island::{self, CLEAR, backdrop, faded, mix, phases, veiled};
+use crate::island::{self, CLEAR, faded, mix, phases, veiled};
 use crate::map::{self, Centre, Link, Node};
 use crate::parse;
 use crate::prompt;
 use crate::settings;
 use crate::sound::Sound;
-use crate::system::{self, Charge, Gpu, Links, Power, VpnState};
+use crate::system::{self, Charge, Links, Power, VpnState};
-use crate::theme;
+use crate::{surface, theme};
 
 // every size and timing is a setting (config.rs: control.*); these follow from them
 fn menu_w() -> f32 {
@@ -266,12 +266,11 @@ struct Layout {
     keyboard: bool,
     profiles: bool,
     battery: bool,
-    gpu_rows: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl Layout {
     fn largest() -> Layout {
-        Layout { ethernet: true, extra_output: true, screen: true, keyboard: true, profiles: true, battery: true, gpu_rows: Some(c::modules::max_rows()) }
+        Layout { ethernet: true, extra_output: true, screen: true, keyboard: true, profiles: true, battery: true }
     }
 
     fn sound(&self) -> f32 {
@@ -292,12 +291,8 @@ impl Layout {
         module_height(&parts)
     }
 
-    fn gpu(&self) -> Option<f32> {
-        self.gpu_rows.map(|rows| 2.0 * c::modules::pad() + c::modules::title_height() + c::modules::vram_height() + rows.max(1) as f32 * c::modules::row_height() + 2.0 * c::modules::line_gap())
-    }
-
     fn height(&self) -> f32 {
-        let modules: f32 = [Some(self.sound()), self.display(), self.performance(), self.gpu()].into_iter().flatten().map(|height| c::panel::gap() + height).sum();
+        let modules: f32 = [Some(self.sound()), self.display(), self.performance()].into_iter().flatten().map(|height| c::panel::gap() + height).sum();
         let tile_rows = if self.ethernet { 3.0 } else { 2.0 };
 
         // the Settings button closes the panel
@@ -321,7 +316,6 @@ struct Scene<'a> {
     bluetooth: &'a Bluetooth,
     audio: &'a Audio,
     screen: &'a Brightness,
-    gpu: &'a Gpu,
     hotspot: &'a str,
     extra_output: Option<&'a parse::Sink>,
     layout: Layout,
@@ -375,7 +369,6 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
 
     let audio = open.then(Audio::read);
     let screen = open.then(Brightness::read);
-    let gpu = open.then(Gpu::read);
     let settings = open.then(|| (c::services::hotspot(), c::services::extra_output()));
     let sound = open.then(Sound::read);
 
@@ -391,7 +384,6 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
         keyboard: power.keyboard.is_some(),
         profiles: !power.profiles.is_empty(),
         battery: power.battery.is_some(),
-        gpu_rows: gpu.as_deref().filter(|gpu| !gpu.name.is_empty()).map(|gpu| gpu.programs.len().min(c::modules::max_rows())),
     };
 
     /*
@@ -427,8 +419,8 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     let colors = theme::now().surfaces();
 
     // at most one face at a time, each faded by a veil instead of a gpu layer
-    let face = match (&audio, &screen, &gpu, &settings) {
+    let face = match (&audio, &screen, &settings) {
-        (Some(audio), Some(screen), Some(gpu), Some((hotspot, _))) if reveal > 0.0 && fade > 0.0 => {
+        (Some(audio), Some(screen), Some((hotspot, _))) if reveal > 0.0 && fade > 0.0 => {
             let scene = Scene {
                 control: &control,
                 links: &links,
@@ -436,7 +428,6 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
                 bluetooth: &bluetooth,
                 audio,
                 screen,
-                gpu,
                 hotspot,
                 extra_output,
                 layout,
@@ -452,14 +443,10 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     let tapped = monitor.name.clone();
     let hovered = monitor.name.clone();
 
-    let shape = Rectangle::new()
+    let face = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Center, Start).child(face);
-        .width(width)
+
-        .height(height)
+    // the surface is surface.rs's, like the island's
-        .radius(radius)
+    let shape = surface::shell(width, height, radius, &colors, lift, face)
-        .fill(backdrop(&colors, 255))
-        .border(1.0, Color::blend(theme::now().outline, faded(theme::now().accent, 110), lift))
-        .shadow(Shadow::drop(theme::now().accent).opacity(mix(0.3, 0.7, lift)).blur(22.0))
-        .align_child(Center, Start)
         .on_click(move |_| tap(&tapped))
         .on_hover(move |inside| {
             {
@@ -481,8 +468,7 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
             if !inside && panel_here {
                 collapse_soon();
             }
-        })
+        });
-        .child(face);
 
     let shape = if control.expanded && opened_here { shape } else { shape.cursor(Pointer) };
 
@@ -834,14 +820,19 @@ fn compact(items: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>>, width: f32) -> Rectangle {
 }
 
 // as wide as battery() draws: the bolt, the body and its nub, the percentage
-fn battery_width(charge: &Charge) -> f32 {
+pub fn battery_width(charge: &Charge) -> f32 {
     let bolt = if charge.status == "Charging" { 11.0 + 5.0 } else { 0.0 };
 
     bolt + 24.0 + 1.0 + 1.8 + 5.0 + label_width(&format!("{}%", charge.percent), 11.0, 0.0)
 }
 
 // a battery drawn from rectangles, filled to its charge, with a bolt while it charges
-fn battery(charge: &Charge) -> Row {
+pub fn battery(charge: &Charge) -> Row {
+    battery_with(charge, true)
+}
+
+// `bolt` false leaves the bolt's place (11 px, first) empty, for a caller drawing its icons into one canvas
+pub fn battery_with(charge: &Charge, bolt: bool) -> Row {
     let theme = theme::now();
 
     let low = charge.percent <= 15 && charge.status == "Discharging";
@@ -863,7 +854,11 @@ fn battery(charge: &Charge) -> Row {
     let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
 
     if charge.status == "Charging" {
-        parts.push(Box::new(icon(Glyph::Bolt, 11.0, theme.accent)));
+        if bolt {
+            parts.push(Box::new(icon(Glyph::Bolt, 11.0, theme.accent)));
+        } else {
+            parts.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(11.0).height(11.0)));
+        }
     }
 
     parts.push(Box::new(Row::new(children![body, nub]).gap(1.0).align(Center)));
@@ -885,10 +880,6 @@ fn panel(scene: &Scene) -> Rectangle {
         blocks.push(Box::new(performance(scene, height)));
     }
 
-    if let Some(height) = scene.layout.gpu() {
-        blocks.push(Box::new(gpu(scene, height)));
-    }
-
     blocks.push(Box::new(settings_button(scene.control)));
 
     let height = scene.layout.height();
@@ -1485,84 +1476,6 @@ fn battery_words(charge: &Charge) -> String {
     }
 }
 
-// the external gpu: its load, memory and temperature, and who uses it
-
-fn gpu(scene: &Scene, height: f32) -> Rectangle {
-    let theme = theme::now();
-    let gpu = scene.gpu;
-
-    let mut facts = vec![format!("{}%", gpu.busy)];
-
-    if let Some(celsius) = gpu.celsius {
-        facts.push(format!("{celsius}°C"));
-    }
-
-    if let Some(watts) = gpu.watts {
-        facts.push(format!("{watts:.0} W"));
-    }
-
-    let title = Row::new(children![icon(Glyph::Chip, 15.0, theme.accent), Text::new(gpu.name.as_str()).size(text::body()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.text).elide()]).gap(8.0).align(Center);
-
-    let top = Row::new(children![title, note(facts.join(" · "))]).justify(SpaceBetween).align(Center).width(module_w()).height(c::modules::title_height());
-
-    let share = if gpu.vram_total > 0 { gpu.vram_used as f32 / gpu.vram_total as f32 } else { 0.0 };
-
-    let memory_label = format!("{} of {}", size(gpu.vram_used / 1024), size(gpu.vram_total / 1024));
-    let memory_w = label_width(&memory_label, 10.5, 4.0);
-    let bar_w = module_w() - memory_w - 10.0;
-
-    let memory = Row::new(children![
-        Rectangle::new().width(bar_w).height(6.0).radius(Full).fill(overlays::track()).child(Rectangle::new().width((bar_w * share).max(6.0)).height(6.0).radius(Full).fill(theme.accent)),
-        Text::new(memory_label).size(text::caption()).color(theme.dim),
-    ])
-    .gap(10.0)
-    .align(Center)
-    .width(module_w())
-    .height(c::modules::vram_height());
-
-    let mut rows: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
-
-    let shown = if gpu.programs.len() > c::modules::max_rows() { c::modules::max_rows() - 1 } else { c::modules::max_rows() };
-
-    for program in gpu.programs.iter().take(shown) {
-        let mut amount = size(program.vram_kib);
-
-        if let Some(busy) = program.busy {
-            amount = format!("{amount} · {busy}%");
-        }
-
-        rows.push(Box::new(
-            Row::new(children![
-                Text::new(program.name.as_str()).size(text::body()).color(theme.text).elide(),
-                note(amount),
-            ])
-            .justify(SpaceBetween)
-            .align(Center)
-            .width(module_w())
-            .height(c::modules::row_height()),
-        ));
-    }
-
-    if gpu.programs.len() > c::modules::max_rows() {
-        rows.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(module_w()).height(c::modules::row_height()).align_child(Start, Center).child(note(format!("and {} more", gpu.programs.len() - shown)))));
-    }
-
-    if gpu.programs.is_empty() {
-        rows.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(module_w()).height(c::modules::row_height()).align_child(Start, Center).child(note("No programs on it"))));
-    }
-
-    module(height, Column::new(children![top, memory, Column::new(rows)]).gap(c::modules::line_gap()))
-}
-
-// video memory in KiB, the way a person reads it
-fn size(kib: u64) -> String {
-    match kib {
-        0..1024 => String::from("<1 MB"),
-        1024..1_048_576 => format!("{} MB", kib / 1024),
-        _ => format!("{:.1} GB", kib as f64 / 1_048_576.0),
-    }
-}
-
 /*
  * the menus: a window of their own per monitor, over the panel, so the panel never
  * re-lays out. a menu grows out of the tile or block that opened it (the island's

src/curve.wgsl

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// the equalizer's curve: a line through the sliders' knobs, eased between neighbours,
+// shivering up and down with the music, a faint wide stroke under a thin bright one.
+// island.rs fills the values:
+//   0: x of the first point, width the points span, steps, bands
+//   1: levels given, glow width, line width, unused
+//   2: glow colour, 3: line colour (plain, 0 to 1)
+//   4-6: the knobs' heights, one per band
+//   7-15: the live levels, low to high, 0 to 1
+const PI: f32 = 3.14159265359;
+
+fn knob(band: u32) -> f32 {
+    return values[4u + band / 4u][band % 4u];
+}
+
+fn loudness(along: f32) -> f32 {
+    let count = u32(values[1].x);
+
+    if count == 0u {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    let index = min(u32(round(along * f32(count - 1u))), count - 1u);
+
+    return values[7u + index / 4u][index % 4u];
+}
+
+// the curve's point number `step`, as island.rs placed it on the old canvas
+fn point(step: u32) -> vec2<f32> {
+    let steps = values[0].z;
+    let bands = u32(values[0].w);
+    let along = f32(step) / steps;
+
+    let place = along * f32(bands - 1u);
+    let band = min(u32(floor(place)), bands - 2u);
+    let eased = (1.0 - cos((place - f32(band)) * PI)) / 2.0;
+
+    let shiver = loudness(along) * 9.0 * select(0.6, -1.0, step % 2u == 0u);
+
+    return vec2<f32>(values[0].x + along * values[0].y, mix(knob(band), knob(band + 1u), eased) + shiver);
+}
+
+fn segment(p: vec2<f32>, a: vec2<f32>, b: vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
+    let ab = b - a;
+    let t = clamp(dot(p - a, ab) / max(dot(ab, ab), 1e-5), 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    return length(p - a - ab * t);
+}
+
+fn stroke(d: f32, width: f32, pixel: f32) -> f32 {
+    return clamp((width / 2.0 - d) / pixel + 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+@fragment
+fn main(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    let p = uv * size;
+    let pixel = max(fwidth(p.x), 1e-4);
+    let steps = u32(values[0].z);
+
+    // the segment under this pixel and its neighbours: a stroke can't reach further
+    let here = i32(floor((p.x - values[0].x) / max(values[0].y, 1e-5) * values[0].z));
+
+    var d = 1e9;
+
+    for (var offset = -1; offset <= 1; offset++) {
+        let first = clamp(here + offset, 0, i32(steps) - 1);
+
+        d = min(d, segment(p, point(u32(first)), point(u32(first) + 1u)));
+    }
+
+    let glow = vec4<f32>(values[2].rgb * values[2].a, values[2].a) * stroke(d, values[1].y, pixel);
+    let line = vec4<f32>(values[3].rgb * values[3].a, values[3].a) * stroke(d, values[1].z, pixel);
+    let color = line + glow * (1.0 - line.a);
+
+    if color.a <= 0.0 {
+        return vec4<f32>(0.0);
+    }
+
+    return vec4<f32>(color.rgb / color.a, color.a);
+}

src/edge.rs

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ pub struct Edge {
     pops: HashMap<(Part, String), Instant>,
     switched: HashMap<String, (i64, Instant)>,
 
+    // workspaces hyprland made a moment ago (by switching to a new one), by id
+    created: HashMap<i64, Instant>,
+
     // the monitor whose top edge the pointer rests on, and whether it's over a part of the bar
     at_edge: Option<String>,
     over_bar: bool,
@@ -84,6 +87,16 @@ impl Service for Edge {
 
                     let event = line.split(">>").next().unwrap_or("");
 
+                    // createworkspacev2>>ID,NAME
+                    if event == "createworkspacev2"
+                        && let Some(id) = line.split(">>").nth(1).and_then(|data| data.split(',').next()).and_then(|id| id.parse::<i64>().ok())
+                    {
+                        let mut edge = Edge::write();
+
+                        edge.created.retain(|_, at| at.elapsed().as_secs_f32() < peeks::switch_s());
+                        edge.created.insert(id, Instant::now());
+                    }
+
                     if matches!(
                         event.trim_end_matches("v2"),
                         "fullscreen" | "workspace" | "focusedmon" | "openwindow" | "closewindow" | "movewindow" | "moveworkspace" | "activespecial" | "monitoradded" | "monitorremoved"
@@ -130,6 +143,11 @@ impl Edge {
         (t < 1.0).then_some((*from, t))
     }
 
+    // how far a workspace hyprland just made has grown into the row, 0 to 1 over the switch; 1 for the rest
+    pub fn grown(&self, id: i64) -> f32 {
+        self.created.get(&id).map_or(1.0, |at| (at.elapsed().as_secs_f32() / peeks::switch_s().max(0.01)).min(1.0))
+    }
+
     fn fullscreen_on(&self, monitor: &str) -> bool {
         self.fullscreen.contains(monitor)
     }
@@ -144,7 +162,7 @@ fn socket(name: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
 }
 
 // a question to hyprland, as `hyprctl <request>` would ask it; empty if it can't be asked
-fn hyprctl(request: &str) -> String {
+pub fn hyprctl(request: &str) -> String {
     let Some(mut stream) = socket(".socket.sock").and_then(|path| UnixStream::connect(path).ok()) else {
         return String::new();
     };
@@ -292,10 +310,15 @@ fn watch_media() {
         };
 
         if let Some((known, before)) = &last {
-            let new_player = players.iter().any(|name| !known.contains(name));
+            let new_player = players.iter().find(|name| !known.contains(name));
             let new_song = !before.is_empty() && song != *before;
 
-            if new_player || new_song {
+            // the one that changed: a new player, or the one whose song this is
+            let changed = new_player.cloned().or_else(|| new_song.then(|| song.split('\u{1f}').next().unwrap_or("").to_string()));
+
+            if let Some(player) = changed
+                && !in_front(&player)
+            {
                 announce_media();
             }
         }
@@ -304,6 +327,14 @@ fn watch_media() {
     }
 }
 
+// whether the focused window is this player's app: then its song change is in plain sight
+fn in_front(player: &str) -> bool {
+    let window = parse::json(&hyprctl("j/activewindow"));
+    let class = window.first().and_then(|window| window.get("class")).and_then(parse::Value::text).unwrap_or("");
+
+    parse::same_app(class, player)
+}
+
 fn announce_media() {
     let mut edge = Edge::write();
 

src/glass.wgsl

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// glass after Apple's Liquid Glass, as far as a surface that can't see what's behind it
+// gets: a thin, lightly tinted middle over Hyprland's blur, and an edge drawn like the rim
+// of a lens: a band that brightens toward the rim where the light falls in (top left) and
+// where it leaves again (bottom right), a thin specular line on the rim itself, and a faint
+// warm and cool fringe. surface.rs fills the values:
+//   0: shape width, height, corner radius, margin (room around the shape for the shadow)
+//   1: shadow colour, its alpha already scaled by the shadow's strength
+//   2: shadow deviation, its x and y offset, lift (0 to 1, hovered or raised)
+//   3: width of the edge band in pixels, light, rim and fringe strengths (0 to 1)
+//   4-6: the tint, top left to bottom right, plain colours with the middle's opacity as alpha
+//   7.x: the layer: 1 the shadow and the tint, under the content; 2 the lit edge and the rim,
+//        over it (a photo on the card then lies behind the glass); 0 both
+
+fn erf7(x: f32) -> f32 {
+    let y = clamp(x * 1.1283791671, -100.0, 100.0);
+    let yy = y * y;
+    let z = y + (0.24295 + (0.03395 + 0.0104 * yy) * yy) * (y * yy);
+
+    return z / sqrt(1.0 + z * z);
+}
+
+// vello's blurred rounded rectangle at p, from its centre, as in surface.wgsl
+fn shadow(p: vec2<f32>, w: f32, h: f32, radius: f32, deviation: f32) -> f32 {
+    let s = max(deviation, 1e-5);
+    let inv = 1.0 / s;
+    let min_edge = min(w, h);
+    let radius_max = 0.5 * min_edge;
+    let r0 = min(length(vec2<f32>(radius, s * 1.15)), radius_max);
+    let r1 = min(length(vec2<f32>(radius, s * 2.0)), radius_max);
+    let exponent = 2.0 * r1 / r0;
+
+    let delta = 1.25 * s * (exp(-pow(0.5 * inv * w, 2.0)) - exp(-pow(0.5 * inv * h, 2.0)));
+    let width = w + min(delta, 0.0);
+    let height = h - max(delta, 0.0);
+
+    let scale = 0.5 * erf7(inv * 0.5 * (max(width, height) - 0.5 * radius));
+
+    let y0 = abs(p.y) - (height * 0.5 - r1);
+    let x0 = abs(p.x) - (width * 0.5 - r1);
+    let d_pos = pow(pow(max(x0, 0.0), exponent) + pow(max(y0, 0.0), exponent), 1.0 / exponent);
+    let d = d_pos + min(max(x0, y0), 0.0) - r1;
+
+    return scale * (erf7(inv * (min_edge + d)) - erf7(inv * d));
+}
+
+// signed distance to a rounded rectangle centred on 0, negative inside
+fn rounded(p: vec2<f32>, half: vec2<f32>, radius: f32) -> f32 {
+    let r = min(radius, min(half.x, half.y));
+    let q = abs(p) - half + vec2<f32>(r);
+
+    return length(max(q, vec2<f32>(0.0))) + min(max(q.x, q.y), 0.0) - r;
+}
+
+// the way out of the shape at p: across a side, or out from a corner's centre
+fn outward(p: vec2<f32>, half: vec2<f32>, radius: f32) -> vec2<f32> {
+    let r = min(radius, min(half.x, half.y));
+    let q = abs(p) - half + vec2<f32>(r);
+    let side = select(vec2<f32>(-1.0), vec2<f32>(1.0), p >= vec2<f32>(0.0));
+
+    if q.x > 0.0 && q.y > 0.0 {
+        return normalize(q) * side;
+    }
+
+    return select(vec2<f32>(0.0, side.y), vec2<f32>(side.x, 0.0), q.x > q.y);
+}
+
+// premultiplied colours, one over the other
+fn over(top: vec4<f32>, under: vec4<f32>) -> vec4<f32> {
+    return top + under * (1.0 - top.a);
+}
+
+// amane blends a plain colour over the window
+fn plain(color: vec4<f32>) -> vec4<f32> {
+    if color.a <= 0.0 {
+        return vec4<f32>(0.0);
+    }
+
+    return vec4<f32>(color.rgb / color.a, color.a);
+}
+
+@fragment
+fn main(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    let shape = values[0];
+    let extent = shape.xy;
+    let centre = extent / 2.0;
+    let lift = values[2].w;
+    let edge = max(values[3].x, 1.0);
+    let light = values[3].y * (1.0 + 0.35 * lift);
+    let rim = values[3].z * (1.0 + 0.35 * lift);
+    let fringe = values[3].w;
+
+    let layer = u32(values[7].x);
+
+    let p = uv * size - vec2<f32>(shape.w);
+    let pixel = max(fwidth(p.x), 1e-4);
+    let from_centre = p - centre;
+
+    let shade = select(shadow(from_centre - values[2].yz, extent.x, extent.y, shape.z, values[2].x) * values[1].a, 0.0, layer == 2u);
+    let under = vec4<f32>(values[1].rgb * shade, shade);
+
+    let d = rounded(from_centre, centre, shape.z);
+    let inside = clamp(0.5 - d / pixel, 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    if inside <= 0.0 {
+        return plain(under);
+    }
+
+    // the tint, a gradient over the shape from its top left to its bottom right
+    let t = clamp(dot(p / max(extent, vec2<f32>(1.0)), vec2<f32>(0.5)), 0.0, 1.0);
+    let tint = select(mix(values[5], values[6], (t - 0.5) * 2.0), mix(values[4], values[5], t * 2.0), t < 0.5);
+
+    var glass = select(vec4<f32>(tint.rgb * tint.a, tint.a), vec4<f32>(0.0), layer == 2u);
+
+    if layer == 1u {
+        return plain(over(glass * inside, under));
+    }
+
+    // the lens: 1 on the rim, 0 deeper in than `edge`, steepest at the rim like a bevel
+    let band = pow(1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, edge, max(-d, 0.0)), 2.0);
+
+    // which way this part of the rim faces: toward the light (top left) is 1, away is -1
+    let facing = dot(outward(from_centre, centre, shape.z), vec2<f32>(-0.7071, -0.7071));
+
+    // a faint warm fringe toward the light and a cool one away from it
+    let hue = mix(vec3<f32>(0.75, 0.85, 1.0), vec3<f32>(1.0, 0.9, 0.78), facing * 0.5 + 0.5);
+    let tone = mix(vec3<f32>(1.0), hue, fringe);
+
+    // brightest where the light comes in, a weaker glint where it goes out, a little all round
+    let caught = clamp(light * band * (0.9 * max(facing, 0.0) + 0.45 * max(-facing, 0.0) + 0.12), 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    glass = over(vec4<f32>(tone * caught, caught), glass);
+
+    // the specular line on the rim itself, about 1.5 px wide
+    let line = clamp(clamp((d + 1.5) / pixel, 0.0, 1.0) * rim * (0.35 + 0.65 * abs(facing)), 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    glass = over(vec4<f32>(tone * line, line), glass);
+
+    return plain(over(glass * inside, under));
+}

src/glyph.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub enum Glyph {
     Muted,
     Bluetooth,
     Chevron,
+    ChevronUp,
     // pointing left, for a menu's way back
     Back,
     Note,
@@ -32,6 +33,35 @@ pub enum Glyph {
     Ethernet,
     // a cog, for the config window
     Gear,
+
+    // the side pills: a four-pointed spark for the AI, a pulse line for the system monitor,
+    // a house for home, a bell for notifications
+    Sparkle,
+    Pulse,
+    House,
+    Bell,
+    // a cross to close or delete, an arrow to send, a prompt for a terminal, a head and shoulders
+    Cross,
+    Send,
+    Terminal,
+    Person,
+    // the sky
+    Moon,
+    Cloud,
+    PartCloud,
+    Rain,
+    Snow,
+    Storm,
+    Fog,
+    Thermometer,
+    Drive,
+    Memory,
+    Gpu,
+    Plus,
+    Pencil,
+    Trash,
+    Cake,
+    Flag,
 }
 
 pub fn icon(glyph: Glyph, size: f32, color: Color) -> Canvas {
@@ -109,6 +139,7 @@ pub fn glyph_shapes(glyph: Glyph, size: f32, color: Color, weight: f32, origin:
                 .cap(Cap::Round)
         ],
         Glyph::Chevron => shapes![Path::new().move_to(x(0.12), y(0.32)).line_to(x(0.5), y(0.7)).line_to(x(0.88), y(0.32)).stroke(1.5, color).cap(Cap::Round)],
+        Glyph::ChevronUp => shapes![Path::new().move_to(x(0.12), y(0.68)).line_to(x(0.5), y(0.3)).line_to(x(0.88), y(0.68)).stroke(1.5, color).cap(Cap::Round)],
         Glyph::Back => shapes![Path::new().move_to(x(0.64), y(0.14)).line_to(x(0.3), y(0.5)).line_to(x(0.64), y(0.86)).stroke(thin.max(1.6), color).cap(Cap::Round)],
         // an eighth note: round head, stem, a curved flag
         Glyph::Note => shapes![
@@ -234,5 +265,160 @@ pub fn glyph_shapes(glyph: Glyph, size: f32, color: Color, weight: f32, origin:
 
             parts
         }
+        Glyph::Sparkle => shapes![
+            Path::new()
+                .move_to(x(0.5), y(0.06))
+                .quad_to(x(0.54), y(0.46), x(0.94), y(0.5))
+                .quad_to(x(0.54), y(0.54), x(0.5), y(0.94))
+                .quad_to(x(0.46), y(0.54), x(0.06), y(0.5))
+                .quad_to(x(0.46), y(0.46), x(0.5), y(0.06))
+                .close()
+                .fill(color)
+        ],
+        Glyph::Pulse => shapes![
+            Path::new()
+                .move_to(x(0.04), y(0.54))
+                .line_to(x(0.28), y(0.54))
+                .line_to(x(0.38), y(0.24))
+                .line_to(x(0.54), y(0.8))
+                .line_to(x(0.66), y(0.42))
+                .line_to(x(0.74), y(0.54))
+                .line_to(x(0.96), y(0.54))
+                .stroke(thin, color)
+                .cap(Cap::Round)
+        ],
+        Glyph::House => shapes![
+            Path::new()
+                .move_to(x(0.1), y(0.48))
+                .line_to(x(0.5), y(0.12))
+                .line_to(x(0.9), y(0.48))
+                .stroke(thin, color)
+                .cap(Cap::Round),
+            Path::new()
+                .move_to(x(0.22), y(0.4))
+                .line_to(x(0.22), y(0.88))
+                .line_to(x(0.42), y(0.88))
+                .line_to(x(0.42), y(0.64))
+                .line_to(x(0.58), y(0.64))
+                .line_to(x(0.58), y(0.88))
+                .line_to(x(0.78), y(0.88))
+                .line_to(x(0.78), y(0.4))
+                .stroke(thin, color),
+        ],
+        Glyph::Bell => shapes![
+            Path::new()
+                .move_to(x(0.16), y(0.74))
+                .quad_to(x(0.26), y(0.62), x(0.26), y(0.46))
+                .quad_to(x(0.26), y(0.16), x(0.5), y(0.16))
+                .quad_to(x(0.74), y(0.16), x(0.74), y(0.46))
+                .quad_to(x(0.74), y(0.62), x(0.84), y(0.74))
+                .close()
+                .fill(color),
+            Circle::new().center(x(0.5), y(0.84)).radius(0.08 * s).fill(color),
+            line(0.5, 0.08, 0.5, 0.16),
+        ],
+        Glyph::Cross => shapes![line(0.24, 0.24, 0.76, 0.76), line(0.76, 0.24, 0.24, 0.76)],
+        // a tube with its bulb
+        Glyph::Thermometer => shapes![
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.4), y(0.62)).line_to(x(0.4), y(0.16)).quad_to(x(0.4), y(0.06), x(0.5), y(0.06)).quad_to(x(0.6), y(0.06), x(0.6), y(0.16)).line_to(x(0.6), y(0.62)).stroke(thin, color),
+            Circle::new().center(x(0.5), y(0.76)).radius(0.17 * s).fill(color),
+            line(0.5, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7),
+        ],
+        // a flat drive with its connector
+        Glyph::Drive => shapes![frame(0.08, 0.3, 0.92, 0.7).stroke(thin, color), line(0.2, 0.5, 0.2, 0.5), line(0.66, 0.5, 0.8, 0.5)],
+        // a memory stick: a board with chips and pins
+        Glyph::Memory => shapes![frame(0.06, 0.28, 0.94, 0.62).stroke(thin, color), frame(0.18, 0.38, 0.34, 0.52).fill(color), frame(0.42, 0.38, 0.58, 0.52).fill(color), frame(0.66, 0.38, 0.82, 0.52).fill(color), line(0.2, 0.62, 0.2, 0.76), line(0.4, 0.62, 0.4, 0.76), line(0.6, 0.62, 0.6, 0.76), line(0.8, 0.62, 0.8, 0.76)],
+        // a graphics card: a board with a fan
+        Glyph::Gpu => shapes![frame(0.06, 0.24, 0.94, 0.72).stroke(thin, color), Circle::new().center(x(0.4), y(0.48)).radius(0.14 * s).stroke(thin, color), line(0.66, 0.4, 0.8, 0.4), line(0.66, 0.56, 0.8, 0.56), line(0.16, 0.72, 0.16, 0.86)],
+        Glyph::Plus => shapes![line(0.5, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8), line(0.2, 0.5, 0.8, 0.5)],
+        Glyph::Pencil => shapes![
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.2), y(0.8)).line_to(x(0.24), y(0.62)).line_to(x(0.66), y(0.2)).line_to(x(0.8), y(0.34)).line_to(x(0.38), y(0.76)).close().stroke(thin, color),
+            line(0.58, 0.28, 0.72, 0.42),
+        ],
+        Glyph::Trash => shapes![
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.24), y(0.3)).line_to(x(0.3), y(0.88)).line_to(x(0.7), y(0.88)).line_to(x(0.76), y(0.3)).stroke(thin, color),
+            line(0.14, 0.3, 0.86, 0.3),
+            line(0.4, 0.14, 0.6, 0.14),
+            line(0.44, 0.44, 0.44, 0.74),
+            line(0.56, 0.44, 0.56, 0.74),
+        ],
+        // a cake with a candle, for birthdays
+        Glyph::Cake => shapes![frame(0.14, 0.5, 0.86, 0.86).fill(color), line(0.5, 0.26, 0.5, 0.44), Circle::new().center(x(0.5), y(0.16)).radius(0.07 * s).fill(color)],
+        // a flag on a pole, for holidays
+        Glyph::Flag => shapes![line(0.22, 0.1, 0.22, 0.9), Path::new().move_to(x(0.22), y(0.12)).line_to(x(0.82), y(0.12)).line_to(x(0.68), y(0.3)).line_to(x(0.82), y(0.48)).line_to(x(0.22), y(0.48)).close().fill(color)],
+        Glyph::Send => shapes![
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.1), y(0.14)).line_to(x(0.92), y(0.5)).line_to(x(0.1), y(0.86)).line_to(x(0.24), y(0.5)).close().fill(color)
+        ],
+        Glyph::Terminal => shapes![
+            frame(0.06, 0.14, 0.94, 0.86).stroke(thin, color),
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.22), y(0.36)).line_to(x(0.38), y(0.5)).line_to(x(0.22), y(0.64)).stroke(thin, color).cap(Cap::Round),
+            line(0.46, 0.66, 0.7, 0.66),
+        ],
+        Glyph::Person => shapes![
+            Circle::new().center(x(0.5), y(0.34)).radius(0.18 * s).fill(color),
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.14), y(0.92)).quad_to(x(0.18), y(0.58), x(0.5), y(0.58)).quad_to(x(0.82), y(0.58), x(0.86), y(0.92)).close().fill(color),
+        ],
+        Glyph::Moon => shapes![
+            Path::new()
+                .move_to(x(0.62), y(0.1))
+                .quad_to(x(0.12), y(0.16), x(0.16), y(0.56))
+                .quad_to(x(0.3), y(0.94), x(0.86), y(0.72))
+                .quad_to(x(0.4), y(0.64), x(0.62), y(0.1))
+                .close()
+                .fill(color)
+        ],
+        Glyph::Cloud => shapes![cloud(&x, &y, 0.0, color)],
+        Glyph::PartCloud => {
+            let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Shape>> = shapes![Circle::new().center(x(0.34), y(0.36)).radius(0.16 * s).fill(color)];
+
+            for ray in 0..6 {
+                let (sin, cos) = (ray as f32 * std::f32::consts::FRAC_PI_3).sin_cos();
+
+                parts.push(Box::new(line(0.34 + 0.23 * sin, 0.36 - 0.23 * cos, 0.34 + 0.31 * sin, 0.36 - 0.31 * cos)));
+            }
+
+            parts.push(Box::new(cloud(&x, &y, 0.12, color)));
+
+            parts
+        }
+        Glyph::Rain => {
+            let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Shape>> = shapes![cloud(&x, &y, -0.14, color)];
+
+            for drop in [0.32, 0.5, 0.68] {
+                parts.push(Box::new(line(drop, 0.7, drop - 0.06, 0.88)));
+            }
+
+            parts
+        }
+        Glyph::Snow => {
+            let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Shape>> = shapes![cloud(&x, &y, -0.14, color)];
+
+            for flake in [0.32, 0.5, 0.68] {
+                parts.push(Box::new(Circle::new().center(x(flake), y(0.8)).radius(0.05 * s).fill(color)));
+            }
+
+            parts
+        }
+        Glyph::Storm => shapes![
+            cloud(&x, &y, -0.14, color),
+            Path::new().move_to(x(0.56), y(0.6)).line_to(x(0.42), y(0.78)).line_to(x(0.54), y(0.78)).line_to(x(0.46), y(0.96)).stroke(thin, color).cap(Cap::Round),
+        ],
+        Glyph::Fog => shapes![line(0.14, 0.34, 0.86, 0.34), line(0.22, 0.5, 0.78, 0.5), line(0.14, 0.66, 0.86, 0.66)],
     }
 }
+
+// a cloud, `drop` of the box lower (or higher, negative) than its middle
+fn cloud(x: &impl Fn(f32) -> f32, y: &impl Fn(f32) -> f32, drop: f32, color: Color) -> Path {
+    let y = |k: f32| y(k + drop);
+
+    Path::new()
+        .move_to(x(0.2), y(0.74))
+        .quad_to(x(0.04), y(0.72), x(0.08), y(0.56))
+        .quad_to(x(0.14), y(0.44), x(0.28), y(0.48))
+        .quad_to(x(0.34), y(0.26), x(0.54), y(0.28))
+        .quad_to(x(0.74), y(0.3), x(0.76), y(0.48))
+        .quad_to(x(0.96), y(0.5), x(0.92), y(0.66))
+        .quad_to(x(0.88), y(0.74), x(0.78), y(0.74))
+        .close()
+        .fill(color)
+}

src/island.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::f32::consts::{PI, TAU};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use amane::{
-    Animation, Argument, Blend, Bus, Canvas, Cap, Center, Color, Column, Easing, End, Full, Gradient, Image,
+    Animation, Argument, Blend, Bus, Center, Color, Column, Easing, End, Full, Gradient, Image, InputArea, Layer,
-    InputArea, Layer, LayerWindow, Media, MediaPlayer, Monitor, Padding, Palette, Parent, Path, Pointer,
+    LayerWindow, Media, MediaPlayer, Monitor, Padding, Palette, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Scroll, ScrollArea,
-    Rectangle, Row, Scroll, ScrollArea, Service, Shadow, Shape, SpaceBetween, Stack, Start, Text, Vertical,
+    Service, Shadow, SpaceBetween, Stack, Start, Text, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Workspaces, Zone, children,
-    Weight, Widget, Workspaces, Zone, children, shapes,
 };
 
 use crate::art::Art;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::glyph::{Glyph, bold_icon, icon};
 use crate::parse::{self, Sink};
 use crate::sound::{self, Sound};
 use crate::spectrum::Spectrum;
-use crate::theme;
+use crate::{surface, theme};
 
 /*
  * opening is one linear timeline in two phases, so the shape never resizes with the
@@ -225,8 +225,12 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
         .space(Zone::Ignore)
         .namespace("magic-island");
 
-    // out of sight: empty and click-through (never hidden, see below), and nothing else read, so a playing player doesn't redraw it
+    /*
-    if slide <= -edge::hide_h() {
+     * out of sight: empty and click-through (never hidden, see below), and nothing else
+     * read, so a playing player doesn't redraw it. also while a side pill's card is open in
+     * the middle: the pods' window draws this pill in the row beside it meanwhile
+     */
+    if slide <= -edge::hide_h() || crate::pods::holds_island(here) {
         return window.click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0));
     }
 
@@ -245,23 +249,8 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     let spectrum = live.then(Spectrum::read);
     let levels: &[f32] = spectrum.as_deref().map_or(&[], |spectrum| spectrum.levels.as_slice());
 
-    let Some(player) = shown(&media, island.selected.as_deref()) else {
+    // nothing playing: a quiet pill, which opens into the last song's card (last.rs)
-        /*
+    let player = shown(&media, island.selected.as_deref());
-         * nothing playing: a quiet pill, so the island is always there. never
-         * visible(false): hyprland 0.56 configures a layer surface before its first
-         * commit, so a window that starts hidden gets a size anyway, amane logs "no
-         * child to draw" and waits for frame callbacks an undrawn surface never gets
-         */
-        return window.click_through().child(
-            Rectangle::new()
-                .width(Parent)
-                .height(Parent)
-                .padding(Padding { top: c::pill::top_gap(), right: 0.0, bottom: 0.0, left: 0.0 })
-                .align_child(Center, Start)
-                .translate(0.0, slide)
-                .child(idle(&theme::now().surfaces())),
-        );
-    };
 
     let (grow, pill, reveal) = phases(open);
 
@@ -280,7 +269,7 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     }
 
     let width = mix(c::pill::width() + c::animation::hover_grow() * (lift + 2.0 * pop), c::card::width(), grow);
-    let height = mix(c::pill::height(), wide_h(), grow);
+    let height = mix(c::pill::height(), if player.is_some() { wide_h() } else { crate::last::height() }, grow);
     let radius = mix(c::pill::height() / 2.0, c::card::radius(), grow);
 
     /*
@@ -290,7 +279,7 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
      */
     let wallpaper = theme::now().surfaces();
 
-    let colors = if cover_colors {
+    let colors = if cover_colors && player.is_some() {
         let cover = backdrop_colors(&Palette::read());
 
         std::array::from_fn(|stop| Color::blend(wallpaper[stop], cover[stop], reveal))
@@ -299,44 +288,40 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     };
 
     // at most one face at a time, each faded by a veil instead of a gpu layer
-    let face = if reveal > 0.0 {
+    let face = match player {
-        let scene = Scene {
+        Some(player) if reveal > 0.0 => {
-            player,
+            let scene = Scene {
-            players: media.players(),
+                player,
-            island: &island,
+                players: media.players(),
-            sound: &sound,
+                island: &island,
-            art: &art.path,
+                sound: &sound,
-            levels,
+                art: &art.path,
-        };
+                levels,
+            };
 
-        veiled(card(&scene), width, height, radius, reveal, &colors)
+            veiled(card(&scene), width, height, radius, reveal, &colors)
-    } else if pill > 0.0 {
+        }
-        veiled(compact(player, playing(player, &island), &art.path, levels), width, height, radius, pill, &colors)
+        Some(player) if pill > 0.0 => veiled(compact(player, playing(player, &island), &art.path, levels, c::pill::width()), width, height, radius, pill, &colors),
-    } else {
+        None if reveal > 0.0 => veiled(crate::last::card(), width, height, radius, reveal, &colors),
+        None if pill > 0.0 => veiled(idle_face(c::pill::width()), width, height, radius, pill, &colors),
         // mid-grow: the empty shape alone, the cheapest frames of the animation
-        Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0)
+        _ => Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0),
     };
 
-    let shape = Rectangle::new()
+    // the face centred along the top: while the shape grows it is narrower than the shape
-        .width(width)
+    let face = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Center, Start).child(face);
-        .height(height)
-        .radius(radius)
-        .fill(backdrop(&colors, 255))
-        .border(1.0, Color::blend(theme::now().outline, faded(theme::now().accent, 110), lift));
 
     /*
-     * one faint pink glow around the island, pill and card alike, stronger while the
+     * the surface (fill, rim, glow; stronger while hovered) is surface.rs's. its glow fades
-     * pill is hovered. blur 22 fades out within ~28 px (amane blurs with a deviation
+     * out inside the window's c::pill::shadow() margin. no clip anywhere: neither face ever
-     * of blur / 2), inside the window's c::pill::shadow() margin. no clip anywhere: neither face
+     * overflows the shape
-     * ever overflows the shape
      */
-    let shape = shape.shadow(Shadow::drop(theme::now().accent).opacity(mix(0.3, 0.7, lift)).blur(22.0));
+    let shape = surface::shell(width, height, radius, &colors, lift, face);
 
     let tapped = monitor.name.clone();
     let hovered = monitor.name.clone();
 
     let shape = shape
-        .align_child(Center, Start)
         .on_click(move |_| tap(&tapped))
         .on_hover(move |inside| {
             if inside {
@@ -352,8 +337,7 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
             if !inside && card_here {
                 collapse();
             }
-        })
+        });
-        .child(face);
 
     let shape = if island.expanded && opened_here { shape } else { shape.cursor(Pointer) };
 
@@ -376,8 +360,74 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     )
 }
 
+/*
+ * the island's pill as the side pills' carousel draws it while one of their cards is
+ * open in the middle (the island's own window leaves it to them meanwhile, see
+ * pods::holds_island). `small` shrinks it from the pill (0) to its least (1): the song's
+ * cover, or its live bars when there's no cover, or a note with nothing playing. the
+ * pill's face fades out over the first half, the small one in over the second
+ */
+pub fn pill_face(monitor: &str, small: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let media = Media::read();
+    let island = Island::read();
+    let colors = theme::now().surfaces();
+    let art = Art::read();
+    let h = c::pill::height();
+
+    let player = shown(&media, island.selected.as_deref());
+    let small_w = small_width_for(player.is_some(), &art.path);
+    let width = mix(c::pill::width(), small_w, small);
+
+    let live = player.is_some() && focused_monitor().as_deref().is_none_or(|name| name == monitor);
+    let spectrum = live.then(Spectrum::read);
+    let levels: &[f32] = spectrum.as_deref().map_or(&[], |spectrum| spectrum.levels.as_slice());
+
+    if !levels.is_empty() {
+        amane::request_frame();
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * the pill's face fades out, then the small one in: they swap halfway, or with nothing
+     * playing as soon as the shape gets too narrow for the words, so these never vanish while seen
+     */
+    let turn = if player.is_some() { 0.5 } else { ((c::pill::width() - idle_room()) / (c::pill::width() - small_w).max(1.0)).clamp(0.05, 0.5) };
+
+    let face = if small < turn {
+        let big = match player {
+            Some(player) => compact(player, playing(player, &island), &art.path, levels, width),
+            None => idle_face(width),
+        };
+
+        veiled(big, width, h, h / 2.0, 1.0 - small / turn, &colors)
+    } else {
+        let little: Box<dyn Widget> = match player {
+            Some(_) if !art.path.is_empty() => Box::new(cover(&art.path, h - 10.0, 1.5, false)),
+            Some(player) => Box::new(pill_levels(playing(player, &island), levels)),
+            None => Box::new(icon(Glyph::Note, IDLE_NOTE, theme::now().accent)),
+        };
+
+        veiled(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(h).align_child(Center, Center).child(Stack::new(vec![little])), width, h, h / 2.0, (small - turn) / (1.0 - turn), &colors)
+    };
+
+    surface::shell(width, h, h / 2.0, &colors, 0.0, face)
+}
+
+// the island's pill at its least in the carousel: as wide as tall with a cover or nothing playing, else room for its bars
+pub fn small_width() -> f32 {
+    let media = Media::read();
+    let island = Island::read();
+
+    small_width_for(shown(&media, island.selected.as_deref()).is_some(), &Art::read().path)
+}
+
+fn small_width_for(playing_something: bool, art: &str) -> f32 {
+    let h = c::pill::height();
+
+    if !playing_something || !art.is_empty() { h } else { (c::pill::bars_width() + 24.0).max(h) }
+}
+
 // a click on the island of `monitor`: closes an open dropdown, else opens the card there
-fn tap(monitor: &str) {
+pub fn tap(monitor: &str) {
     let mut island = Island::write();
 
     if island.menu.take().is_none() {
@@ -401,6 +451,9 @@ fn open_on(island: &mut Island, monitor: Option<String>) {
 
     island.expanded = true;
     island.open.to(1.0);
+
+    // one card at a time: a side pill's card closes
+    crate::pods::close();
 }
 
 // the open timeline, at rest on the pill
@@ -415,7 +468,7 @@ pub fn focused_monitor() -> Option<String> {
     workspaces.list().iter().find(|workspace| workspace.focused()).and_then(|workspace| workspace.output()).map(String::from)
 }
 
-fn collapse() {
+pub fn collapse() {
     let mut island = Island::write();
 
     island.expanded = false;
@@ -521,6 +574,14 @@ fn next_player() {
     Island::write().selected = next;
 }
 
+// how wide this monitor's island is this frame, hover aside: the side pills keep beside it
+pub fn width_on(monitor: &str) -> f32 {
+    let island = Island::read();
+    let open = if island.opened_on.as_deref().is_none_or(|name| name == monitor) { island.open.value() } else { 0.0 };
+
+    mix(c::pill::width(), c::card::width(), phases(open).0)
+}
+
 pub fn mix(from: f32, to: f32, amount: f32) -> f32 {
     from + (to - from) * amount
 }
@@ -539,13 +600,19 @@ pub fn phases(timeline: f32) -> (f32, f32, f32) {
  * fades a face in over the island's backdrop by laying the same gradient over it,
  * thinning as `shown` rises: the same picture as .opacity(shown), without a gpu layer.
  * the veil spans the whole shape (minus the 1 px rim), so its gradient lines up with
- * the backdrop's exactly; amane places gradients by each rectangle's own bounds
+ * the backdrop's exactly; amane places gradients by each rectangle's own bounds.
+ * see-through glass can't hide anything under a veil, so there faces fade with
+ * .opacity(), a gpu layer only while the fade runs
  */
 pub fn veiled(face: Rectangle, width: f32, height: f32, radius: f32, shown: f32, colors: &[Color; 3]) -> Rectangle {
     if shown >= 1.0 {
         return face;
     }
 
+    if surface::clear() {
+        return Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Center, Start).child(face).opacity(shown);
+    }
+
     let veil = Rectangle::new()
         .width(width - 2.0)
         .height(height - 2.0)
@@ -590,23 +657,36 @@ pub fn faded(color: Color, alpha: u8) -> Color {
     Color::rgba(color.red(), color.green(), color.blue(), alpha)
 }
 
-// the island while no player is open: a music note and "Nothing playing", glowing like the pill
+/*
-fn idle(colors: &[Color; 3]) -> Rectangle {
+ * a note and "Nothing playing", centred. the words only where they fit with half the
-    Rectangle::new()
+ * pill's height to spare at each end, else the note alone: an elided text takes the whole
-        .width(c::pill::width())
+ * width, which put the note against the rim, and a pill narrower than the words did too
-        .height(c::pill::height())
+ */
-        .radius(Full)
+fn idle_face(width: f32) -> Rectangle {
-        .fill(backdrop(colors, 255))
+    let note = icon(Glyph::Note, IDLE_NOTE, theme::now().accent);
-        .border(1.0, theme::now().outline)
+    let row = if idle_room() <= width { Row::new(children![note, idle_words()]) } else { Row::new(children![note]) };
-        .shadow(Shadow::drop(theme::now().accent).opacity(0.3).blur(22.0))
+
-        .align_child(Center, Center)
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(c::pill::height()).align_child(Center, Center).child(row.gap(8.0).align(Center))
-        .child(Row::new(children![icon(Glyph::Note, 15.0, theme::now().accent), Text::new("Nothing playing").size(text::body()).color(theme::now().dim)]).gap(8.0).align(Center))
 }
 
-// the pill: cover, title, the player's live levels
+const IDLE_NOTE: f32 = 15.0;
-fn compact(player: &MediaPlayer, playing: bool, art: &str, levels: &[f32]) -> Rectangle {
+
+fn idle_words() -> Text {
+    Text::new("Nothing playing").size(text::body()).color(theme::now().dim)
+}
+
+// the width the note and the words need, with half the pill's height to spare at each end
+fn idle_room() -> f32 {
+    match idle_words().width() {
+        amane::Size::Fixed(words) => IDLE_NOTE + 8.0 + words + c::pill::height(),
+        amane::Size::Parent => f32::MAX,
+    }
+}
+
+// the pill, `width` wide: cover, title, the player's live levels
+fn compact(player: &MediaPlayer, playing: bool, art: &str, levels: &[f32], width: f32) -> Rectangle {
     Rectangle::new()
-        .width(c::pill::width())
+        .width(width)
         .height(c::pill::height())
         .padding(Padding { top: 0.0, right: 12.0, bottom: 0.0, left: 6.0 })
         .child(
@@ -675,46 +755,35 @@ fn stepped(volume: u8, scroll: Scroll) -> u8 {
     (i32::from(volume) + step).clamp(0, 100) as u8
 }
 
+static RING: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| surface::shader_file("ring.wgsl", include_str!("ring.wgsl")));
+static CURVE: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| surface::shader_file("curve.wgsl", include_str!("curve.wgsl")));
+
 /*
- * every candle goes into one path per look (glow, body, flame) instead of a
+ * the candles, drawn by ring.wgsl: as stroked paths they cost a vello pass over the whole
- * shape each: 120 shapes cost this iGPU a third of its frame rate, 3 cost nothing
+ * island window on every frame of the music. the shader gets half the ring's levels (the
+ * other half mirrors them), at most 44 of them, eased the way the paths were
  */
-fn ring(levels: &[f32]) -> Canvas {
+fn ring(levels: &[f32]) -> Rectangle {
-    let center = c::disc::size() / 2.0;
+    let candles = c::disc::candles();
-    let inner = c::disc::cover() / 2.0 + 7.0;
+    let half = (candles / 2).max(1);
+    let given = half.min(44);
 
-    let mut glow = Path::new();
+    let theme = theme::now();
-    let mut body = Path::new();
+    let size = c::disc::size();
-    let mut flames = Path::new();
 
-    for index in 0..c::disc::candles() {
+    let eased: Vec<f32> = (0..given).map(|slot| mirrored(levels, slot * half / given).powf(0.75)).collect();
-        // a gentle curve lifts the quiet bands, so the ring isn't all bass
-        let level = mirrored(levels, index).powf(0.75);
 
-        let (sin, cos) = (index as f32 / c::disc::candles() as f32 * TAU).sin_cos();
+    let mut values = vec![
+        [size / 2.0, c::disc::cover() / 2.0 + 7.0, candles as f32, given as f32],
+        [c::disc::candle_reach(), 9.0, 4.5, 4.0],
+        surface::plain(faded(theme.accent, 50)),
+        surface::plain(faded(theme.accent, 215)),
+        surface::plain(theme.flame),
+    ];
 
-        let reach = inner + 3.0 + level * c::disc::candle_reach();
+    values.extend(surface::rows(&eased));
 
-        let (x0, y0) = (center + sin * inner, center - cos * inner);
+    Rectangle::new().width(size).height(size).shader(RING.as_path()).shader_values(values)
-        let (x1, y1) = (center + sin * reach, center - cos * reach);
-
-        body = body.move_to(x0, y0).line_to(x1, y1);
-
-        // the loud ones glow, and burn at the tip
-        if level > 0.25 {
-            glow = glow.move_to(x0, y0).line_to(x1, y1);
-        }
-
-        if level > 0.45 {
-            flames = flames.move_to(x1 - sin * 0.5, y1 + cos * 0.5).line_to(x1, y1);
-        }
-    }
-
-    Canvas::new().width(c::disc::size()).height(c::disc::size()).shapes(shapes![
-        glow.stroke(9.0, faded(theme::now().accent, 50)).cap(Cap::Round),
-        body.stroke(4.5, faded(theme::now().accent, 215)).cap(Cap::Round),
-        flames.stroke(4.0, theme::now().flame).cap(Cap::Round),
-    ])
 }
 
 // low frequencies at the top, rising down both sides, so the ring is symmetric
@@ -1162,40 +1231,34 @@ fn equalizer(scene: &Scene) -> Column {
 }
 
 // the curve through the knobs, shivering with the player's sound
-fn curve(gains: &[f32; 10], levels: &[f32]) -> Canvas {
+/*
-    let column = inner_w() / crate::config::sound::equalizer::bands().len() as f32;
+ * drawn by curve.wgsl, for the same reason as the ring: the points are worked out there,
+ * from the knobs' heights and at most 36 live levels
+ */
+fn curve(gains: &[f32; 10], levels: &[f32]) -> Rectangle {
+    let bands = crate::config::sound::equalizer::bands().len().clamp(2, gains.len());
+    let column = inner_w() / bands as f32;
 
-    let points: Vec<(f32, f32)> = (0..=c::equalizer::curve_steps())
+    let given = levels.len().min(36);
-        .map(|step| {
+    let sampled: Vec<f32> = (0..given).map(|slot| levels[if given > 1 { slot * (levels.len() - 1) / (given - 1) } else { 0 }]).collect();
-            let along = step as f32 / c::equalizer::curve_steps() as f32;
 
-            // cosine blend between neighbouring knobs keeps the curve round
+    let knobs: Vec<f32> = gains[..bands].iter().map(|&gain| knob_y(gain)).collect();
-            let place = along * (crate::config::sound::equalizer::bands().len() - 1) as f32;
-            let band = (place.floor() as usize).min(crate::config::sound::equalizer::bands().len() - 2);
-            let eased = (1.0 - ((place - band as f32) * PI).cos()) / 2.0;
 
-            let y = mix(knob_y(gains[band]), knob_y(gains[band + 1]), eased);
+    let mut values = vec![
+        [column / 2.0, inner_w() - column, c::equalizer::curve_steps() as f32, bands as f32],
+        [given as f32, 7.0, 2.0, 0.0],
+        surface::plain(faded(theme::now().accent, 45)),
+        surface::plain(faded(theme::now().accent, 235)),
+    ];
 
-            let level = if levels.is_empty() { 0.0 } else { levels[((along * (levels.len() - 1) as f32).round() as usize).min(levels.len() - 1)] };
+    // three rows of knobs whatever their number, so the levels always start at row 7
+    let mut knob_rows = surface::rows(&knobs);
 
-            let shiver = level * 9.0 * if step % 2 == 0 { -1.0 } else { 0.6 };
+    knob_rows.resize(3, [0.0; 4]);
+    values.extend(knob_rows);
+    values.extend(surface::rows(&sampled));
 
-            (column / 2.0 + along * (inner_w() - column), y + shiver)
+    Rectangle::new().width(inner_w()).height(c::equalizer::slider_height()).shader(CURVE.as_path()).shader_values(values)
-        })
-        .collect();
-
-    let stroke = |width: f32, alpha: u8| {
-        let mut path = Path::new().move_to(points[0].0, points[0].1);
-
-        for (x, y) in &points[1..] {
-            path = path.line_to(*x, *y);
-        }
-
-        path.stroke(width, faded(theme::now().accent, alpha)).cap(Cap::Round)
-    };
-
-    // a wide faint stroke under a thin bright one reads as a glow
-    Canvas::new().width(inner_w()).height(c::equalizer::slider_height()).shapes(shapes![stroke(7.0, 45), stroke(2.0, 235)])
 }
 
 fn presets(scene: &Scene) -> Column {
@@ -1329,7 +1392,7 @@ fn title(player: &MediaPlayer) -> &str {
 }
 
 // a round cover with a pink rim, optionally with a cd hole; a soft gradient while there is none or it decodes
-fn cover(art: &str, size: f32, rim: f32, hole: bool) -> Rectangle {
+pub fn cover(art: &str, size: f32, rim: f32, hole: bool) -> Rectangle {
     let frame = Rectangle::new()
         .width(size)
         .height(size)
@@ -1356,20 +1419,27 @@ fn cover(art: &str, size: f32, rim: f32, hole: bool) -> Rectangle {
 /*
  * the pill's visualiser: seven bars from the shown player's own sound, glowing when
  * loud; a pause sign while paused, and still bars while the capture starts or the
- * player has no stream to listen to
+ * player has no stream to listen to. the bars are rounded rectangles, which amane draws
+ * as quads: as stroked paths on a canvas they cost a vello pass over the whole island
+ * window on every frame of the music
  */
-fn pill_levels(playing: bool, levels: &[f32]) -> Canvas {
+fn pill_levels(playing: bool, levels: &[f32]) -> Rectangle {
     let (bars, width, height) = (c::pill::bars(), c::pill::bars_width(), c::pill::bars_height());
 
     if !playing {
-        return icon(Glyph::Pause, 13.0, theme::now().dim);
+        return Rectangle::new().width(13.0).height(13.0).child(icon(Glyph::Pause, 13.0, theme::now().dim));
     }
 
     // lows on the left, highs on the right, no mirroring; every bar grows up and down from the middle line
     let middle = height / 2.0;
 
-    let mut glow = Path::new();
+    // a round-capped line `thick` wide from y0 to y1 at x: a pill shape reaching past both ends by half its width
-    let mut body = Path::new();
+    let line = |x: f32, y0: f32, y1: f32, thick: f32, color: Color| {
+        Rectangle::new().width(thick).height(y1 - y0 + thick).radius(Full).fill(color).translate(x - thick / 2.0, y0 - thick / 2.0)
+    };
+
+    let mut glow: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut body: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
 
     for index in 0..bars {
         let level = if levels.is_empty() {
@@ -1386,17 +1456,17 @@ fn pill_levels(playing: bool, levels: &[f32]) -> Canvas {
         let half = 1.5 + level * (middle - 3.0);
         let x = 3.0 + index as f32 * (width - 6.0) / bars.saturating_sub(1).max(1) as f32;
 
-        body = body.move_to(x, middle - half).line_to(x, middle + half);
+        body.push(Box::new(line(x, middle - half, middle + half, 3.2, theme::now().accent)));
 
         if level > 0.3 {
-            glow = glow.move_to(x, middle - half).line_to(x, middle + half);
+            glow.push(Box::new(line(x, middle - half, middle + half, 7.0, faded(theme::now().accent, 55))));
         }
     }
 
-    Canvas::new().width(width).height(height).shapes(shapes![
+    // every glow under every bar, as the two strokes were
-        glow.stroke(7.0, faded(theme::now().accent, 55)).cap(Cap::Round),
+    glow.extend(body);
-        body.stroke(3.2, theme::now().accent).cap(Cap::Round),
+
-    ])
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(Stack::new(glow).width(width).height(height))
 }
 
 // the loudest level in one of `groups` equal slices of the spectrum, low to high

src/last.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::{env, fs};
+
+use amane::{Bus, Center, Column, Full, Media, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Service, Start, Text, Weight, Widget};
+
+use crate::config::appearance::{font, overlays, text};
+use crate::config::island::{card, controls, disc, idle};
+use crate::glyph::{Glyph, icon};
+use crate::island::{self, Island};
+use crate::{parse, theme};
+
+/*
+ * the island's card while nothing plays: the song it last heard (kept in
+ * $XDG_STATE_HOME/amane across restarts, its cover copied beside it) with a button that
+ * starts its player and asks it to play, and chips that start the players of
+ * island.idle.players. art.rs's thread calls watch() with every check it makes, so this
+ * needs no thread of its own
+ */
+#[derive(Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
+struct Song {
+    // the player's mpris bus name and the name it goes by
+    player: String,
+    identity: String,
+    title: String,
+    artist: String,
+    // the cover's copy, empty without one
+    cover: String,
+}
+
+pub struct Last {
+    song: Option<Song>,
+    // the players to start, as (desktop file name, the name it shows), and the setting they were read for
+    apps: Vec<(String, String)>,
+    apps_for: Option<String>,
+    // what a start is doing, or what went wrong
+    note: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Service for Last {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let saved = parse::settings(&fs::read_to_string(folder().join("last-played")).unwrap_or_default());
+        let get = |key: &str| saved.iter().find(|(name, _)| name == key).map_or(String::new(), |(_, value)| value.clone());
+
+        let song = Song { player: get("player"), identity: get("identity"), title: get("title"), artist: get("artist"), cover: get("cover") };
+
+        Self { song: Some(song).filter(|song| !song.title.is_empty()), apps: Vec::new(), apps_for: None, note: None }
+    }
+
+    // changes through watch() and the buttons
+    fn listen() {}
+}
+
+const PREFIX: &str = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.";
+
+fn folder() -> PathBuf {
+    let state = env::var_os("XDG_STATE_HOME").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(env::var_os("HOME").unwrap_or_default()).join(".local/state"));
+
+    state.join("amane")
+}
+
+// one line, for the key = value file
+fn clean(words: &str) -> String {
+    words.replace(['\n', '\r'], " ").trim().to_string()
+}
+
+/*
+ * art.rs's check, with the cover it holds for the island's player: notes the song the
+ * island's player plays, and reads the players to start again when their setting changed
+ */
+pub fn watch(url: &str, path: &str) {
+    let wanted = idle::players();
+
+    if Last::read().apps_for.as_deref() != Some(wanted.as_str()) {
+        let apps = desktop_apps(&wanted);
+        let mut last = Last::write();
+
+        last.apps = apps;
+        last.apps_for = Some(wanted);
+    }
+
+    let selected = Island::read().selected.clone();
+
+    let now = {
+        let media = Media::read();
+
+        island::shown(&media, selected.as_deref()).filter(|player| player.playing() && !player.title().is_empty()).map(|player| {
+            let song = Song { player: player.name().to_string(), identity: clean(player.identity()), title: clean(player.title()), artist: clean(player.artist()), cover: String::new() };
+
+            (song, player.art_url() == url && !path.is_empty())
+        })
+    };
+
+    let Some((mut song, cover_ready)) = now else { return };
+
+    let known = Last::read().song.clone();
+    let same = known.as_ref().is_some_and(|known| known.player == song.player && known.title == song.title && known.artist == song.artist);
+    let has_cover = known.as_ref().is_some_and(|known| !known.cover.is_empty());
+
+    // the same song, and its cover kept already or not there yet
+    if same && (has_cover || !cover_ready) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    song.cover = if cover_ready { keep_cover(path, &song) } else { String::new() };
+
+    if let Some(old) = known.filter(|old| !old.cover.is_empty() && old.cover != song.cover) {
+        let _ = fs::remove_file(&old.cover);
+    }
+
+    save(&song);
+
+    Last::write().song = Some(song);
+}
+
+// a copy of the cover under a name of its own (amane keeps a picture by its path, so a reused name would show the old one)
+fn keep_cover(path: &str, song: &Song) -> String {
+    let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+
+    (&song.player, &song.title, &song.artist).hash(&mut hasher);
+
+    let file = folder().join(format!("cover-{:016x}", hasher.finish()));
+    let _ = fs::create_dir_all(folder());
+
+    if fs::copy(path, &file).is_ok() { file.to_string_lossy().into_owned() } else { String::new() }
+}
+
+fn save(song: &Song) {
+    let _ = fs::create_dir_all(folder());
+
+    let text = format!(
+        "# the song the island last heard, for its card while nothing plays\nplayer = {}\nidentity = {}\ntitle = {}\nartist = {}\ncover = {}\n",
+        song.player, song.identity, song.title, song.artist, song.cover
+    );
+
+    let _ = fs::write(folder().join("last-played"), text);
+}
+
+// the players of the setting that have a desktop file, with the name it gives them
+fn desktop_apps(wanted: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    let home = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("HOME").unwrap_or_default());
+    let folders = [home.join(".local/share/applications"), PathBuf::from("/usr/local/share/applications"), PathBuf::from("/usr/share/applications")];
+
+    wanted
+        .split(',')
+        .map(str::trim)
+        .filter(|id| !id.is_empty())
+        .filter_map(|id| {
+            let entry = folders.iter().find_map(|folder| fs::read_to_string(folder.join(format!("{id}.desktop"))).ok())?;
+            let name = parse::settings(&entry).into_iter().find(|(key, _)| key == "Name").map_or_else(|| id.to_string(), |(_, name)| name);
+
+            Some((id.to_string(), name))
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+// a player's desktop file name from its bus name: org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.firefox.instance_1_2 is firefox
+fn app_of(bus: &str) -> String {
+    bus.strip_prefix(PREFIX).unwrap_or(bus).split('.').next().unwrap_or_default().to_string()
+}
+
+fn say(note: Option<String>) {
+    Last::write().note = note;
+}
+
+/*
+ * starts a player (gtk-launch), and with `resume` (its bus name) asks it to play until it
+ * does or island.idle.wait_s runs out. the card closes: the pill shows the song once it plays
+ */
+fn start(id: String, resume: Option<String>) {
+    let name = Last::read().apps.iter().find(|(app, _)| *app == id).map_or_else(|| id.clone(), |(_, name)| name.clone());
+
+    island::collapse();
+
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        say(Some(format!("Starting {name}…")));
+
+        let started = Command::new("gtk-launch").arg(&id).stdin(Stdio::null()).stdout(Stdio::null()).stderr(Stdio::null()).status().is_ok_and(|status| status.success());
+
+        if !started {
+            say(Some(format!("{name} couldn't be started (gtk-launch {id})")));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let Some(bus) = resume else {
+            say(None);
+
+            return;
+        };
+
+        let until = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(idle::wait_s());
+
+        while Instant::now() < until {
+            // an instance number may follow the name it had before
+            let found = {
+                let media = Media::read();
+
+                media.players().iter().find(|player| player.name() == bus || player.name().starts_with(&format!("{bus}."))).map(|player| (player.name().to_string(), player.playing()))
+            };
+
+            match found {
+                Some((_, true)) => {
+                    say(None);
+
+                    return;
+                }
+                // Play is harmless when it already plays, so it's asked until it does
+                Some((player, false)) => {
+                    Bus::session().call(&player, "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2", "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player", "Play", &[]);
+                }
+                None => {}
+            }
+
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(idle::check_ms()));
+        }
+
+        say(Some(format!("{name} opened but didn't start playing")));
+    });
+}
+
+pub fn height() -> f32 {
+    2.0 * card::pad() + disc::size() + card::gap() + controls::chip_height()
+}
+
+// a line of text in a box as wide as the side, cut with … when longer
+fn line(words: impl Into<String>, size: f32, color: amane::Color, bold: bool, width: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let words = Text::new(words).size(size).color(color).weight(if bold { Weight::Bold } else { Weight::Regular }).elide();
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(size + 8.0).align_child(Start, Center).child(words)
+}
+
+fn chip(words: &str, pressed: impl Fn() + 'static) -> Rectangle {
+    let width = words.chars().count() as f32 * text::small() * font::letter_width() + 18.0;
+
+    Rectangle::new()
+        .width(width)
+        .height(controls::chip_height())
+        .radius(Full)
+        .fill(overlays::chip())
+        .align_child(Center, Center)
+        .cursor(Pointer)
+        .on_click(move |_| pressed())
+        .child(Text::new(words).size(text::small()).color(theme::now().text))
+}
+
+pub fn card() -> Rectangle {
+    let last = Last::read();
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let (width, pad, gap) = (card::width(), card::pad(), card::gap());
+    let inner_w = width - 2.0 * pad;
+    let side_w = inner_w - disc::size() - card::side_gap();
+
+    // the last song's cover on the cd, or the empty cd
+    let cover = last.song.as_ref().map_or("", |song| song.cover.as_str());
+    let cd = Rectangle::new().width(disc::size()).height(disc::size()).align_child(Center, Center).child(island::cover(cover, disc::cover(), 2.0, true));
+
+    let mut lines: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+    match &last.song {
+        Some(song) => {
+            let (app, bus) = (app_of(&song.player), song.player.clone());
+            let words = format!("Play in {}", song.identity);
+            let button_w = words.chars().count() as f32 * text::small() * font::letter_width() + 44.0;
+
+            lines.push(Box::new(line("Last played", text::small(), theme.dim, false, side_w)));
+            lines.push(Box::new(line(song.title.as_str(), text::title(), theme.text, true, side_w)));
+            lines.push(Box::new(line(song.artist.as_str(), text::body(), theme.dim, false, side_w)));
+
+            lines.push(Box::new(
+                Rectangle::new()
+                    .width(button_w)
+                    .height(controls::chip_height() + 10.0)
+                    .radius(Full)
+                    .fill(theme.accent)
+                    .align_child(Center, Center)
+                    .cursor(Pointer)
+                    .on_click(move |_| start(app.clone(), Some(bus.clone())))
+                    .child(Row::new(vec![Box::new(icon(Glyph::Play, 12.0, theme.on_accent)) as Box<dyn Widget>, Box::new(Text::new(words).size(text::small()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.on_accent))]).gap(8.0).align(Center)),
+            ));
+        }
+        None => {
+            lines.push(Box::new(line("Nothing playing", text::title(), theme.text, true, side_w)));
+            lines.push(Box::new(line("Start a player below", text::small(), theme.dim, false, side_w)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(note) = &last.note {
+        lines.push(Box::new(line(note.as_str(), text::small(), theme.dim, false, side_w)));
+    }
+
+    let side = Rectangle::new().width(side_w).height(disc::size()).align_child(Start, Center).child(Column::new(lines).gap(gap / 2.0));
+
+    // the players to start
+    let mut chips: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(Text::new("Start").size(text::small()).color(theme.dim))];
+
+    for (id, name) in &last.apps {
+        let id = id.clone();
+
+        chips.push(Box::new(chip(name, move || start(id.clone(), None))));
+    }
+
+    if last.apps.is_empty() {
+        chips.push(Box::new(Text::new("no player of island.idle.players has a desktop file").size(text::small()).color(theme.dim)));
+    }
+
+    let bottom = Rectangle::new().width(inner_w).height(controls::chip_height()).align_child(Start, Center).child(Row::new(chips).gap(gap / 2.0).align(Center));
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height()).padding(pad).child(Column::new(vec![Box::new(Row::new(vec![Box::new(cd) as Box<dyn Widget>, Box::new(side)]).gap(card::side_gap())) as Box<dyn Widget>, Box::new(bottom)]).gap(gap))
+}

src/lock.rs

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+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
+use amane::{Canvas, Center, Color, Column, Full, Image, LayerWindow, Lock, Media, MediaPlayer, Monitor, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Service, Shape, SpaceBetween, Stack, Start, Text, TextInput, Weight, Widget, children, window_size};
+
+use crate::art::Art;
+use crate::config::appearance::{font, overlays, text};
+use crate::config::lock::{look, show};
+use crate::config::pills::layout;
+use crate::glyph::{Glyph, glyph_shapes};
+use crate::home::{self, Clock};
+use crate::island::{self, CLEAR, Island, faded};
+use crate::system::Power;
+use crate::{control, edge, notices, parse, surface, theme};
+
+/*
+ * the lock screen, amane's App::lock (ext-session-lock; pam checks the password the way the
+ * `login` service does): the wallpaper blurred under a veil; the date with the weather now,
+ * a big clock and hyprland's splash; the music with its controls, then chips for the next
+ * event, the new notifications and the battery; at the bottom the avatar, the name and the
+ * password. every monitor shows it, all sharing the one password field.
+ * `amane ipc call lock` locks. killing the shell doesn't unlock: hyprland keeps the session
+ * locked (README, Lock screen)
+ *
+ * it redraws for the music's progress, the clock and the password, so it's drawn cheaply:
+ * the backdrop is one shader (lock.wgsl) instead of a gradient vello paints over the whole
+ * screen on every frame, the glass is surface.rs's shader, and every icon goes into one
+ * canvas over it all, as each canvas is a vello pass of its own. so that where each icon
+ * lands is known, every part has a fixed size
+ */
+
+// what the lock screen looks up once per lock, before it shows
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Shown {
+    splash: String,
+    picture: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Service for Shown {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    // set by command() only
+    fn listen() {}
+}
+
+// the password field's name; every monitor's lock screen shows the same one
+const FIELD: &str = "lock-password";
+
+static SHADER: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| surface::shader_file("lock.wgsl", include_str!("lock.wgsl")));
+
+// the icons of one frame, drawn together into one canvas over the screen
+type Icons = Vec<Box<dyn Shape>>;
+
+// a chip's parts, how wide they are, and the icon the canvas draws at their start
+type Chip = (Vec<Box<dyn Widget>>, f32, Option<(Glyph, f32, Color)>);
+
+// `amane ipc call lock`: the splash and the picture are looked up first, so the screen shows them from its first frame
+pub fn command(words: &[String]) -> String {
+    if !words.is_empty() {
+        return String::from("usage: lock");
+    }
+
+    let splash = edge::hyprctl("splash").trim().to_string();
+
+    *Shown::write() = Shown { splash, picture: picture() };
+
+    Lock::start();
+
+    String::from("locked")
+}
+
+// the picture: the setting's, else the wallpaper matugen named in the theme file; only a file that's there
+fn picture() -> Option<String> {
+    let set = look::wallpaper();
+
+    let wanted = if set.trim().is_empty() {
+        let theme = fs::read_to_string(theme::config_file("theme")).unwrap_or_default();
+
+        parse::settings(&theme).into_iter().find(|(key, _)| key == "wallpaper").map(|(_, value)| value)?
+    } else {
+        set
+    };
+
+    let path = home::expanded(wanted.trim());
+
+    path.is_file().then(|| path.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+}
+
+pub fn view(_: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
+    theme::begin();
+
+    // a lock screen always covers its whole monitor, whatever size it asks for
+    let window = LayerWindow::new().width(1.0).height(1.0);
+    let (width, height) = window_size();
+
+    // the compositor hasn't said the size yet
+    if width <= 0.0 || height <= 0.0 {
+        return window.child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0));
+    }
+
+    window.child(screen(width, height))
+}
+
+// about how wide words are at `size`, as the chips size themselves
+fn words_width(words: &str, size: f32) -> f32 {
+    words.chars().count() as f32 * size * font::letter_width()
+}
+
+// words in a box `width` wide, from its left, elided past it
+fn words(words: &str, size: f32, color: Color, bold: bool, width: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let text = Text::new(words).size(size).color(color).elide();
+    let text = if bold { text.weight(Weight::Bold) } else { text };
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(size * 1.4).align_child(Start, Center).child(text)
+}
+
+// empty room `width` wide, where an icon of the canvas goes or just space
+fn room(width: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(1.0)
+}
+
+// `glyph` centred on (x, y)
+fn place(icons: &mut Icons, glyph: Glyph, size: f32, color: Color, (x, y): (f32, f32)) {
+    icons.extend(glyph_shapes(glyph, size, color, 0.0, (x - size / 2.0, y - size / 2.0)));
+}
+
+fn screen(width: f32, height: f32) -> Stack {
+    let clock = Clock::read();
+    let shown = Shown::read();
+    let gap = look::gap();
+
+    let mut icons: Icons = Vec::new();
+
+    // the top part downward from look::top, the bottom part upward from look::bottom
+    let upper_y = look::top() + gap;
+    let (upper, upper_h) = upper(&clock, &shown, width, upper_y, &mut icons);
+    let middle = middle(clock.now(), width, upper_y + upper_h + gap, &mut icons);
+
+    let lower_y = height - look::bottom() - lower_height();
+    let lower = lower(&clock, width, lower_y, &mut icons);
+
+    let top = Column::new(children![Rectangle::new().width(1.0).height(look::top()), upper, middle]).gap(gap).align(Center);
+    let bottom = Column::new(children![lower, Rectangle::new().width(1.0).height(look::bottom())]).align(Center);
+
+    let content = Column::new(children![top, bottom]).width(width).height(height).justify(SpaceBetween).align(Center);
+
+    let mut layers = backdrop(width, height, shown.picture.as_deref());
+
+    layers.push(Box::new(content));
+
+    if !icons.is_empty() {
+        layers.push(Box::new(Canvas::new().width(width).height(height).shapes(icons)));
+    }
+
+    Stack::new(layers).width(width).height(height)
+}
+
+// the wallpaper colours' gradient, the picture blurred over it, and a veil over that darker at the edges: lock.wgsl
+fn backdrop(width: f32, height: f32, picture: Option<&str>) -> Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> {
+    let [high, middle, low] = theme::now().surfaces();
+
+    let shade = |layer: f32| {
+        let values = vec![[width, height, 160.0, layer], surface::plain(high), surface::plain(middle), surface::plain(low), [look::dim(), look::vignette(), 0.0, 0.0]];
+
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).shader(SHADER.as_path()).shader_values(values)) as Box<dyn Widget>
+    };
+
+    let Some(path) = picture else {
+        return vec![shade(0.0)];
+    };
+
+    let blur = look::blur() as u32;
+
+    // blurred: a small copy, blurred once when decoded and stretched over the screen, costs nothing per frame
+    let image = if blur == 0 {
+        Image::cover(path).thumbnail(width.ceil() as u32, height.ceil() as u32)
+    } else {
+        let copy = look::copy_width() as u32;
+
+        Image::cover(path).thumbnail(copy, (copy as f32 * height / width).ceil() as u32).blurred(blur)
+    };
+
+    // the gradient shows while the picture decodes
+    vec![shade(1.0), Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).fill(image)), shade(2.0)]
+}
+
+// the date with the weather now, the clock, hyprland's splash, from `y` down; and how tall
+fn upper(clock: &Clock, shown: &Shown, width: f32, y: f32, icons: &mut Icons) -> (Rectangle, f32) {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let size = look::date_size();
+    let now = clock.now();
+    let inner = look::gap() * 0.4;
+
+    // the date, and the weather's icon and words after it
+    let date = if now > 0 { home::date_words(now) } else { String::new() };
+    let date_w = words_width(&date, size);
+    let date_h = size * 1.4;
+
+    let mut row: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(words(&date, size, theme.text, true, date_w))];
+    let mut row_w = date_w;
+
+    if show::weather()
+        && let Some((glyph, said)) = home::weather_now()
+    {
+        let (space, icon, after) = (size * 0.6, size * 1.15, size * 0.3);
+        let said_w = words_width(&said, size);
+        let total = date_w + space + icon + after + said_w;
+
+        place(icons, glyph, icon, theme.text, ((width - total) / 2.0 + date_w + space + icon / 2.0, y + date_h / 2.0));
+
+        row.extend(children![room(space), room(icon), room(after), words(&said, size, theme.text, false, said_w)]);
+        row_w = total;
+    }
+
+    let seconds = now.rem_euclid(86_400);
+    let time = if now > 0 { format!("{:02}:{:02}", seconds / 3_600, seconds % 3_600 / 60) } else { String::new() };
+
+    let digits = Text::new(time).size(look::clock_size()).weight(look::clock_weight().min(1000) as u16).color(theme.text).tight();
+    let family = look::clock_font();
+    let digits = if family.trim().is_empty() { digits } else { digits.font(family.trim()) };
+    let clock_h = digits.height_in(width);
+
+    let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(row_w).height(date_h).child(Row::new(row).align(Center))),
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(clock_h).align_child(Center, Center).child(digits)),
+    ];
+
+    let mut height = date_h + inner + clock_h;
+
+    if show::splash() && !shown.splash.is_empty() {
+        let size = size * 0.7;
+        let said = format!("“{}”", shown.splash);
+        let said_w = (words_width(&said, size) + size).min(width * 0.7);
+
+        parts.push(Box::new(words(&said, size, theme.dim, false, said_w)));
+        height += inner + size * 1.4;
+    }
+
+    (Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Center, Start).child(Column::new(parts).gap(inner).align(Center)), height)
+}
+
+// the music, then the chips, from `y` down
+fn middle(now: i64, width: f32, y: f32, icons: &mut Icons) -> Column {
+    let gap = look::gap() * 0.75;
+    let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut y = y;
+
+    if show::music()
+        && let Some(card) = music(width, y, icons)
+    {
+        parts.push(Box::new(card));
+        y += look::card_height() + gap;
+    }
+
+    if let Some(chips) = chips(now, width, y, icons) {
+        parts.push(Box::new(chips));
+    }
+
+    Column::new(parts).gap(gap).align(Center)
+}
+
+// the shown player's song at `y`: its cover, title, artist and how far it is, and its buttons
+fn music(width: f32, y: f32, icons: &mut Icons) -> Option<Rectangle> {
+    let media = Media::read();
+    let island = Island::read();
+    let art = Art::read();
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    let player = island::shown(&media, island.selected.as_deref())?;
+
+    let (card_w, card_h) = (look::card_width(), look::card_height());
+    let gap = look::gap() * 0.75;
+    let cover = look::cover().min(card_h - 8.0);
+    let pad = (card_h - cover) / 2.0;
+
+    // where the card's row starts, and the height every part of it is centred on
+    let left = (width - card_w) / 2.0 + pad;
+    let middle = y + card_h / 2.0;
+
+    let picture = Rectangle::new().width(cover).height(cover).radius(cover * 0.18);
+
+    let picture = if art.path.is_empty() {
+        place(icons, Glyph::Note, cover * 0.45, theme.accent, (left + cover / 2.0, middle));
+
+        picture.fill(theme.accent_soft)
+    } else {
+        let pixels = (cover * 2.0).ceil() as u32;
+
+        picture.fill(Image::cover(art.path.clone()).thumbnail(pixels, pixels))
+    };
+
+    let (small, big) = (text::title() * 1.9, text::title() * 1.9 * 1.25);
+    let buttons_w = if show::controls() { 2.0 * small + big + 8.0 + gap } else { 0.0 };
+    let words_w = (card_w - 2.0 * pad - cover - gap - buttons_w).max(0.0);
+
+    let title = if player.title().is_empty() { player.identity() } else { player.title() };
+
+    let length = player.length().as_secs_f32();
+    let done = if length > 0.0 { (player.position().as_secs_f32() / length).clamp(0.0, 1.0) } else { 0.0 };
+
+    let track = Rectangle::new().width(words_w).height(4.0).radius(Full).fill(overlays::track()).align_child(Start, Center).child(Rectangle::new().width((words_w * done).max(4.0)).height(4.0).radius(Full).fill(theme.text));
+
+    let said = Column::new(children![words(title, text::title(), theme.text, true, words_w), words(player.artist(), text::body(), theme.dim, false, words_w), track]).gap(6.0);
+
+    let mut items: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(picture), Box::new(said)];
+
+    if show::controls() {
+        items.push(Box::new(controls(player, (left + cover + gap + words_w + gap, middle), small, big, icons)));
+    }
+
+    let content = Rectangle::new().width(card_w).height(card_h).padding(pad).align_child(Start, Center).child(Row::new(items).gap(gap).align(Center));
+
+    Some(surface::shell(card_w, card_h, layout::radius().min(card_h / 2.0), &theme.surfaces(), 0.0, content))
+}
+
+// previous, play or pause, next, from (x, the middle's y), their icons into the canvas
+fn controls(player: &MediaPlayer, (x, y): (f32, f32), small: f32, big: f32, icons: &mut Icons) -> Row {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    let middle = if player.playing() { Glyph::Pause } else { Glyph::Play };
+
+    for (glyph, size, centre) in [(Glyph::Previous, small, x + small / 2.0), (middle, big, x + small + 4.0 + big / 2.0), (Glyph::Next, small, x + small + 4.0 + big + 4.0 + small / 2.0)] {
+        place(icons, glyph, size * 0.42, theme.text, (centre, y));
+    }
+
+    let button = |size: f32, fill: Color, pressed: Box<dyn Fn()>| Rectangle::new().width(size).height(size).radius(Full).fill(fill).cursor(Pointer).on_click(move |_| pressed());
+
+    let (previous, toggle, next) = (player.clone(), player.clone(), player.clone());
+
+    Row::new(children![
+        button(small, CLEAR, Box::new(move || previous.previous())),
+        button(big, overlays::chip(), Box::new(move || toggle.play_pause())),
+        button(small, CLEAR, Box::new(move || next.next())),
+    ])
+    .gap(4.0)
+    .align(Center)
+}
+
+// a glass chip around `parts`, which are `inner` wide
+fn chip(parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>>, inner: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let height = look::chip_height();
+    let width = inner + height;
+
+    let content = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Center, Center).child(Row::new(parts).gap(8.0).align(Center));
+
+    surface::shell(width, height, height / 2.0, &theme::now().surfaces(), 0.0, content)
+}
+
+// the next event, the new notifications, the battery at `y`: each its own chip, when there is one
+fn chips(now: i64, width: f32, y: f32, icons: &mut Icons) -> Option<Row> {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let (size, height) = (text::body(), look::chip_height());
+    let icon = size * 1.3;
+    let spacing = look::gap() * 0.6;
+
+    // each chip's parts and inner width, and an icon at the start of its parts
+    let mut wanted: Vec<Chip> = Vec::new();
+
+    if show::event()
+        && let Some((when, what, color)) = home::next_event(now)
+    {
+        let said = format!("{when} · {what}");
+        let said_w = words_width(&said, size).min(look::card_width() * 0.8);
+        let dot = Rectangle::new().width(9.0).height(9.0).radius(Full).fill(color.unwrap_or(theme.accent));
+
+        wanted.push((children![dot, words(&said, size, theme.text, false, said_w)], 9.0 + 8.0 + said_w, None));
+    }
+
+    let unread = notices::unread();
+
+    if show::notifications() && unread > 0 {
+        let said = if unread == 1 { String::from("1 new notification") } else { format!("{unread} new notifications") };
+        let said_w = words_width(&said, size).min(look::card_width());
+
+        wanted.push((children![room(icon), words(&said, size, theme.text, false, said_w)], icon + 8.0 + said_w, Some((Glyph::Bell, icon, theme.text))));
+    }
+
+    if show::battery()
+        && let Some(charge) = &Power::read().battery
+    {
+        let bolt = (charge.status == "Charging").then_some((Glyph::Bolt, 11.0, theme.accent));
+
+        wanted.push((children![control::battery_with(charge, false)], control::battery_width(charge), bolt));
+    }
+
+    if wanted.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let total: f32 = wanted.iter().map(|(_, inner, _)| inner + height).sum::<f32>() + spacing * (wanted.len() - 1) as f32;
+    let mut x = (width - total) / 2.0;
+
+    let mut row: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+    for (parts, inner, icon) in wanted {
+        // a chip's parts start half its height in
+        if let Some((glyph, size, color)) = icon {
+            place(icons, glyph, size, color, (x + height / 2.0 + size / 2.0, y + height / 2.0));
+        }
+
+        row.push(Box::new(chip(parts, inner)));
+        x += inner + height + spacing;
+    }
+
+    Some(Row::new(row).gap(spacing).align(Center))
+}
+
+fn name_height() -> f32 {
+    text::title() * 1.4
+}
+
+fn note_height() -> f32 {
+    text::body() * 1.6
+}
+
+// how tall the avatar, the name, the password and the note are together
+fn lower_height() -> f32 {
+    let gap = look::gap() * 0.6;
+
+    look::avatar_size() + gap + name_height() + gap + look::field_height() + gap + note_height()
+}
+
+// the avatar, the name, the password and what became of the last one, from `y` down
+fn lower(clock: &Clock, width: f32, y: f32, icons: &mut Icons) -> Column {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let lock = Lock::read();
+    let gap = look::gap() * 0.6;
+    let size = look::avatar_size();
+
+    let avatar = Rectangle::new().width(size).height(size).radius(Full).border(2.0, faded(theme.text, 90));
+
+    let avatar = match clock.avatar() {
+        Some(path) => {
+            let pixels = (size * 2.0).ceil() as u32;
+
+            avatar.fill(Image::cover(path).thumbnail(pixels, pixels))
+        }
+        None => {
+            place(icons, Glyph::Person, size * 0.54, theme.accent, (width / 2.0, y + size / 2.0));
+
+            avatar.fill(faded(theme.accent, 60))
+        }
+    };
+
+    let name = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(name_height()).align_child(Center, Center).child(Text::new(home::name()).size(text::title()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.text));
+
+    let (field_w, field_h) = (look::field_width(), look::field_height());
+    let letters = text::popup();
+    let icon = letters * 1.1;
+    let start = field_h * 0.45;
+
+    let field_y = y + size + gap + name_height() + gap;
+
+    place(icons, Glyph::Lock, icon, theme.dim, ((width - field_w) / 2.0 + start + icon / 2.0, field_y + field_h / 2.0));
+
+    let input = TextInput::new(FIELD).password().focused().placeholder("Enter password").size(letters).color(theme.text).on_submit(submit);
+
+    // the lock icon's room, then the input 10 px after it
+    let inside = Row::new(children![room(start), room(icon), room(10.0), Rectangle::new().width(field_w - 2.0 * start - icon - 10.0).height(field_h).align_child(Start, Center).child(input)]).align(Center);
+
+    // a wrong password lights the field's rim
+    let lift = if lock.failed() { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
+    let field = surface::shell(field_w, field_h, field_h / 2.0, &theme.surfaces(), lift, Rectangle::new().width(field_w).height(field_h).align_child(Start, Center).child(inside));
+
+    let (note, color) = if lock.checking() {
+        ("Checking…", theme.dim)
+    } else if lock.failed() {
+        ("Wrong password, try again", look::wrong_color())
+    } else {
+        ("", theme.dim)
+    };
+
+    let note = Rectangle::new().width(field_w).height(note_height()).align_child(Center, Center).child(Text::new(note).size(text::body()).color(color));
+
+    Column::new(children![avatar, name, field, note]).gap(gap).align(Center)
+}
+
+// Enter: the field empties at once, pam gets the password on its own thread
+fn submit(password: String) {
+    TextInput::set_text(FIELD, "");
+
+    if !password.is_empty() {
+        Lock::unlock(&password);
+    }
+}

src/lock.wgsl

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// the lock screen's backdrop in one pass: the wallpaper colours' gradient, and over the picture
+// a veil that darkens it, more toward the edges. drawn as amane's gradient it was a vello pass
+// over the whole screen on every frame (vello keeps no gradient between frames). lock.rs fills
+// the values:
+//   0: width, height, the gradient's angle in degrees (0 runs bottom to top, 90 left to right), layer
+//   1-3: the gradient's colours at 0, 0.55 and 1, plain
+//   4: the veil's darkness and the vignette's strength, 0 to 1
+// layer 1 is the gradient (under the picture), 2 the veil (over it), 0 both (no picture)
+
+@fragment
+fn main(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    let extent = values[0].xy;
+    let angle = radians(values[0].z);
+    let layer = u32(values[0].w);
+
+    // where this pixel lies along the gradient, 0 at its start corner and 1 at its end
+    let direction = vec2<f32>(sin(angle), -cos(angle));
+    let reach = abs(direction.x) * extent.x + abs(direction.y) * extent.y;
+    let t = clamp(dot((uv - 0.5) * extent, direction) / max(reach, 1.0) + 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    let gradient = select(mix(values[2], values[3], (t - 0.55) / 0.45), mix(values[1], values[2], t / 0.55), t < 0.55);
+
+    // the veil, darker toward the corners: 0 in the middle, 1 in a corner
+    let corner = length((uv - 0.5) * 2.0) / 1.4142;
+    let dark = clamp(values[4].x + (1.0 - values[4].x) * values[4].y * smoothstep(0.3, 1.0, corner), 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    if layer == 1u {
+        return vec4<f32>(gradient.rgb, 1.0);
+    }
+
+    if layer == 2u {
+        return vec4<f32>(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, dark);
+    }
+
+    return vec4<f32>(gradient.rgb * (1.0 - dark), 1.0);
+}

src/main.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
+mod ai;
 mod art;
 mod config;
 mod control;
 mod edge;
 mod glyph;
+mod home;
 mod hypr;
 mod island;
+mod last;
+mod lock;
 mod map;
+mod notices;
 mod parse;
+mod pods;
 mod prompt;
 mod settings;
 mod sound;
 mod spectrum;
+mod stats;
+mod surface;
 mod system;
 mod png;
 mod theme;
@@ -36,14 +44,21 @@ fn main() {
         .ipc("control", control::command)
         .ipc("tray", tray::command)
         .ipc("config", settings::command)
+        .ipc("pods", pods::command)
+        .ipc("lock", lock::command)
+        .lock(lock::view)
         .window_per_monitor(edge::spacer)
         .window_per_monitor(edge::view)
         .window_per_monitor(island::view)
+        // the small pills beside the island, and their cards in the middle
+        .window_per_monitor(pods::row_view)
+        .window_per_monitor(pods::card_view)
         .window_per_monitor(workspaces::view)
         .window_per_monitor(control::view)
         .window_per_monitor(control::menu_view)
         .window_per_monitor(tray::menu_view)
-        // last, so the popup lies over the control centre
+        // last, so the popups lie over the control centre
+        .window_per_monitor(notices::popups)
         .window_per_monitor(prompt::view)
         .run();
 }

src/notices.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,537 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime};
+
+use amane::{
+    Center, Column, Full, Horizontal, Image, LayerWindow, Layer, Margin, Monitor, Notification, Notifications, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, ScrollArea, Service, SpaceBetween,
+    Start, Text, Urgency, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Zone,
+};
+
+use crate::config::appearance::{overlays, text};
+use crate::config::control::pill as control_pill;
+use crate::config::island::pill as island_pill;
+use crate::config::notifications::{apps, popups as settings};
+use crate::glyph::Glyph;
+use crate::island::{self, faded};
+use crate::parse::{self, Value};
+use crate::{config, pods, surface, theme, tray};
+
+/*
+ * notifications: amane's own server (org.freedesktop.Notifications, which dunst held
+ * before) keeps the list; this adds the popups, the unread count on the bell and the
+ * history card. a watcher reads the list four times a second (memory, not d-bus), finds
+ * each new one's picture once and times the popups out by urgency
+ */
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Notices {
+    // shown as popups, newest first, with when each (re)arrived
+    popups: Vec<(u32, Instant)>,
+    // each notification's arrival time as last seen, to tell new and replaced ones apart
+    known: HashMap<u32, SystemTime>,
+    // a picture file per notification: its image, else its icon found in the themes
+    pictures: HashMap<u32, String>,
+    unread: usize,
+    // the pointer over the popups: they don't time out meanwhile
+    hovered: bool,
+}
+
+impl Service for Notices {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    fn listen() {
+        loop {
+            watch();
+
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn unread() -> usize {
+    Notices::read().unread
+}
+
+// the history was looked at
+pub fn mark_read() {
+    let mut notices = Notices::write();
+
+    if notices.unread > 0 {
+        notices.unread = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+fn timeout(urgency: Urgency) -> Option<Duration> {
+    match urgency {
+        Urgency::Low => Some(Duration::from_millis(settings::low_timeout_ms())),
+        Urgency::Critical if settings::critical_stays() => None,
+        _ => Some(Duration::from_millis(settings::timeout_ms())),
+    }
+}
+
+fn watch() {
+    let current: Vec<(u32, SystemTime, Urgency, String, String, String)> = Notifications::read()
+        .list()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|notice| (notice.id(), notice.received(), notice.urgency(), notice.icon().to_string(), notice.image().to_string(), notice.app_name().to_string()))
+        .collect();
+
+    let (arrived, gone, expired) = {
+        let notices = Notices::read();
+
+        let arrived: Vec<_> = current.iter().filter(|(id, received, ..)| notices.known.get(id) != Some(received)).cloned().collect();
+        let gone: Vec<u32> = notices.known.keys().filter(|id| !current.iter().any(|(known, ..)| known == *id)).copied().collect();
+
+        let expired: Vec<u32> = if notices.hovered {
+            Vec::new()
+        } else {
+            notices
+                .popups
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(id, since)| current.iter().find(|(known, ..)| known == id).and_then(|(_, _, urgency, ..)| timeout(*urgency)).is_some_and(|stay| since.elapsed() >= stay))
+                .map(|(id, _)| *id)
+                .collect()
+        };
+
+        (arrived, gone, expired)
+    };
+
+    if arrived.is_empty() && gone.is_empty() && expired.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // a blocked app's notifications are dropped at once; a muted one's stay in the history without popping up
+    let (blocked, muted) = (apps::blocked(), apps::muted());
+    let (dropped, arrived): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = arrived.into_iter().partition(|(.., app)| listed(&blocked, app));
+
+    for (id, ..) in &dropped {
+        Notifications::dismiss(*id);
+    }
+
+    // icon lookups walk the themes: here, not under the lock and never in a view
+    let pictures: Vec<(u32, Option<String>)> = arrived.iter().map(|(id, _, _, icon, image, _)| (*id, picture(icon, image))).collect();
+
+    let looking = pods::open_card() == Some(pods::Pod::Notifications);
+    let popping = settings::enabled();
+
+    let mut notices = Notices::write();
+
+    for (id, received, .., app) in &arrived {
+        let fresh = !notices.known.contains_key(id);
+        let quiet = listed(&muted, app);
+
+        notices.known.insert(*id, *received);
+        notices.popups.retain(|(shown, _)| shown != id);
+
+        if popping && !quiet {
+            notices.popups.insert(0, (*id, Instant::now()));
+        }
+
+        if fresh && !looking && !quiet {
+            notices.unread += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (id, file) in pictures {
+        match file {
+            Some(file) => notices.pictures.insert(id, file),
+            None => notices.pictures.remove(&id),
+        };
+    }
+
+    for id in gone {
+        notices.known.remove(&id);
+        notices.pictures.remove(&id);
+        notices.popups.retain(|(shown, _)| *shown != id);
+    }
+
+    notices.popups.retain(|(shown, _)| !expired.contains(shown));
+    notices.unread = notices.unread.min(notices.known.len());
+}
+
+// whether `app` is in a comma-separated list of app names, in any case
+fn listed(list: &str, app: &str) -> bool {
+    !app.is_empty() && list.split(',').any(|name| name.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case(app))
+}
+
+// puts an app into the list at `path` in config.toml, or takes it out
+fn relist(path: &str, list: String, app: &str, on: bool) {
+    let mut names: Vec<&str> = list.split(',').map(str::trim).filter(|name| !name.is_empty() && !name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(app)).collect();
+
+    if on {
+        names.push(app);
+    }
+
+    let _ = config::set(path, Value::Text(names.join(", ")));
+}
+
+// Mute app: its notifications stop popping up (its popups now go too) but stay in the history
+fn mute(app: &str, on: bool) {
+    relist("notifications.apps.muted", apps::muted(), app, on);
+
+    if on {
+        hide_app(app);
+    }
+}
+
+// Block app: its notifications are dropped from now on
+fn block(app: &str, on: bool) {
+    relist("notifications.apps.blocked", apps::blocked(), app, on);
+
+    if on {
+        hide_app(app);
+    }
+}
+
+fn hide_app(app: &str) {
+    let ids: Vec<u32> = Notifications::read().list().iter().filter(|notice| notice.app_name().eq_ignore_ascii_case(app)).map(Notification::id).collect();
+
+    Notices::write().popups.retain(|(shown, _)| !ids.contains(shown));
+}
+
+// a notification's picture as a file: its image (a path or file:// url), else its icon (a path or a theme name)
+fn picture(icon: &str, image: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    for wanted in [image, icon] {
+        let path = wanted.strip_prefix("file://").unwrap_or(wanted);
+
+        if path.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if path.starts_with('/') {
+            if Path::new(path).is_file() {
+                return Some(path.to_string());
+            }
+
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(file) = tray::icon_file(path, "") {
+            return Some(file.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
+        }
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
+fn hide(id: u32) {
+    Notices::write().popups.retain(|(shown, _)| *shown != id);
+}
+
+fn hovering(inside: bool) {
+    let mut notices = Notices::write();
+
+    notices.hovered = inside;
+
+    // leaving starts every popup's time anew
+    if !inside {
+        for (_, since) in &mut notices.popups {
+            *since = Instant::now();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn ago(received: SystemTime) -> String {
+    let seconds = received.elapsed().map_or(0, |since| since.as_secs());
+
+    match seconds {
+        0..60 => String::from("now"),
+        60..3600 => format!("{} min", seconds / 60),
+        3600..86400 => format!("{} h", seconds / 3600),
+        _ => format!("{} d", seconds / 86400),
+    }
+}
+
+// the picture, or the app's first letter on a disc
+fn picture_widget(file: Option<&String>, app: &str, size: f32) -> Box<dyn Widget> {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    match file {
+        Some(file) => Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(size).height(size).radius(size * 0.22).fill(Image::contain(file.clone()))),
+        None => {
+            let letter: String = app.chars().next().map(|letter| letter.to_uppercase().collect()).unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("•"));
+
+            Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(size).height(size).radius(Full).fill(faded(theme.accent, 70)).align_child(Center, Center).child(Text::new(letter).size(size * 0.42).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.accent)))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// the buttons a notification asks for
+fn actions(notice: &Notification) -> Option<Box<dyn Widget>> {
+    if notice.actions().is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let id = notice.id();
+    let chips: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = notice
+        .actions()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|action| {
+            let key = action.key().to_string();
+
+            Box::new(pods::chip(action.label(), None, move || Notifications::invoke(id, &key))) as Box<dyn Widget>
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    Some(Box::new(Row::new(chips).gap(6.0)))
+}
+
+/*
+ * one notification's face, for a popup and for the history: picture, app and time,
+ * summary, body; `lines` caps the body; `close` is the cross at its top right
+ */
+fn face(notice: &Notification, file: Option<&String>, width: f32, lines: usize, close: Box<dyn Fn()>) -> (Rectangle, f32) {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let picture_size = settings::icon();
+    let text_w = width - picture_size - 12.0 - 30.0;
+
+    let body = parse::plain_body(notice.body());
+    let body = Text::new(body).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim).wrap().max_lines(lines);
+    let body_h = if notice.body().is_empty() { 0.0 } else { body.height_in(text_w) };
+
+    let line_h = text::tiny() + 6.0;
+    let summary_h = text::body() + 6.0;
+    let words_h = line_h + summary_h + body_h;
+
+    let actions = actions(notice);
+    let actions_h = if actions.is_some() { 26.0 + 8.0 } else { 0.0 };
+
+    let height = words_h.max(picture_size) + actions_h;
+
+    let app = if notice.app_name().is_empty() { String::from("Notification") } else { notice.app_name().to_string() };
+
+    let words = Column::new(vec![
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(text_w).height(line_h).align_child(Start, Center).child(Text::new(format!("{app} · {}", ago(notice.received()))).size(text::tiny()).color(theme.dim).elide())) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(text_w).height(summary_h).align_child(Start, Center).child(Text::new(notice.summary()).size(text::body()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.text).elide())),
+        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(text_w).height(body_h).child(body)),
+    ]);
+
+    let top = Row::new(vec![
+        Box::new(Row::new(vec![picture_widget(file, &app, picture_size), Box::new(words)]).gap(12.0)) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+        Box::new(pods::button(Glyph::Cross, close)),
+    ])
+    .width(width)
+    .justify(SpaceBetween);
+
+    let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(words_h.max(picture_size)).child(top))];
+
+    if let Some(actions) = actions {
+        parts.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(26.0).padding(amane::Padding { top: 0.0, right: 0.0, bottom: 0.0, left: picture_size + 12.0 }).child(Column::new(vec![actions]))));
+    }
+
+    (Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(Column::new(parts).gap(8.0)), height)
+}
+
+/*
+ * the popups, top right under the bar on the focused monitor, newest on top; a click
+ * runs the notification's default action (or just hides the popup), the cross hides
+ * it, both leave it in the history
+ */
+pub fn popups(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
+    theme::begin();
+
+    let notices = Notices::read();
+    let list = Notifications::read();
+    let shadow = island_pill::shadow();
+    let width = settings::width();
+    let pad = 14.0;
+
+    // the right edge lines up with the control centre's pill above; the shadow there runs off the screen
+    let right = control_pill::right();
+
+    let window = |height: f32| {
+        LayerWindow::new()
+            .width(width + shadow + right)
+            .height(height)
+            .anchor_vertical(Vertical::Top)
+            .anchor_horizontal(Horizontal::Right)
+            .margin(Margin { top: (island_pill::top_gap() + island_pill::height() + 8.0 - shadow).max(0.0) as i32, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0 })
+            .layer(Layer::Overlay)
+            .space(Zone::Ignore)
+            .namespace("magic-notifications")
+    };
+
+    let focused = island::focused_monitor().is_none_or(|name| name == monitor.name);
+    let shown: Vec<(&Notification, Instant)> =
+        notices.popups.iter().filter_map(|(id, since)| list.list().iter().find(|notice| notice.id() == *id).map(|notice| (notice, *since))).take(settings::count()).collect();
+
+    if !focused || shown.is_empty() {
+        return window(1.0).click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0));
+    }
+
+    let colors = theme::now().surfaces();
+    let mut cards: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut total = 0.0;
+    let mut arriving = false;
+
+    for (notice, since) in shown {
+        let id = notice.id();
+        let (content, height) = face(notice, notices.pictures.get(&id), width - 2.0 * pad, 3, Box::new(move || hide(id)));
+        let height = height + 2.0 * pad;
+
+        // slides in from the right over its first quarter second
+        let t = (since.elapsed().as_secs_f32() / 0.25).min(1.0);
+        arriving |= t < 1.0;
+
+        let content = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).padding(pad).child(content);
+        let card = surface::shell(width, height, 18.0, &colors, if notice.urgency() == Urgency::Critical { 1.0 } else { 0.0 }, content);
+        let card = if notice.urgency() == Urgency::Critical { card.border(1.5, crate::config::appearance::overlays::low_battery()) } else { card };
+
+        let has_default = notice.has_default_action();
+
+        cards.push(Box::new(card.cursor(Pointer).on_click(move |_| if has_default { Notifications::click(id) } else { hide(id) }).translate((1.0 - t * t * (3.0 - 2.0 * t)) * 40.0, 0.0)));
+
+        total += height + 10.0;
+    }
+
+    if arriving {
+        amane::request_frame();
+    }
+
+    window(total + 2.0 * shadow).child(
+        Rectangle::new()
+            .width(width + shadow + right)
+            .height(total + 2.0 * shadow)
+            .padding(amane::Padding { top: shadow, right, bottom: shadow, left: shadow })
+            .on_hover(hovering)
+            .child(Column::new(cards).gap(10.0)),
+    )
+}
+
+// `pods notices list|dismiss <id>|clear`: the history without the mouse
+pub fn command(words: &[&str]) -> String {
+    match words {
+        ["dismiss", id] => match id.parse() {
+            Ok(id) => {
+                Notifications::dismiss(id);
+
+                String::from("ok")
+            }
+            Err(_) => String::from("dismiss takes a notification's number"),
+        },
+        ["clear"] => {
+            Notifications::clear();
+
+            String::from("ok")
+        }
+        _ => {
+            let notifications = Notifications::read();
+            let notices = Notices::read();
+            let lines: Vec<String> = notifications
+                .list()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|notice| {
+                    let popup = if notices.popups.iter().any(|(id, _)| *id == notice.id()) { " popup" } else { "" };
+                    let picture = notices.pictures.get(&notice.id()).map_or(String::from("-"), Clone::clone);
+
+                    format!("{} [{:?}{popup}] {}: {} | {} | picture {picture} | actions {}", notice.id(), notice.urgency(), notice.app_name(), notice.summary(), parse::plain_body(notice.body()), notice.actions().len())
+                })
+                .collect();
+
+            format!("running={} unread={}\n{}", notifications.running(), notices.unread, lines.join("\n"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// do not disturb: the popups off (or on again), kept in config.toml
+fn toggle_quiet() {
+    let _ = config::set("notifications.popups.enabled", Value::Bool(!settings::enabled()));
+}
+
+// the history card: every notification still open, newest first, each with its cross to delete it
+pub fn card(width: f32, height: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let notices = Notices::read();
+    let list = Notifications::read();
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    let mut buttons: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(pods::chip(if settings::enabled() { "Do not disturb" } else { "Popups on" }, None, toggle_quiet))];
+
+    if !list.list().is_empty() {
+        buttons.push(Box::new(pods::chip("Clear all", None, Notifications::clear)));
+    }
+
+    let header = pods::header("Notifications", buttons, width);
+
+    // the muted and blocked apps, each a chip that takes it off its list again
+    let (muted, blocked) = (apps::muted(), apps::blocked());
+    let names = |list: &str| list.split(',').map(str::trim).filter(|name| !name.is_empty()).map(str::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut undo: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+    for app in names(&muted) {
+        undo.push(Box::new(pods::chip(&format!("Unmute {app}"), Some(Glyph::Muted), move || mute(&app, false))));
+    }
+
+    for app in names(&blocked) {
+        undo.push(Box::new(pods::chip(&format!("Unblock {app}"), Some(Glyph::Cross), move || block(&app, false))));
+    }
+
+    let undo_h = if undo.is_empty() { 0.0 } else { 26.0 + 10.0 };
+    let list_h = height - pods::header_height() - 10.0 - undo_h;
+
+    let body: Box<dyn Widget> = if !list.running() {
+        Box::new(
+            Rectangle::new()
+                .width(width)
+                .height(list_h)
+                .align_child(Center, Center)
+                .child(Text::new("Another notification daemon (dunst?) holds the bus name: stop it and restart the shell").size(text::small()).color(theme.dim).wrap()),
+        )
+    } else if list.list().is_empty() {
+        Box::new(
+            Rectangle::new().width(width).height(list_h).align_child(Center, Center).child(
+                Column::new(vec![
+                    Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(40.0).align_child(Center, Center).child(crate::glyph::icon(Glyph::Bell, 32.0, faded(theme.dim, 120)))) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                    Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(text::small() + 8.0).align_child(Center, Center).child(Text::new("No notifications").size(text::small()).color(theme.dim))),
+                ])
+                .gap(8.0),
+            ),
+        )
+    } else {
+        let item_w = width - 8.0;
+        let mut items: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+        for notice in list.list().iter().rev() {
+            let id = notice.id();
+            let (content, inner_h) = face(notice, notices.pictures.get(&id), item_w - 24.0, 4, Box::new(move || Notifications::dismiss(id)));
+            let has_default = notice.has_default_action();
+
+            // Mute app keeps its notifications quiet in the history, Block app drops them
+            let app = notice.app_name().to_string();
+            let content: Box<dyn Widget> = if app.is_empty() {
+                Box::new(content)
+            } else {
+                let quiet = listed(&muted, &app);
+                let (for_mute, for_block) = (app.clone(), app.clone());
+
+                let choices = Row::new(vec![
+                    Box::new(pods::chip(if quiet { "Unmute app" } else { "Mute app" }, Some(Glyph::Muted), move || mute(&for_mute, !quiet))) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                    Box::new(pods::chip("Block app", Some(Glyph::Cross), move || block(&for_block, true))),
+                ])
+                .gap(6.0);
+
+                Box::new(Column::new(vec![Box::new(content) as Box<dyn Widget>, Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(item_w - 24.0).height(26.0).align_child(amane::End, Center).child(choices))]).gap(8.0))
+            };
+            let inner_h = if app.is_empty() { inner_h } else { inner_h + 26.0 + 8.0 };
+
+            let item = Rectangle::new().width(item_w).height(inner_h + 24.0).radius(16.0).fill(overlays::chip()).padding(12.0).child(Column::new(vec![content]));
+            let item = if has_default { item.cursor(Pointer).on_click(move |_| Notifications::click(id)) } else { item };
+
+            items.push(Box::new(item));
+        }
+
+        Box::new(ScrollArea::new("notices-history", Column::new(items).gap(8.0)).width(width).height(list_h))
+    };
+
+    let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(header)];
+
+    if !undo.is_empty() {
+        // ponytail: one row, cut at the card's edge; the config window has the whole lists
+        parts.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(26.0).clip().child(Row::new(undo).gap(6.0))));
+    }
+
+    parts.push(body);
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(Column::new(parts).gap(10.0))
+}

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+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use amane::{
+    Animation, Blend, Center, Color, Easing, Full, Horizontal, InputArea, Key, Keyboard, Layer, LayerWindow, Margin, Monitor, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row,
+    Service, SpaceBetween, Stack, Start, Text, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Zone,
+};
+
+use crate::config::appearance::{motion, overlays, text};
+use crate::config::island::pill as island_pill;
+use crate::config::notifications::history;
+use crate::config::pills::{self as settings, colors as hues, layout};
+use crate::edge::{self, Edge};
+use crate::glyph::{Glyph, icon};
+use crate::island::{self, CLEAR, mix, phases, veiled};
+use crate::parse::Sky;
+use crate::{ai, home, notices, stats, surface, theme};
+
+/*
+ * four small one-icon pills beside the island, each opening into a big card in the
+ * middle of the top of the screen. while a card is open the row becomes a carousel:
+ * every other pill and the island's pill line up left and right of the card in their
+ * usual order ([AI][System] island [Home][Bell]), and clicking one switches to its card.
+ * a closing card shrinks back into its own pill's place.
+ *
+ * one window per monitor (magic-pods), as wide as the monitor and anchored to its left
+ * edge, so it never moves: only its height changes, at the top edge. while a card is
+ * open it also draws the island's pill (island::pill_face), which the island's own
+ * window leaves out meanwhile (holds_island); the two overlap for a moment at each
+ * hand-over, at the same place, so the pill never blinks
+ */
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
+pub enum Pod {
+    Ai,
+    Monitor,
+    Home,
+    Notifications,
+}
+
+// the row, left to right
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum Item {
+    Pod(Pod),
+    Island,
+}
+
+const ROW: [Item; 5] = [Item::Pod(Pod::Ai), Item::Pod(Pod::Monitor), Item::Island, Item::Pod(Pod::Home), Item::Pod(Pod::Notifications)];
+
+const PODS: [Pod; 4] = [Pod::Ai, Pod::Monitor, Pod::Home, Pod::Notifications];
+
+impl Pod {
+    fn glyph(self) -> Glyph {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ai => Glyph::Sparkle,
+            Self::Monitor => Glyph::Pulse,
+            Self::Home => Glyph::House,
+            Self::Notifications => Glyph::Bell,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // the open card's size
+    fn size(self) -> (f32, f32) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ai => (settings::ai::width(), settings::ai::height()),
+            Self::Monitor => (settings::monitor::width(), stats::height()),
+            Self::Home => (settings::home::width(), home::height()),
+            Self::Notifications => (history::width(), history::height()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    // its own colour; home's follows the sky
+    fn hue(self) -> Color {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ai => hues::ai(),
+            Self::Monitor => hues::monitor(),
+            Self::Notifications => hues::notifications(),
+            Self::Home => match home::sky() {
+                Some((Sky::Clear | Sky::PartlyCloudy, true)) => hues::home_clear_day(),
+                Some((Sky::Clear | Sky::PartlyCloudy, false)) => hues::home_clear_night(),
+                Some((Sky::Cloudy, _)) | None => hues::home_cloudy(),
+                Some((Sky::Fog, _)) => hues::home_fog(),
+                Some((Sky::Rain, _)) => hues::home_rain(),
+                Some((Sky::Snow, _)) => hues::home_snow(),
+                Some((Sky::Storm, _)) => hues::home_storm(),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    // whether its card takes typing: then it has the keyboard and stays open when the pointer leaves
+    fn types(self) -> bool {
+        self == Self::Ai || (self == Self::Home && home::typing())
+    }
+
+    fn word(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ai => "ai",
+            Self::Monitor => "monitor",
+            Self::Home => "home",
+            Self::Notifications => "notifications",
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn from_word(word: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        PODS.into_iter().find(|pod| pod.word() == word)
+    }
+}
+
+// the wallpaper's surfaces with some of a colour mixed in, keeping their see-through
+fn tinted(colors: &[Color; 3], hue: Color, amount: f32) -> [Color; 3] {
+    colors.map(|color| Color::blend(color, Color::rgba(hue.red(), hue.green(), hue.blue(), color.alpha()), amount))
+}
+
+pub struct Pods {
+    // the card open or closing, and the monitor it's on; `shown` whether it's opening or open
+    card: Option<(Pod, String)>,
+    shown: bool,
+    timeline: Animation,
+
+    // a switch from one open card straight to another: the one before, and the switch's progress
+    previous: Option<Pod>,
+    switch: Animation,
+
+    hover: HashMap<Pod, Animation>,
+
+    // the pointer over the card, and a count every arrival and departure bumps, so a late close does nothing
+    inside: bool,
+    moves: u32,
+}
+
+impl Service for Pods {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self { card: None, shown: false, timeline: timeline(), previous: None, switch: switching(1.0), hover: HashMap::new(), inside: false, moves: 0 }
+    }
+
+    // changes only through input
+    fn listen() {}
+}
+
+fn timeline() -> Animation {
+    Animation::new(0.0).duration(Duration::from_millis(layout::open_ms())).easing(Easing::Linear)
+}
+
+fn switching(from: f32) -> Animation {
+    Animation::new(from).duration(Duration::from_millis(layout::open_ms())).easing(Easing::InOut)
+}
+
+pub fn open(pod: Pod, monitor: &str) {
+    island::collapse();
+
+    let mut pods = Pods::write();
+
+    let open_here = pods.shown && pods.timeline.value() > 0.5;
+    let current = pods.card.as_ref().filter(|(_, on)| on == monitor).map(|(open, _)| *open);
+
+    match current {
+        Some(open) if open == pod => {}
+        // another card while one is open here: the open one turns into it
+        Some(open) if open_here => {
+            pods.previous = Some(open);
+            pods.switch = switching(0.0);
+            pods.switch.to(1.0);
+            pods.card = Some((pod, monitor.to_string()));
+        }
+        // another card, or one on another monitor: it grows from its own pill
+        _ => {
+            pods.card = Some((pod, monitor.to_string()));
+            pods.timeline = timeline();
+            pods.previous = None;
+            pods.switch = switching(1.0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pods.shown = true;
+    pods.inside = true;
+    pods.timeline.to(1.0);
+
+    drop(pods);
+
+    if pod == Pod::Notifications {
+        notices::mark_read();
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn close() {
+    let mut pods = Pods::write();
+
+    if pods.shown {
+        pods.shown = false;
+        pods.timeline.to(0.0);
+    }
+}
+
+fn toggle(pod: Pod, monitor: &str) {
+    let open_here = {
+        let pods = Pods::read();
+
+        pods.shown && pods.card.as_ref().is_some_and(|(open, on)| *open == pod && on == monitor)
+    };
+
+    if open_here { close() } else { open(pod, monitor) }
+}
+
+// the open card's pod, if any
+pub fn open_card() -> Option<Pod> {
+    let pods = Pods::read();
+
+    pods.card.as_ref().filter(|_| pods.shown).map(|(pod, _)| *pod)
+}
+
+/*
+ * whether this window draws the island's pill on `monitor` now: a little past the start
+ * of opening and until a little before the end of closing. this window draws it from
+ * the first frame to the last, so the two overlap at each hand-over, at the same place
+ */
+pub fn holds_island(monitor: &str) -> bool {
+    let pods = Pods::read();
+
+    pods.card.as_ref().is_some_and(|(_, on)| on == monitor) && pods.timeline.value() > HAND_OVER
+}
+
+// a share of the open timeline (420 ms by default: 0.08 is about two frames)
+const HAND_OVER: f32 = 0.08;
+
+fn hovering(pod: Pod) -> impl Fn(bool) + 'static {
+    move |inside| {
+        edge::over_bar(inside);
+
+        Pods::write()
+            .hover
+            .entry(pod)
+            .or_insert_with(|| Animation::new(0.0).duration(Duration::from_millis(motion::hover_ms())))
+            .to(if inside { 1.0 } else { 0.0 });
+    }
+}
+
+// the pointer on or off a card; leaving one that takes no typing closes it a moment later
+fn over_card(inside: bool) {
+    edge::over_bar(inside);
+
+    let moves = {
+        let mut pods = Pods::write();
+
+        pods.inside = inside;
+        pods.moves += 1;
+        pods.moves
+    };
+
+    if inside {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(400));
+
+        let leave = {
+            let pods = Pods::read();
+
+            pods.moves == moves && !pods.inside && pods.card.as_ref().is_some_and(|(pod, _)| !pod.types())
+        };
+
+        if leave {
+            close();
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+// the island's pill in the carousel: the card closes back into place, then the island opens
+fn island_tapped(monitor: String) {
+    close();
+
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(layout::open_ms()));
+
+        island::tap(&monitor);
+    });
+}
+
+// an item's width in the carousel
+fn item_width(item: Item) -> f32 {
+    match item {
+        Item::Pod(_) => island_pill::height(),
+        // beside an open card the island's pill shrinks to its cover or its bars
+        Item::Island => island::small_width(),
+    }
+}
+
+// an item's left edge in the row with nothing open, around the island as wide as it is now
+fn closed_x(item: Item, middle: f32, island_w: f32) -> f32 {
+    let (h, spacing, gap) = (island_pill::height(), layout::spacing(), layout::gap());
+
+    match item {
+        Item::Island => middle - island_pill::width() / 2.0,
+        Item::Pod(Pod::Monitor) => middle - island_w / 2.0 - gap - h,
+        Item::Pod(Pod::Ai) => middle - island_w / 2.0 - gap - 2.0 * h - spacing,
+        Item::Pod(Pod::Home) => middle + island_w / 2.0 + gap,
+        Item::Pod(Pod::Notifications) => middle + island_w / 2.0 + gap + h + spacing,
+    }
+}
+
+fn index(item: Item) -> usize {
+    ROW.iter().position(|other| *other == item).unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+/*
+ * the two items on each side of `open`'s card: the other four in the row's order, the
+ * first two on its left and the last two on its right, so the left-most stays left-most
+ * (around Home: AI and System on its left, the island and the bell on its right; around
+ * AI: System and the island on its left, Home and the bell on its right)
+ */
+fn beside(open: Pod) -> ([Item; 2], [Item; 2]) {
+    let others: Vec<Item> = ROW.into_iter().filter(|item| *item != Item::Pod(open)).collect();
+
+    ([others[0], others[1]], [others[2], others[3]])
+}
+
+// an item's left edge in the carousel around `open`'s card, `card_w` wide, in the middle, and its side of the card (-1, 0 for the card's own, 1)
+fn carousel(item: Item, open: Pod, card_w: f32, middle: f32) -> (f32, i8) {
+    // the card's own pill, while it fades into the card or out of it, sits in the card's middle
+    if item == Item::Pod(open) {
+        return (middle - item_width(item) / 2.0, 0);
+    }
+
+    let (spacing, gap) = (layout::spacing(), layout::gap());
+    let (left, right) = beside(open);
+
+    match left.iter().position(|other| *other == item) {
+        // leftwards from the card, past the one between
+        Some(k) => {
+            let between: f32 = left[k + 1..].iter().map(|other| item_width(*other) + spacing).sum();
+
+            (middle - card_w / 2.0 - gap - between - item_width(item), -1)
+        }
+        None => {
+            let k = right.iter().position(|other| *other == item).unwrap_or(0);
+            let between: f32 = right[..k].iter().map(|other| item_width(*other) + spacing).sum();
+
+            (middle + card_w / 2.0 + gap + between, 1)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * an item's side of the middle in the closed row, where every card opens: AI and System
+ * left, the island in it (0, so it slides out to whichever side it goes), Home and the
+ * bell right. no item changes sides on opening, so none crosses the card
+ */
+fn closed_side(item: Item) -> i8 {
+    (index(item) as i8 - index(Item::Island) as i8).signum()
+}
+
+/*
+ * from one place to another by `k`, with how much it shows: sliding when it stays on its
+ * side of the card; changing sides it fades out where it is over the first half and in at
+ * its new place over the second, so it never crosses the card
+ */
+fn travel(from: (f32, i8), to: (f32, i8), k: f32) -> (f32, f32) {
+    if from.1 == to.1 || from.1 == 0 || to.1 == 0 {
+        (mix(from.0, to.0, k), 1.0)
+    } else if k < 0.5 {
+        (from.0, 1.0 - 2.0 * k)
+    } else {
+        (to.0, 2.0 * k - 1.0)
+    }
+}
+
+// what both windows need to know about this monitor's card this frame
+struct Scene {
+    // the pod and its timeline, while it's at all open here
+    card: Option<(Pod, f32)>,
+    grow: f32,
+    pill_shown: f32,
+    reveal: f32,
+    switch: f32,
+    previous: Option<Pod>,
+    middle: f32,
+    island_w: f32,
+    // the row's move into the carousel: it starts only after the hand-over (see holds_island), so the island's pill never shows twice
+    row_grow: f32,
+}
+
+fn scene(state: &Pods, monitor: &Monitor) -> Scene {
+    let here = monitor.name.as_str();
+    let card = state.card.as_ref().filter(|(_, on)| on == here).map(|(pod, _)| (*pod, state.timeline.value())).filter(|(_, t)| *t > 0.0);
+    let (grow, pill_shown, reveal) = card.map_or((0.0, 1.0, 0.0), |(_, t)| phases(t));
+
+    // read only here: a running animation redraws every window that reads it
+    let switch = if card.is_some() { state.switch.value() } else { 1.0 };
+    let previous = state.previous.filter(|_| switch < 1.0 && card.is_some());
+
+    let row_grow = card.map_or(0.0, |(_, t)| phases(((t - 2.0 * HAND_OVER) / (1.0 - 2.0 * HAND_OVER)).max(0.0)).0);
+
+    Scene { card, grow, pill_shown, reveal, switch, previous, middle: monitor.width as f32 / 2.0, island_w: island::width_on(here), row_grow }
+}
+
+impl Scene {
+    // an item's left edge on the monitor and how much it shows: between the closed row and the carousel by `row_grow`, between two carousels by `switch`
+    fn place(&self, item: Item) -> (f32, f32) {
+        let closed = closed_x(item, self.middle, self.island_w);
+
+        let Some((open, _)) = self.card else { return (closed, 1.0) };
+
+        let now = carousel(item, open, open.size().0, self.middle);
+
+        let (open_x, open_shown, open_side) = match self.previous {
+            Some(before) => {
+                let from = carousel(item, before, before.size().0, self.middle);
+                let (x, shown) = travel(from, now, self.switch);
+
+                (x, shown, if self.switch < 0.5 { from.1 } else { now.1 })
+            }
+            None => (now.0, 1.0, now.1),
+        };
+
+        let (x, shown) = travel((closed, closed_side(item)), (open_x, open_side), self.row_grow);
+
+        (x, shown * open_shown)
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * the row of pills: as wide as the monitor and as tall as a pill, never changing. amane
+ * repaints a whole window every frame and hyprland then recomposites (and re-blurs)
+ * everything under it, so a window as tall as the cards ran the animations at 15 fps;
+ * the cards have their own window (card_view)
+ */
+pub fn row_view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
+    theme::begin();
+
+    let here = monitor.name.as_str();
+    let wallpaper = theme::now().surfaces();
+    let state = Pods::read();
+    let scene = scene(&state, monitor);
+    let (h, top, shadow) = (island_pill::height(), island_pill::top_gap(), island_pill::shadow());
+
+    // with the bar on a fullscreen monitor, unless a card is open
+    let slide = if scene.card.is_some() { 0.0 } else { edge::hidden_by(Edge::read().shown(here), 0.0, edge::hide_h()) };
+
+    let window = LayerWindow::new()
+        .width(monitor.width as f32)
+        .height(top + h + shadow)
+        .anchor_vertical(Vertical::Top)
+        .anchor_horizontal(Horizontal::Left)
+        .margin(Margin { top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0 })
+        .layer(Layer::Overlay)
+        .space(Zone::Ignore)
+        .namespace("magic-pods");
+
+    // empty and click-through rather than hidden: see the island's view for why
+    if slide <= -edge::hide_h() {
+        return window.click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0));
+    }
+
+    let (card, previous, switch) = (scene.card, scene.previous, scene.switch);
+
+    let mut layers: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut regions: Vec<InputArea> = Vec::new();
+
+    for item in ROW {
+        let (x, seen) = scene.place(item);
+
+        if seen <= 0.0 {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        match item {
+            Item::Island => {
+                // the island's own window draws its pill while nothing is open here
+                if card.is_none() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // it shrinks to its cover (or its bars) as it moves aside
+                let small = scene.row_grow;
+                let width = mix(island_pill::width(), island::small_width(), small);
+                let on = here.to_string();
+                let pill = island::pill_face(here, small).cursor(Pointer).on_hover(edge::over_bar).on_click(move |_| island_tapped(on.clone()));
+                let pill = if seen < 1.0 { pill.opacity(seen) } else { pill };
+
+                regions.push(InputArea { x: x as i32, y: top as i32, width: width.ceil() as i32, height: h.ceil() as i32 });
+                layers.push(Box::new(pill.translate(x, top)));
+            }
+            Item::Pod(pod) => {
+                // the open one is the card, drawn last. in a switch, the one switched to slides into
+                // the card and fades over the first half; the one switched away from fades back in as a pill
+                let shown = match previous {
+                    Some(_) if card.is_some_and(|(open, _)| open == pod) => 1.0 - 2.0 * switch,
+                    // its card is in the card window, which starts drawing at HAND_OVER; the pill stays a little longer under it
+                    _ if card.is_some_and(|(open, t)| open == pod && t > 2.0 * HAND_OVER) => continue,
+                    Some(before) if before == pod => switch,
+                    _ => 1.0,
+                } * seen;
+
+                if shown <= 0.0 {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                let lit = state.hover.get(&pod).map_or(0.0, Animation::value);
+                let pill = pill(pod, lit, &wallpaper, here);
+                let pill = if shown < 1.0 { pill.opacity(shown) } else { pill };
+
+                regions.push(InputArea { x: x as i32, y: (top + slide) as i32, width: h.ceil() as i32, height: h.ceil() as i32 });
+                layers.push(Box::new(pill.translate(x, top + slide)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    window.input_region(regions).child(Rectangle::new().width(Parent).height(Parent).child(Stack::new(layers).width(Parent).height(Parent)))
+}
+
+/*
+ * the open card, in the middle: a window as big as the biggest card while one is open
+ * here, and an empty pixel otherwise. it changes size only while it shows nothing (the
+ * card starts and ends as its pill, which the row window draws under it meanwhile), so
+ * hyprland's squashed first frame at a new size is never seen
+ */
+pub fn card_view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
+    theme::begin();
+
+    let wallpaper = theme::now().surfaces();
+    let state = Pods::read();
+    let scene = scene(&state, monitor);
+    let (h, top, shadow) = (island_pill::height(), island_pill::top_gap(), island_pill::shadow());
+
+    let window = |width: f32, height: f32| LayerWindow::new().width(width).height(height).anchor_vertical(Vertical::Top).layer(Layer::Overlay).space(Zone::Ignore).namespace("magic-pods-card");
+
+    let Some((pod, t)) = scene.card else {
+        return window(1.0, 1.0).click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0));
+    };
+
+    let widest = PODS.iter().map(|pod| pod.size().0).fold(h, f32::max);
+    let tallest = [settings::ai::height(), stats::tallest(), home::height(), history::height()].into_iter().fold(h, f32::max);
+    let window_w = (widest + 2.0 * shadow).round();
+
+    // centred by hyprland: its left edge on the monitor
+    let left = ((monitor.width as f32 - window_w) / 2.0).floor();
+    let window = window(window_w, top + tallest + shadow);
+
+    // the first frames at the new size show at the old place, so they stay empty (the row draws the pill meanwhile)
+    if t <= HAND_OVER {
+        return window.click_through().child(Rectangle::new().width(0.0).height(0.0));
+    }
+
+    let (grow, pill_shown, reveal, switch, previous, middle) = (scene.grow, scene.pill_shown, scene.reveal, scene.switch, scene.previous, scene.middle);
+
+    let mut layers: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut regions: Vec<InputArea> = Vec::new();
+
+    let typing = pod.types() && state.shown;
+
+    {
+        let (card_w, card_h) = pod.size();
+
+        // a switch morphs the card from the one before: its size, its colour, and its face crossing over
+        let (full_w, full_h, hue) = match previous {
+            Some(before) => {
+                let (before_w, before_h) = before.size();
+
+                (mix(before_w, card_w, switch), mix(before_h, card_h, switch), Color::blend(before.hue(), pod.hue(), switch))
+            }
+            None => (card_w, card_h, pod.hue()),
+        };
+
+        // from its pill's place in the closed row to the middle, and back into that place; in the window
+        let from_x = closed_x(Item::Pod(pod), middle, scene.island_w) - left;
+        let to_x = middle - full_w / 2.0 - left;
+
+        let width = mix(h, full_w, grow);
+        let height = mix(h, full_h, grow);
+        let x = mix(from_x, to_x, grow);
+        let radius = mix(h / 2.0, layout::radius(), grow);
+        let lit = state.hover.get(&pod).map_or(0.0, Animation::value);
+        let colors = tinted(&wallpaper, hue, mix(hues::pill_mix(), hues::card_mix(), grow));
+
+        let face: Rectangle = match previous {
+            // the card before fades out over the first half of the switch, this one in over the second
+            Some(before) if switch < 0.5 => {
+                let (before_w, before_h) = before.size();
+
+                veiled(content(before, before_w, before_h), width, height, radius, 1.0 - 2.0 * switch, &colors)
+            }
+            Some(_) => veiled(content(pod, card_w, card_h), width, height, radius, 2.0 * switch - 1.0, &colors),
+            None if reveal > 0.0 => veiled(content(pod, card_w, card_h), width, height, radius, reveal, &colors),
+            None => {
+                // the pill's icon fading as the shape grows
+                let tint = Color::blend(CLEAR, pod.hue(), pill_shown);
+
+                Rectangle::new().width(h).height(h).align_child(Center, Center).child(icon(pod.glyph(), layout::icon(), tint))
+            }
+        };
+
+        let face = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Center, Start).child(face);
+        let shape = surface::shell(width, height, radius, &colors, lit * pill_shown, face).on_hover(over_card).translate(x, top);
+
+        regions.push(InputArea { x: x as i32, y: top as i32, width: width.ceil() as i32, height: height.ceil() as i32 });
+        layers.push(Box::new(shape));
+    }
+
+    let window = window.input_region(regions);
+
+    let window = if typing {
+        window.keyboard(Keyboard::OnDemand).on_key(|key| {
+            // Esc closes the home card's event form first, then the card
+            if key == Key::Escape && !home::escape() {
+                close();
+            }
+        })
+    } else {
+        window
+    };
+
+    window.child(Rectangle::new().width(Parent).height(Parent).child(Stack::new(layers).width(Parent).height(Parent)))
+}
+
+// a small pill in its own colour: the surface with one icon; the bell carries the unread count
+fn pill(pod: Pod, lit: f32, wallpaper: &[Color; 3], monitor: &str) -> Rectangle {
+    let h = island_pill::height();
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let hue = pod.hue();
+    let colors = tinted(wallpaper, hue, hues::pill_mix());
+
+    let glyph = icon(pod.glyph(), layout::icon() * (1.0 + 0.08 * lit), Color::blend(hue, theme.text, 0.25 + 0.5 * lit));
+    let mut inside: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(h).height(h).align_child(Center, Center).child(glyph))];
+
+    let unread = if pod == Pod::Notifications { notices::unread() } else { 0 };
+
+    if unread > 0 {
+        let badge = text::tiny() + 6.0;
+        let words = if unread > 9 { String::from("9+") } else { unread.to_string() };
+
+        inside.push(Box::new(
+            Rectangle::new()
+                .width(badge)
+                .height(badge)
+                .radius(Full)
+                .fill(hue)
+                .align_child(Center, Center)
+                .translate(h - badge - 3.0, 3.0)
+                .child(Text::new(words).size(text::tiny() - 1.0).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.on_accent)),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let content = Rectangle::new().width(h).height(h).child(Stack::new(inside).width(h).height(h));
+    let on = monitor.to_string();
+
+    surface::shell(h, h, h / 2.0, &colors, lit, content).cursor(Pointer).on_hover(hovering(pod)).on_click(move |_| toggle(pod, &on))
+}
+
+fn content(pod: Pod, width: f32, height: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let pad = layout::pad();
+    let (inner_w, inner_h) = (width - 2.0 * pad, height - 2.0 * pad);
+
+    let body = match pod {
+        Pod::Ai => ai::card(inner_w, inner_h),
+        Pod::Monitor => stats::card(inner_w, inner_h),
+        Pod::Home => home::card(inner_w, inner_h),
+        Pod::Notifications => notices::card(inner_w, inner_h),
+    };
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).padding(pad).child(body)
+}
+
+/*
+ * a card's first row: its title, the card's own buttons, then a cross that closes it.
+ * the cards share it so they read as one family
+ */
+pub fn header(title: &str, buttons: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>>, width: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    let mut right: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = buttons;
+    right.push(Box::new(button(Glyph::Cross, close)));
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(header_height()).child(
+        Row::new(vec![
+            Box::new(Text::new(title).size(text::heading()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.text)) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+            Box::new(Row::new(right).gap(6.0).align(Center)),
+        ])
+        .width(width)
+        .justify(SpaceBetween)
+        .align(Center),
+    )
+}
+
+pub fn header_height() -> f32 {
+    30.0
+}
+
+// a small round icon button
+pub fn button(glyph: Glyph, pressed: impl Fn() + 'static) -> Rectangle {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    Rectangle::new()
+        .width(26.0)
+        .height(26.0)
+        .radius(Full)
+        .fill(overlays::chip())
+        .align_child(Center, Center)
+        .cursor(Pointer)
+        .on_click(move |_| pressed())
+        .child(icon(glyph, 14.0, theme.text))
+}
+
+// a chip with words on it, for actions like "Clear all" or "Processes"
+pub fn chip(words: &str, glyph: Option<Glyph>, pressed: impl Fn() + 'static) -> Rectangle {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let letters = words.chars().count() as f32;
+    let width = letters * text::small() * crate::config::appearance::font::letter_width() + if glyph.is_some() { 40.0 } else { 22.0 };
+
+    let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+    if let Some(glyph) = glyph {
+        parts.push(Box::new(icon(glyph, 13.0, theme.text)));
+    }
+
+    parts.push(Box::new(Text::new(words).size(text::small()).color(theme.text)));
+
+    Rectangle::new()
+        .width(width)
+        .height(26.0)
+        .radius(Full)
+        .fill(overlays::chip())
+        .align_child(Center, Center)
+        .cursor(Pointer)
+        .on_click(move |_| pressed())
+        .child(Row::new(parts).gap(6.0).align(Center))
+}
+
+// `amane ipc call pods open|toggle ai|monitor|home|notifications [monitor]`, `close`, `status`; the focused monitor by default
+pub fn command(arguments: &[String]) -> String {
+    let words: Vec<&str> = arguments.iter().map(String::as_str).collect();
+    let focused = island::focused_monitor().unwrap_or_default();
+
+    match words.as_slice() {
+        [verb @ ("open" | "toggle"), name, rest @ ..] => match Pod::from_word(name) {
+            Some(pod) => {
+                let on = rest.first().map_or(focused, |monitor| monitor.to_string());
+
+                if *verb == "open" { open(pod, &on) } else { toggle(pod, &on) }
+
+                String::from("ok")
+            }
+            None => String::from("pods: ai, monitor, home or notifications"),
+        },
+        ["close"] => {
+            close();
+
+            String::from("ok")
+        }
+        ["ask", question @ ..] if !question.is_empty() => {
+            ai::ask(question.join(" "));
+
+            String::from("ok")
+        }
+        ["notices", rest @ ..] => notices::command(rest),
+        ["processes"] => {
+            stats::processes();
+
+            String::from("ok")
+        }
+        ["status"] | [] => {
+            let pods = Pods::read();
+            let card = pods.card.as_ref().filter(|_| pods.shown).map_or("none", |(pod, _)| pod.word());
+            let on = pods.card.as_ref().map_or("", |(_, on)| on.as_str());
+
+            format!("card={card} monitor={on} timeline={:.2} switch={:.2} unread={}", pods.timeline.value(), pods.switch.value(), notices::unread())
+        }
+        _ => String::from("usage: pods open|toggle <ai|monitor|home|notifications> [monitor] | close | ask <question> | processes | notices list|dismiss <id>|clear | status"),
+    }
+}
+
+// a thin divider across a card
+pub fn rule(width: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(1.0).fill(overlays::track())
+}

src/prompt.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use amane::{
     Animation, Blend, Center, Color, Column, End, Full, Horizontal, InputArea, Key, Keyboard, Layer, LayerWindow, Margin,
-    Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Service, Shadow, Start, Text, TextInput, Vertical, Weight, Widget,
+    Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Service, Start, Text, TextInput, Vertical, Weight, Widget,
     Zone, children,
 };
 
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ use crate::config::island::pill as island_pill;
 use crate::config::popups::{layout, timing};
 use crate::control::{self, Control};
 use crate::glyph::{Glyph, icon};
-use crate::island::{self, backdrop, veiled};
+use crate::island::{self, veiled};
 use crate::parse::{self, Pairing};
 use crate::system;
-use crate::theme;
+use crate::{surface, theme};
 
 // the popup's sizes are settings (config.rs: popups.*)
 fn inner_w() -> f32 {
@@ -621,15 +621,8 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
 
     let content = Rectangle::new().width(layout::width()).height(card_h).padding(layout::pad()).child(Column::new(rows).gap(layout::gap()));
 
-    let card = Rectangle::new()
+    // raised a little over the control centre: a stronger glow and rim than a resting surface
-        .width(layout::width())
+    let card = surface::shell(layout::width(), card_h, 22.0, &colors, 0.375, veiled(content, layout::width(), card_h, 22.0, appear, &colors)).translate(0.0, 8.0 * (1.0 - appear));
-        .height(card_h)
-        .radius(22.0)
-        .fill(backdrop(&colors, 255))
-        .border(1.0, Color::blend(theme.outline, theme.accent, 0.5))
-        .shadow(Shadow::drop(theme.accent).opacity(0.45).blur(22.0))
-        .translate(0.0, 8.0 * (1.0 - appear))
-        .child(veiled(content, layout::width(), card_h, 22.0, appear, &colors));
 
     // over the middle of the map menu, a little below the control centre's top
     let (right, top) = (control_pill::right() + (control::map_width(monitor.width as f32) - layout::width()) / 2.0 - island_pill::shadow(), island_pill::top_gap() + 110.0 - island_pill::shadow());

src/ring.wgsl

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// the ring of candles around the cd, one candle per angle step, each a line from the
+// cover's edge outward as far as its level reaches, with a glow under the loud ones and
+// a flame at the tip of the loudest. island.rs fills the values:
+//   0: centre, inner radius, candles, levels given
+//   1: reach at full level, glow width, body width, flame width
+//   2: glow colour, 3: body colour, 4: flame colour (plain, 0 to 1)
+//   5-15: levels for half the ring (the other half mirrors it), already eased, 0 to 1
+const TAU: f32 = 6.28318530718;
+
+fn level(step: u32, half: u32) -> f32 {
+    let count = u32(values[0].w);
+
+    if count == 0u {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    let index = min(step * count / max(half, 1u), count - 1u);
+
+    return values[5u + index / 4u][index % 4u];
+}
+
+// distance from p to the line from `start` to `end` along `direction`, out from the centre
+fn line(p: vec2<f32>, direction: vec2<f32>, start: f32, end: f32) -> f32 {
+    let along = dot(p, direction);
+    let across = dot(p, vec2<f32>(-direction.y, direction.x));
+
+    return length(vec2<f32>(across, along - clamp(along, start, end)));
+}
+
+// how much of a pixel a round-capped stroke `width` wide covers, at distance d from its line
+fn stroke(d: f32, width: f32, pixel: f32) -> f32 {
+    return clamp((width / 2.0 - d) / pixel + 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+fn over(top: vec4<f32>, under: vec4<f32>) -> vec4<f32> {
+    return top + under * (1.0 - top.a);
+}
+
+@fragment
+fn main(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    let ring = values[0];
+    let widths = values[1];
+    let candles = u32(ring.z);
+    let half = candles / 2u;
+    let inner = ring.y;
+
+    let p = uv * size - vec2<f32>(ring.x);
+    let pixel = max(fwidth(p.x), 1e-4);
+
+    // the nearest candle by angle, 0 at the top going clockwise, and its neighbours
+    let angle = atan2(p.x, -p.y);
+    let nearest = i32(round(select(angle, angle + TAU, angle < 0.0) / TAU * f32(candles)));
+
+    var glow = 0.0;
+    var body = 0.0;
+    var flame = 0.0;
+
+    for (var offset = -1; offset <= 1; offset++) {
+        let index = u32((nearest + offset + i32(candles)) % i32(candles));
+        let step = select(candles - 1u - index, index, index < half);
+        let loud = level(step, half);
+
+        let a = f32(index) / f32(candles) * TAU;
+        let direction = vec2<f32>(sin(a), -cos(a));
+        let reach = inner + 3.0 + loud * widths.x;
+
+        let d = line(p, direction, inner, reach);
+
+        body = max(body, stroke(d, widths.z, pixel));
+
+        if loud > 0.25 {
+            glow = max(glow, stroke(d, widths.y, pixel));
+        }
+
+        if loud > 0.45 {
+            flame = max(flame, stroke(line(p, direction, reach - 0.5, reach), widths.w, pixel));
+        }
+    }
+
+    var color = vec4<f32>(values[2].rgb * values[2].a, values[2].a) * glow;
+
+    color = over(vec4<f32>(values[3].rgb * values[3].a, values[3].a) * body, color);
+    color = over(vec4<f32>(values[4].rgb * values[4].a, values[4].a) * flame, color);
+
+    if color.a <= 0.0 {
+        return vec4<f32>(0.0);
+    }
+
+    return vec4<f32>(color.rgb / color.a, color.a);
+}

src/settings.rs

@@ -37,17 +37,21 @@ pub struct Ui {
     query: String,
     message: Option<(String, bool)>,
     hover: Option<String>,
+    // just opened, or a key went to the search: it takes the keys on the next frame
+    focus_search: bool,
 }
 
 impl Service for Ui {
     fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { page: String::from("appearance"), query: String::new(), message: None, hover: None }
+        Self { page: String::from("appearance"), query: String::new(), message: None, hover: None, focus_search: false }
     }
 
     fn listen() {}
 }
 
 pub fn open() {
+    Ui::write().focus_search = true;
+
     open_window(NAME, view);
 
     hypr::load();
@@ -158,6 +162,16 @@ fn say(result: Result<(), String>, done: String) {
 pub fn view() -> Window {
     theme::begin();
 
+    /*
+     * only on this frame: a TextInput that's .focused() takes the keys every frame it's
+     * drawn, so always focused, the search would take them back from a value being typed
+     */
+    let focus_search = Ui::read().focus_search;
+
+    if focus_search {
+        Ui::write().focus_search = false;
+    }
+
     let colors = theme::now();
     let ui = Ui::read();
     let hypr = Hypr::read();
@@ -283,22 +297,43 @@ pub fn view() -> Window {
         .title(TITLE)
         .size(1100.0, 760.0)
         .resizable(true)
-        // Escape closes it, also from a field (a typed value only applies on Enter)
+        /*
-        .on_key(|key| {
+         * Escape closes it, also from a field (a typed value only applies on Enter). keys no
-            if key == Key::Escape {
+         * field takes, like right after opening, are typed into the search, which then takes
-                close_window(NAME);
+         * the keys itself: amane drops a field's focus whenever one of the shell's windows
-            }
+         * loses the keyboard, as one does when this window opens
+         */
+        .on_key(|key| match key {
+            Key::Escape => close_window(NAME),
+            Key::Character(letter) => search_key(Some(letter)),
+            Key::Space => search_key(Some(' ')),
+            Key::Backspace => search_key(None),
+            _ => {}
         })
         .child(
             Rectangle::new()
                 .width(width)
                 .height(height)
                 .fill(colors.surface_low)
-                .child(Row::new(children![sidebar(&ui, &hypr, height, &colors), main])),
+                .child(Row::new(children![sidebar(&ui, &hypr, height, &colors, focus_search), main])),
         )
 }
 
-fn sidebar(ui: &Ui, hypr: &Hypr, height: f32, colors: &Colors) -> Rectangle {
+// a key typed with no field focused: into the search (none: Backspace), which takes the next keys
+fn search_key(letter: Option<char>) {
+    let mut ui = Ui::write();
+
+    match letter {
+        Some(letter) => ui.query.push(letter),
+        None => {
+            ui.query.pop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    ui.focus_search = true;
+}
+
+fn sidebar(ui: &Ui, hypr: &Hypr, height: f32, colors: &Colors, focus_search: bool) -> Rectangle {
     let mut entries: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(caption("SHELL", colors))];
 
     for module in config::modules() {
@@ -333,11 +368,15 @@ fn sidebar(ui: &Ui, hypr: &Hypr, height: f32, colors: &Colors) -> Rectangle {
         .padding(Padding { top: 0.0, right: 10.0, bottom: 0.0, left: 10.0 })
         .align_child(Start, Center)
         .cursor(Cursor::Text)
-        .child(TextInput::new(SEARCH).placeholder("Search all settings").size(config::appearance::text::body()).color(colors.text).on_change(|text| {
+        .child({
-            SYNCED.with_borrow_mut(|synced| synced.insert(SEARCH, text.clone()));
+            let input = TextInput::new(SEARCH).placeholder("Search all settings").size(config::appearance::text::body()).color(colors.text).on_change(|text| {
+                SYNCED.with_borrow_mut(|synced| synced.insert(SEARCH, text.clone()));
 
-            Ui::write().query = text;
+                Ui::write().query = text;
-        }));
+            });
+
+            if focus_search { input.focused() } else { input }
+        });
 
     Rectangle::new()
         .width(SIDEBAR_W)
@@ -480,6 +519,14 @@ fn shell_row(option: &'static Opt, width: f32, colors: &Colors) -> Rectangle {
 
             Box::new(switch(on, move || say(config::set(option.path, Value::Bool(!on)), format!("{} = {}", option.path, !on))))
         }
+        (Kind::Text, Value::Text(current)) if !option.choices.is_empty() => Box::new(chips(
+            option
+                .choices
+                .iter()
+                .map(|&word| (String::from(word), current == word, Box::new(move || say(config::set(option.path, Value::Text(String::from(word))), format!("{} = {word}", option.path))) as Box<dyn Fn()>))
+                .collect(),
+            colors,
+        )),
         (Kind::Int | Kind::Float, _) if option.range.is_some() => {
             let (min, max) = option.range.unwrap_or((0.0, 1.0));
             let whole = option.kind == Kind::Int;
@@ -514,8 +561,6 @@ fn shell_row(option: &'static Opt, width: f32, colors: &Colors) -> Rectangle {
         help.push_str(&format!("  ·  default {}", config::shown(&(option.default)())));
     }
 
-    let _ = colors;
-
     row(config::label(option.name()), option.path.to_string(), help, control, reset, width)
 }
 
@@ -633,14 +678,31 @@ fn slider(fraction: f64, pick: impl Fn(f64) + Clone + 'static) -> Rectangle {
 }
 
 // a Hyprland number with named values: one chip per name
+// a Hyprland option's named values as chips
 fn choices(option: &HyprOption, colors: &Colors) -> Row {
     let name = option.name;
-    let chips: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = option
+
-        .choices
+    chips(
-        .iter()
+        option
-        .map(|(label, value)| {
+            .choices
-            let chosen = option.current == value.to_string();
+            .iter()
-            let value = value.to_string();
+            .map(|(label, value)| {
+                let value = value.to_string();
+
+                (label.replace('_', " "), option.current == value, Box::new(move || hypr::set(name, &value)) as Box<dyn Fn()>)
+            })
+            .collect(),
+        colors,
+    )
+}
+
+// one choice: its label, whether it's the current one, what a click does
+type Choice = (String, bool, Box<dyn Fn()>);
+
+fn chips(items: Vec<Choice>, colors: &Colors) -> Row {
+    let chips: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = items
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(label, chosen, pick)| {
             let letters = label.chars().count() as f32;
 
             Box::new(
@@ -651,8 +713,8 @@ fn choices(option: &HyprOption, colors: &Colors) -> Row {
                     .fill(if chosen { colors.accent } else { config::appearance::overlays::chip() })
                     .align_child(Center, Center)
                     .cursor(Cursor::Pointer)
-                    .on_click(move |_| hypr::set(name, &value))
+                    .on_click(move |_| pick())
-                    .child(Text::new(label.replace('_', " ")).size(config::appearance::text::small()).color(if chosen { colors.on_accent } else { colors.text })),
+                    .child(Text::new(label).size(config::appearance::text::small()).color(if chosen { colors.on_accent } else { colors.text })),
             ) as Box<dyn Widget>
         })
         .collect();

src/stats.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,564 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use amane::{Blend, Canvas, Center, Color, Column, Full, Path, Rectangle, Row, Service, Shape, SpaceBetween, Stack, Start, Text, Weight, Widget};
+
+use crate::config::appearance::{overlays, text};
+use crate::config::pills::{layout, monitor as settings};
+use crate::glyph::{Glyph, glyph_shapes};
+use crate::island::faded;
+use crate::parse;
+use crate::system::Gpu;
+use crate::{pods, theme};
+
+/*
+ * the system monitor card: cpu, the integrated gpu, the external gpu, memory, swap,
+ * network, disk reads and writes as graphs over the last readings; the external gpu's
+ * memory and the programs on it; the hottest temperature sensors in their colours.
+ * everything comes from /proc and /sys on this Service's thread (the external gpu from
+ * system::Gpu, which reads only while this card is open); no process list here, its
+ * button opens btm's in a terminal on a special workspace instead
+ */
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Stats {
+    // 0 to 1
+    cpu: Vec<f32>,
+    // the integrated gpu's clock as a share of its highest, and in words
+    gpu: Vec<f32>,
+    gpu_words: String,
+    // the external gpu's busy share
+    egpu: Vec<f32>,
+    ram: Vec<f32>,
+    ram_words: String,
+    swap: Vec<f32>,
+    swap_words: String,
+    // bytes a second
+    down: Vec<f32>,
+    up: Vec<f32>,
+    read: Vec<f32>,
+    write: Vec<f32>,
+    // (sensor, its icon, °C), hottest first
+    temps: Vec<(String, Glyph, f32)>,
+}
+
+struct Sample {
+    at: Instant,
+    cpu: (u64, u64),
+    net: (u64, u64),
+    disk: (u64, u64),
+}
+
+impl Service for Stats {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    fn listen() {
+        let mut before = sample();
+
+        loop {
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(settings::interval_ms()));
+
+            let now = sample();
+            let seconds = now.at.duration_since(before.at).as_secs_f32().max(0.001);
+            let rate = |new: u64, old: u64| new.saturating_sub(old) as f32 / seconds;
+
+            let busy = now.cpu.0.saturating_sub(before.cpu.0) as f32 / now.cpu.1.saturating_sub(before.cpu.1).max(1) as f32;
+            let memory = parse::memory(&read("/proc/meminfo")).unwrap_or_default();
+            let used = memory.total_kb.saturating_sub(memory.available_kb);
+            let swapped = memory.swap_total_kb.saturating_sub(memory.swap_free_kb);
+            let (clock, clock_words) = gpu_clock();
+            let egpu = Gpu::read().busy as f32 / 100.0;
+            let temps = temperatures();
+
+            {
+                let mut stats = Self::write();
+                let keep = settings::history();
+
+                push(&mut stats.cpu, busy, keep);
+                push(&mut stats.gpu, clock, keep);
+                push(&mut stats.egpu, egpu, keep);
+                push(&mut stats.ram, used as f32 / memory.total_kb.max(1) as f32, keep);
+                push(&mut stats.swap, swapped as f32 / memory.swap_total_kb.max(1) as f32, keep);
+                push(&mut stats.down, rate(now.net.0, before.net.0), keep);
+                push(&mut stats.up, rate(now.net.1, before.net.1), keep);
+                push(&mut stats.read, rate(now.disk.0, before.disk.0) * 512.0, keep);
+                push(&mut stats.write, rate(now.disk.1, before.disk.1) * 512.0, keep);
+
+                stats.gpu_words = clock_words;
+                stats.ram_words = format!("{} of {}", gigabytes(used), gigabytes(memory.total_kb));
+                stats.swap_words = if memory.swap_total_kb == 0 { String::from("no swap") } else { format!("{} of {}", gigabytes(swapped), gigabytes(memory.swap_total_kb)) };
+                stats.temps = temps;
+            }
+
+            before = now;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn gigabytes(kb: u64) -> String {
+    format!("{:.1} GB", kb as f32 / 1048576.0)
+}
+
+fn push(history: &mut Vec<f32>, value: f32, keep: usize) {
+    history.push(value);
+
+    let extra = history.len().saturating_sub(keep);
+
+    history.drain(..extra);
+}
+
+fn read(path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> String {
+    fs::read_to_string(path.into()).unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+fn sample() -> Sample {
+    Sample { at: Instant::now(), cpu: parse::cpu_jiffies(&read("/proc/stat")).unwrap_or((0, 0)), net: parse::network_bytes(&read("/proc/net/dev")), disk: disk_sectors() }
+}
+
+// sectors read and written by the whole physical disks: ones with a device behind them, not loop, ram or zram
+fn disk_sectors() -> (u64, u64) {
+    let mut sum = (0, 0);
+
+    for entry in fs::read_dir("/sys/block").into_iter().flatten().flatten() {
+        let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+
+        if ["loop", "ram", "zram"].iter().any(|virtual_disk| name.starts_with(virtual_disk)) || !entry.path().join("device").exists() {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if let Some((reads, writes)) = parse::block_sectors(&read(entry.path().join("stat"))) {
+            sum.0 += reads;
+            sum.1 += writes;
+        }
+    }
+
+    sum
+}
+
+// the first gpu that tells its clock (xe or i915): its share of the highest clock, and the clock in words
+fn gpu_clock() -> (f32, String) {
+    for entry in fs::read_dir("/sys/class/drm").into_iter().flatten().flatten() {
+        let card = entry.path();
+
+        for (now, top) in [("device/tile0/gt0/freq0/act_freq", "device/tile0/gt0/freq0/max_freq"), ("gt_act_freq_mhz", "gt_max_freq_mhz")] {
+            let mhz = |file: &str| read(card.join(file)).trim().parse::<f32>().ok();
+
+            if let (Some(now), Some(top)) = (mhz(now), mhz(top)) {
+                return ((now / top.max(1.0)).clamp(0.0, 1.0), format!("{now:.0} of {top:.0} MHz"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    (0.0, String::from("no clock to read"))
+}
+
+// what the temperatures are shown in, always: a sensor keeps its place whatever its reading
+const ORDER: [&str; 8] = ["CPU", "iGPU", "eGPU", "NVMe", "Memory", "Board", "ThinkPad", "Wi-Fi"];
+
+// every hwmon device's hottest sensor, named for what it is, in ORDER (then by name, then by device)
+fn temperatures() -> Vec<(String, Glyph, f32)> {
+    let mut found: Vec<(String, Glyph, f32)> = Vec::new();
+
+    // the devices in their numbers' order (hwmon2 before hwmon10), so two of a kind keep theirs too
+    let mut devices: Vec<PathBuf> = fs::read_dir("/sys/class/hwmon").into_iter().flatten().flatten().map(|entry| entry.path()).collect();
+
+    devices.sort_by_key(|path| path.file_name().and_then(|name| name.to_str()).and_then(|name| name.trim_start_matches("hwmon").parse::<u32>().ok()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX));
+
+    for device in devices {
+        let kind = read(device.join("name")).trim().to_string();
+
+        let hottest = fs::read_dir(&device)
+            .into_iter()
+            .flatten()
+            .flatten()
+            .filter(|file| file.file_name().to_string_lossy().starts_with("temp") && file.file_name().to_string_lossy().ends_with("_input"))
+            .filter_map(|file| read(file.path()).trim().parse::<f32>().ok())
+            .map(|milli| milli / 1000.0)
+            .filter(|celsius| *celsius > 0.0 && *celsius < 150.0)
+            .fold(None, |hottest: Option<f32>, celsius| Some(hottest.map_or(celsius, |hot| hot.max(celsius))));
+
+        let Some(celsius) = hottest else { continue };
+
+        let (name, glyph) = match kind.as_str() {
+            "coretemp" | "k10temp" | "zenpower" => ("CPU", Glyph::Chip),
+            "nvme" => ("NVMe", Glyph::Drive),
+            "amdgpu" | "nouveau" => ("eGPU", Glyph::Gpu),
+            "xe" | "i915" => ("iGPU", Glyph::Gpu),
+            "acpitz" => ("Board", Glyph::Thermometer),
+            "thinkpad" => ("ThinkPad", Glyph::Laptop),
+            "spd5118" | "jc42" => ("Memory", Glyph::Memory),
+            other if other.starts_with("iwlwifi") => ("Wi-Fi", Glyph::Thermometer),
+            other => (other, Glyph::Thermometer),
+        };
+
+        found.push((name.to_string(), glyph, celsius));
+    }
+
+    // a stable sort: same kinds keep the devices' order
+    found.sort_by_key(|(name, ..)| (ORDER.iter().position(|kind| kind == name).unwrap_or(ORDER.len()), name.clone()));
+    found.truncate(settings::temperatures());
+
+    // a kind shown more than once is numbered, in the order shown
+    let names: Vec<String> = found.iter().map(|(name, ..)| name.clone()).collect();
+
+    for (index, (name, ..)) in found.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        if names.iter().filter(|other| *other == name).count() > 1 {
+            let number = names[..index].iter().filter(|other| *other == name).count() + 1;
+
+            *name = format!("{name} {number}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    found
+}
+
+// a temperature's colour: cool below `warm`, then warm turning hot up to `hot`
+fn temperature_color(celsius: f32) -> Color {
+    let (warm, hot) = (settings::warm(), settings::hot());
+
+    if celsius < warm {
+        settings::cool_color()
+    } else if celsius >= hot {
+        settings::hot_color()
+    } else {
+        Color::blend(settings::warm_color(), settings::hot_color(), (celsius - warm) / (hot - warm).max(0.1))
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * opens btm's process list in a terminal on a special workspace, or shows and hides that
+ * workspace when it runs already. the window is told apart by its class
+ */
+pub fn processes() {
+    pods::close();
+
+    let (terminal, command, space) = (settings::terminal(), settings::processes(), settings::workspace());
+
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        let class = format!("amane.{space}");
+        let running = Command::new("pgrep").args(["-f", "--", &format!("--class={class}")]).output().is_ok_and(|done| done.status.success());
+
+        if !running {
+            let line = format!("{terminal} --class={class} -e {command}");
+            let lua = format!("hl.exec_cmd({}, {{ workspace = {} }})", parse::quoted(&line), parse::quoted(&format!("special:{space} silent")));
+
+            let _ = Command::new("hyprctl").args(["eval", &lua]).output();
+        }
+
+        let _ = Command::new("hyprctl").args(["dispatch", &format!("hl.dsp.workspace.toggle_special({})", parse::quoted(&space))]).output();
+    });
+}
+
+fn label_height() -> f32 {
+    text::small() + 8.0
+}
+
+fn temp_row_height() -> f32 {
+    text::small() + 16.0
+}
+
+fn temp_rows() -> usize {
+    settings::temperatures().div_ceil(2)
+}
+
+fn program_row_height() -> f32 {
+    text::small() + 8.0
+}
+
+// the external gpu's rows under its graph: its memory, then the programs on it (at least one line)
+fn egpu_rows(gpu: &Gpu) -> usize {
+    1 + gpu.programs.len().clamp(1, settings::programs())
+}
+
+fn graph_count(gpu: &Gpu) -> usize {
+    if gpu.name.is_empty() { 6 } else { 7 }
+}
+
+/*
+ * the card's height, from settings and from whether there is an external gpu and how
+ * many programs use it, so the window's size doesn't follow the readings
+ */
+pub fn height() -> f32 {
+    let gpu = Gpu::read();
+    let count = graph_count(&gpu) as f32;
+    let graphs = count * (label_height() + settings::graph_height()) + (count - 1.0) * 10.0;
+
+    // header, graphs, the external gpu's rows, rule, the temperatures' label and rows, with the column's gaps
+    let (egpu, parts) = if gpu.name.is_empty() { (0.0, 5.0) } else { (egpu_rows(&gpu) as f32 * program_row_height(), 6.0) };
+
+    2.0 * layout::pad() + pods::header_height() + graphs + egpu + 1.0 + label_height() + temp_rows() as f32 * temp_row_height() + (parts - 1.0) * 10.0
+}
+
+// the card's height at its tallest: an external gpu with its whole list of programs
+pub fn tallest() -> f32 {
+    let graphs = 7.0 * (label_height() + settings::graph_height()) + 6.0 * 10.0;
+    let egpu = (1 + settings::programs()) as f32 * program_row_height();
+
+    2.0 * layout::pad() + pods::header_height() + graphs + egpu + 1.0 + label_height() + temp_rows() as f32 * temp_row_height() + 5.0 * 10.0
+}
+
+// bytes a second in words
+fn rate(bytes: f32) -> String {
+    match bytes {
+        b if b >= 1e9 => format!("{:.1} GB/s", b / 1e9),
+        b if b >= 1e6 => format!("{:.1} MB/s", b / 1e6),
+        b if b >= 1e3 => format!("{:.0} kB/s", b / 1e3),
+        b => format!("{b:.0} B/s"),
+    }
+}
+
+// video memory in KiB, the way a person reads it
+fn size(kib: u64) -> String {
+    match kib {
+        0..1024 => String::from("<1 MB"),
+        1024..1_048_576 => format!("{} MB", kib / 1024),
+        _ => format!("{:.1} GB", kib as f64 / 1_048_576.0),
+    }
+}
+
+// one graph's readings, the value at its top, its colour
+type Series<'a> = (&'a [f32], f32, Color);
+
+// a graph's line and the faint area under it, scaled so `top` reaches the top
+fn graph(history: &[f32], top: f32, origin: (f32, f32), size: (f32, f32), color: Color) -> Vec<Box<dyn Shape>> {
+    let (x0, y0) = origin;
+    let (width, height) = size;
+    let keep = settings::history().max(2) as f32;
+
+    if history.len() < 2 {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
+
+    // newest on the right; older readings fill in leftwards
+    let point = |index: usize, value: f32| {
+        let age = (history.len() - 1 - index) as f32;
+
+        (x0 + width - age / (keep - 1.0) * width, y0 + height - (value / top.max(f32::EPSILON)).clamp(0.0, 1.0) * height)
+    };
+
+    let mut line = Path::new();
+    let mut area = Path::new();
+
+    for (index, value) in history.iter().enumerate() {
+        let (x, y) = point(index, *value);
+
+        if index == 0 {
+            line = line.move_to(x, y);
+            area = area.move_to(x, y0 + height).line_to(x, y);
+        } else {
+            line = line.line_to(x, y);
+            area = area.line_to(x, y);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let (last_x, _) = point(history.len() - 1, 0.0);
+
+    vec![Box::new(area.line_to(last_x, y0 + height).close().fill(faded(color, 40))), Box::new(line.stroke(1.5, color))]
+}
+
+// a label on the left and its value on the right, one line
+fn line_of(name: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>, width: f32, height: f32, name_color: Color) -> Rectangle {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).align_child(Start, Center).child(
+        Row::new(vec![
+            Box::new(Text::new(name).size(text::small()).color(name_color).elide()) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+            Box::new(Text::new(value).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim)),
+        ])
+        .width(width)
+        .justify(SpaceBetween)
+        .align(Center),
+    )
+}
+
+// the external gpu's memory as a bar, and the programs on it, the most memory first
+fn egpu_detail(gpu: &Gpu, width: f32) -> Column {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let row_h = program_row_height();
+
+    let share = if gpu.vram_total > 0 { gpu.vram_used as f32 / gpu.vram_total as f32 } else { 0.0 };
+    let words = format!("{} of {}", size(gpu.vram_used / 1024), size(gpu.vram_total / 1024));
+    let bar_w = width * 0.32;
+
+    let memory = Row::new(vec![
+        Box::new(Text::new("Video memory").size(text::small()).color(theme.text)) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+        Box::new(
+            Row::new(vec![
+                Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(bar_w).height(6.0).radius(Full).fill(overlays::track()).child(Rectangle::new().width((bar_w * share).max(6.0)).height(6.0).radius(Full).fill(theme.accent)))
+                    as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                Box::new(Text::new(words).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim)),
+            ])
+            .gap(10.0)
+            .align(Center),
+        ),
+    ])
+    .width(width)
+    .height(row_h)
+    .justify(SpaceBetween)
+    .align(Center);
+
+    let mut rows: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(memory)];
+    let most = settings::programs();
+    let shown = if gpu.programs.len() > most { most - 1 } else { most };
+
+    for program in gpu.programs.iter().take(shown) {
+        let amount = match program.busy {
+            Some(busy) => format!("{} · {busy}%", size(program.vram_kib)),
+            None => size(program.vram_kib),
+        };
+
+        rows.push(Box::new(line_of(program.name.as_str(), amount, width, row_h, theme.text)));
+    }
+
+    if gpu.programs.len() > most {
+        rows.push(Box::new(line_of(format!("and {} more", gpu.programs.len() - shown), "", width, row_h, theme.dim)));
+    }
+
+    if gpu.programs.is_empty() {
+        rows.push(Box::new(line_of("No programs on it", "", width, row_h, theme.dim)));
+    }
+
+    Column::new(rows)
+}
+
+// the temperatures in two columns: icon, name, value in its colour, a bar up to `hot`
+fn temperature_grid(temps: &[(String, Glyph, f32)], width: f32) -> Stack {
+    let theme = theme::now();
+    let cell_w = width / 2.0 - 8.0;
+    let (row_h, line_h, icon) = (temp_row_height(), text::small() + 6.0, 14.0);
+    let bar_w = cell_w - icon - 8.0;
+
+    // every icon into one canvas behind the rows
+    let mut shapes: Vec<Box<dyn Shape>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut rows: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+    for (row, pair) in temps.chunks(2).enumerate() {
+        let mut cells: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+        for (column, (name, glyph, celsius)) in pair.iter().enumerate() {
+            let color = temperature_color(*celsius);
+            let share = (celsius / settings::hot().max(1.0)).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+
+            shapes.extend(glyph_shapes(*glyph, icon, color, 0.0, (column as f32 * (cell_w + 16.0), row as f32 * row_h + (line_h - icon) / 2.0)));
+
+            cells.push(Box::new(
+                Rectangle::new().width(cell_w).height(row_h).padding(amane::Padding { top: 0.0, right: 0.0, bottom: 0.0, left: icon + 8.0 }).child(
+                    Column::new(vec![
+                        Box::new(
+                            Row::new(vec![
+                                Box::new(Text::new(name.as_str()).size(text::small()).color(theme.text)) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                                Box::new(Text::new(format!("{celsius:.0} °C")).size(text::small()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(color)),
+                            ])
+                            .width(bar_w)
+                            .height(line_h)
+                            .justify(SpaceBetween)
+                            .align(Center),
+                        ) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                        Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(bar_w).height(3.0).radius(Full).fill(overlays::track()).child(Rectangle::new().width((bar_w * share).max(3.0)).height(3.0).radius(Full).fill(color))),
+                    ])
+                    .gap(2.0),
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        rows.push(Box::new(Row::new(cells).gap(16.0)));
+    }
+
+    let height = temp_rows() as f32 * row_h;
+
+    Stack::new(vec![Box::new(Canvas::new().width(width).height(height).shapes(shapes)) as Box<dyn Widget>, Box::new(Column::new(rows))]).width(width).height(height)
+}
+
+pub fn card(width: f32, height: f32) -> Rectangle {
+    let stats = Stats::read();
+    let gpu = Gpu::read();
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    let header = pods::header("System", vec![Box::new(pods::chip("Processes", Some(Glyph::Terminal), processes))], width);
+
+    let last = |history: &[f32]| history.last().copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
+    let peak = |a: &[f32], b: &[f32]| a.iter().chain(b).copied().fold(1024.0_f32, f32::max);
+
+    let net_top = peak(&stats.down, &stats.up);
+    let disk_top = peak(&stats.read, &stats.write);
+
+    // (name, value in words, graphs as (history, top, colour))
+    let mut blocks: Vec<(String, String, Vec<Series>)> = vec![
+        (String::from("CPU"), format!("{:.0} %", last(&stats.cpu) * 100.0), vec![(&stats.cpu, 1.0, theme.accent)]),
+        (String::from("iGPU"), stats.gpu_words.clone(), vec![(&stats.gpu, 1.0, theme.accent)]),
+    ];
+
+    if !gpu.name.is_empty() {
+        let mut facts = vec![format!("{}%", gpu.busy)];
+
+        if let Some(celsius) = gpu.celsius {
+            facts.push(format!("{celsius} °C"));
+        }
+
+        if let Some(watts) = gpu.watts {
+            facts.push(format!("{watts:.0} W"));
+        }
+
+        blocks.push((gpu.name.clone(), facts.join(" · "), vec![(&stats.egpu, 1.0, theme.flame)]));
+    }
+
+    blocks.extend([
+        (String::from("Memory"), stats.ram_words.clone(), vec![(stats.ram.as_slice(), 1.0, theme.accent)]),
+        (String::from("Swap"), stats.swap_words.clone(), vec![(stats.swap.as_slice(), 1.0, theme.flame)]),
+        (String::from("Network"), format!("↓ {}  ↑ {}", rate(last(&stats.down)), rate(last(&stats.up))), vec![(stats.down.as_slice(), net_top, theme.accent), (stats.up.as_slice(), net_top, theme.flame)]),
+        (String::from("Disk"), format!("read {}  write {}", rate(last(&stats.read)), rate(last(&stats.write))), vec![(stats.read.as_slice(), disk_top, theme.accent), (stats.write.as_slice(), disk_top, theme.flame)]),
+    ]);
+
+    let (label_h, graph_h) = (label_height(), settings::graph_height());
+
+    // every graph into one canvas under the labels: each canvas costs the gpu on its own
+    let mut shapes: Vec<Box<dyn Shape>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut rows: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = Vec::new();
+
+    for (index, (name, words, series)) in blocks.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        let top = index as f32 * (label_h + graph_h + 10.0);
+
+        for (history, peak, color) in series {
+            shapes.extend(graph(history, peak, (0.0, top + label_h), (width, graph_h), color));
+        }
+
+        rows.push(Box::new(
+            Rectangle::new().width(width).height(label_h + graph_h).child(
+                Row::new(vec![
+                    Box::new(Text::new(name).size(text::small()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.text)) as Box<dyn Widget>,
+                    Box::new(Text::new(words).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim)),
+                ])
+                .width(width)
+                .justify(SpaceBetween),
+            ),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let count = graph_count(&gpu) as f32;
+    let graphs_h = count * (label_h + graph_h) + (count - 1.0) * 10.0;
+
+    let graphs = Stack::new(vec![Box::new(Canvas::new().width(width).height(graphs_h).shapes(shapes)) as Box<dyn Widget>, Box::new(Column::new(rows).gap(10.0))]).width(width).height(graphs_h);
+
+    let mut parts: Vec<Box<dyn Widget>> = vec![Box::new(header), Box::new(graphs)];
+
+    if !gpu.name.is_empty() {
+        parts.push(Box::new(egpu_detail(&gpu, width)));
+    }
+
+    parts.push(Box::new(pods::rule(width)));
+    parts.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(label_h).child(Text::new("Temperatures").size(text::small()).weight(Weight::Bold).color(theme.text))));
+
+    if stats.temps.is_empty() {
+        let words = if stats.cpu.is_empty() { "Reading…" } else { "No temperature sensors" };
+
+        parts.push(Box::new(Rectangle::new().width(width).height(temp_rows() as f32 * temp_row_height()).child(Text::new(words).size(text::small()).color(theme.dim))));
+    } else {
+        parts.push(Box::new(temperature_grid(&stats.temps, width)));
+    }
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(Column::new(parts).gap(10.0))
+}

src/surface.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
+use amane::{Blend, Color, Rectangle, Stack, children};
+
+use crate::config::appearance::{frosted, glass, liquid, solid, surface};
+use crate::island::faded;
+use crate::theme;
+
+/*
+ * what the island, its idle pill, the workspace and tray pills, the tray menu, the control
+ * centre and its popup are made of: one place, so a design is this file. `shell` wraps
+ * `content` (already width x height, with its own padding and alignment) in the surface.
+ * `lift` (0 to 1) is how raised it is: hovered, or a popup over the rest.
+ * see-through designs need Hyprland's blur behind the shell (README: Glass)
+ *
+ * every design is a shadow, a gradient fill and maybe a second gradient just inside the
+ * rim, which surface.wgsl draws in one pass. drawn as amane's shadow and gradients they
+ * took two vello passes over the whole window on every frame (vello keeps no gradient
+ * between frames), so a playing pill, whose bars redraw it 60 times a second, cost the
+ * igpu about 3 ms a frame; the shader costs a few hundred thousand pixels of arithmetic.
+ * the rim stays a border, which amane draws as a quad
+ */
+pub fn shell(width: f32, height: f32, radius: f32, colors: &[Color; 3], lift: f32, content: Rectangle) -> Rectangle {
+    if surface::design() == "glass" {
+        return glass_shell(width, height, radius, colors, lift, content);
+    }
+
+    let theme = theme::now();
+
+    let look = match surface::design().as_str() {
+        // after Apple's materials: a thin tint, a hairline light rim (the accent when hovered),
+        // a soft highlight along the top as if lit from above, one soft low shadow instead of a glow
+        "frosted" => {
+            let a = alpha(frosted::opacity());
+            let sheen = frosted::sheen();
+
+            Look {
+                shadow: (Color::BLACK, frosted::shadow() + 0.1 * lift, 24.0, (0.0, 6.0)),
+                fill: (150.0, vec![(0.0, faded(colors[0], a)), (0.55, faded(colors[1], a)), (1.0, faded(colors[2], a))]),
+                inner: (180.0, vec![(0.0, white(sheen)), (0.3, white(sheen * 0.26)), (0.65, white(0.0))]),
+                rim: (1.0, Color::blend(white(frosted::rim()), faded(theme.accent, 150), lift)),
+            }
+        }
+
+        // clear glass, denser toward the bottom right where the equalizer's labels sit; a bright
+        // edge where light enters at the top left and leaves at the bottom right; the accent's glow
+        "liquid" => {
+            let glass = liquid::opacity();
+            let light = liquid::light();
+
+            Look {
+                shadow: (theme.accent, liquid::glow() + 0.3 * lift, 24.0, (0.0, 0.0)),
+                fill: (150.0, vec![(0.0, faded(colors[0], alpha(glass * 0.55))), (0.55, faded(colors[1], alpha(glass))), (1.0, faded(colors[2], alpha(glass * 1.6)))]),
+                inner: (135.0, vec![(0.0, white(light)), (0.16, white(light * 0.23)), (0.4, white(0.0)), (0.82, white(0.0)), (1.0, white(light * 0.43))]),
+                rim: (liquid::rim_width(), Color::blend(white(liquid::rim()), faded(theme.flame, 200), lift)),
+            }
+        }
+
+        // the original: the wallpaper's gradient, a 1 px rim, a soft glow in the accent
+        _ => {
+            let a = alpha(solid::opacity());
+
+            Look {
+                shadow: (theme.accent, solid::glow() + (solid::hover_glow() - solid::glow()) * lift, 22.0, (0.0, 0.0)),
+                fill: (150.0, vec![(0.0, faded(colors[0], a)), (0.55, faded(colors[1], a)), (1.0, faded(colors[2], a))]),
+                inner: (0.0, Vec::new()),
+                rim: (1.0, Color::blend(theme.outline, faded(theme.accent, 110), lift)),
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    // room for the shadow: vello draws a blurred rectangle 2.5 deviations (half the blur each) past its edge
+    let (_, _, blur, (dx, dy)) = look.shadow;
+    let margin = (1.25 * blur + dx.abs().max(dy.abs())).ceil();
+
+    let paint = Rectangle::new()
+        .width(width + 2.0 * margin)
+        .height(height + 2.0 * margin)
+        .translate(-margin, -margin)
+        .shader(SHADER.as_path())
+        .shader_values(look.values(width, height, radius, margin));
+
+    let (thickness, rim_color) = look.rim;
+    let rim = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).radius(radius).border(thickness, rim_color);
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(Stack::new(children![paint, rim, content]).width(width).height(height))
+}
+
+// whether the desktop shows through: then a veil can't hide a face, so faces fade with .opacity()
+pub fn clear() -> bool {
+    surface::design() != "solid" || solid::opacity() < 1.0
+}
+
+static SHADER: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| shader_file("surface.wgsl", include_str!("surface.wgsl")));
+static GLASS: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| shader_file("glass.wgsl", include_str!("glass.wgsl")));
+
+/*
+ * after Apple's Liquid Glass: glass.wgsl draws the shadow and the thin tint in the
+ * wallpaper's colours under the content, and the lens-like edge with its rim over it, so a
+ * photo on a card lies behind the glass; there's no border. the frosting behind is
+ * Hyprland's blur; the desktop isn't bent at the rim the way Apple's glass bends it, since
+ * a shell's shader can't see what's behind its window
+ */
+fn glass_shell(width: f32, height: f32, radius: f32, colors: &[Color; 3], lift: f32, content: Rectangle) -> Rectangle {
+    let (blur, drop): (f32, f32) = (22.0, 6.0);
+    let margin = (1.25 * blur + drop).ceil();
+
+    let mut shadow = plain(Color::BLACK);
+
+    shadow[3] = (glass::shadow() + 0.1 * lift).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+
+    let tint = |color: Color| {
+        let mut tint = plain(color);
+
+        tint[3] = glass::opacity().clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+
+        tint
+    };
+
+    // the under layer covers the shadow's room around the shape too, the edge only the shape
+    let layer = |which: f32, margin: f32| {
+        let values = vec![
+            [width, height, radius, margin],
+            shadow,
+            [blur / 2.0, 0.0, drop, lift],
+            [glass::edge(), glass::light(), glass::rim(), glass::dispersion()],
+            tint(colors[0]),
+            tint(colors[1]),
+            tint(colors[2]),
+            [which, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
+        ];
+
+        Rectangle::new().width(width + 2.0 * margin).height(height + 2.0 * margin).translate(-margin, -margin).shader(GLASS.as_path()).shader_values(values)
+    };
+
+    Rectangle::new().width(width).height(height).child(Stack::new(children![layer(1.0, margin), content, layer(2.0, 0.0)]).width(width).height(height))
+}
+
+// a shader's source is part of the shell; amane wants a file, so it goes beside cava's config
+pub fn shader_file(name: &str, source: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let path = crate::art::folder().join(name);
+
+    let _ = std::fs::write(&path, source);
+
+    path
+}
+
+// numbers as a shader's rows of four, the last one padded with 0
+pub fn rows(numbers: &[f32]) -> Vec<[f32; 4]> {
+    numbers.chunks(4).map(|chunk| std::array::from_fn(|index| chunk.get(index).copied().unwrap_or(0.0))).collect()
+}
+
+type Stops = Vec<(f32, Color)>;
+
+struct Look {
+    // colour, strength, blur, offset
+    shadow: (Color, f32, f32, (f32, f32)),
+    // angle and stops: up to 3 for the fill, 5 for the gradient inside the rim (none: no stops)
+    fill: (f32, Stops),
+    inner: (f32, Stops),
+    // width and colour
+    rim: (f32, Color),
+}
+
+impl Look {
+    // the rows surface.wgsl reads, see its top
+    fn values(&self, width: f32, height: f32, radius: f32, margin: f32) -> Vec<[f32; 4]> {
+        let (color, strength, blur, (dx, dy)) = self.shadow;
+        let mut shadow = plain(color);
+
+        shadow[3] *= strength.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+
+        let mut rows = vec![
+            [width, height, radius, margin],
+            shadow,
+            [blur / 2.0, dx, dy, 1.0],
+            [self.fill.0, self.inner.0, self.fill.1.len().min(3) as f32, self.inner.1.len().min(5) as f32],
+        ];
+
+        let (colors, offsets) = stops::<3>(&self.fill.1);
+
+        rows.extend(colors);
+        rows.push([offsets[0], offsets[1], offsets[2], 0.0]);
+
+        let (colors, offsets) = stops::<5>(&self.inner.1);
+
+        rows.extend(colors);
+        rows.push([offsets[0], offsets[1], offsets[2], offsets[3]]);
+        rows.push([offsets[4], 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]);
+
+        rows
+    }
+}
+
+// N (at most 5) stops as colours and their offsets, missing ones clear
+fn stops<const N: usize>(stops: &[(f32, Color)]) -> ([[f32; 4]; N], [f32; 5]) {
+    let mut colors = [[0.0; 4]; N];
+    let mut offsets = [0.0; 5];
+
+    for (index, (offset, color)) in stops.iter().take(N).enumerate() {
+        colors[index] = plain(*color);
+        offsets[index] = *offset;
+    }
+
+    (colors, offsets)
+}
+
+// a colour as a shader reads it: plain, not premultiplied, 0 to 1
+pub fn plain(color: Color) -> [f32; 4] {
+    [color.red(), color.green(), color.blue(), color.alpha()].map(|part| f32::from(part) / 255.0)
+}
+
+// an opacity, 0 to 1, as a colour's alpha
+fn alpha(opacity: f32) -> u8 {
+    (opacity.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * 255.0).round() as u8
+}
+
+fn white(opacity: f32) -> Color {
+    Color::rgba(255, 255, 255, alpha(opacity))
+}

src/surface.wgsl

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// a surface in one pass: its drop shadow, its gradient fill and a second gradient just
+// inside the rim (frosted's sheen, liquid's lit edge), shaped by the rounded outline
+// worked out here rather than by a path, so amane lays it straight onto the window
+// without a layer of its own. surface.rs fills the values:
+//   0: shape width, height, corner radius, margin (room around the shape for the shadow)
+//   1: shadow colour, its alpha already scaled by the shadow's strength
+//   2: shadow deviation, its x and y offset, the inset of the inner gradient
+//   3: fill angle, inner angle, fill stops (up to 3), inner stops (0 to 5)
+//   4-6: fill colours, 7: their offsets
+//   8-12: inner colours, 13: offsets of the first four, 14.x: the fifth's
+// colours are plain (not premultiplied), 0 to 1. the shadow follows vello's own
+// blurred rounded rectangle, the gradients amane's linear ones, so it looks the same
+
+// vello's error function approximation (raphlinus.github.io, blurred rounded rects)
+fn erf7(x: f32) -> f32 {
+    let y = clamp(x * 1.1283791671, -100.0, 100.0);
+    let yy = y * y;
+    let z = y + (0.24295 + (0.03395 + 0.0104 * yy) * yy) * (y * yy);
+
+    return z / sqrt(1.0 + z * z);
+}
+
+// vello's blurred rounded rectangle at p, from its centre
+fn shadow(p: vec2<f32>, w: f32, h: f32, radius: f32, deviation: f32) -> f32 {
+    let s = max(deviation, 1e-5);
+    let inv = 1.0 / s;
+    let min_edge = min(w, h);
+    let radius_max = 0.5 * min_edge;
+    let r0 = min(length(vec2<f32>(radius, s * 1.15)), radius_max);
+    let r1 = min(length(vec2<f32>(radius, s * 2.0)), radius_max);
+    let exponent = 2.0 * r1 / r0;
+
+    let delta = 1.25 * s * (exp(-pow(0.5 * inv * w, 2.0)) - exp(-pow(0.5 * inv * h, 2.0)));
+    let width = w + min(delta, 0.0);
+    let height = h - max(delta, 0.0);
+
+    let scale = 0.5 * erf7(inv * 0.5 * (max(width, height) - 0.5 * radius));
+
+    let y0 = abs(p.y) - (height * 0.5 - r1);
+    let x0 = abs(p.x) - (width * 0.5 - r1);
+    let d_pos = pow(pow(max(x0, 0.0), exponent) + pow(max(y0, 0.0), exponent), 1.0 / exponent);
+    let d = d_pos + min(max(x0, y0), 0.0) - r1;
+
+    return scale * (erf7(inv * (min_edge + d)) - erf7(inv * d));
+}
+
+// signed distance to a rounded rectangle centred on 0, negative inside
+fn rounded(p: vec2<f32>, half: vec2<f32>, radius: f32) -> f32 {
+    let r = min(radius, min(half.x, half.y));
+    let q = abs(p) - half + vec2<f32>(r);
+
+    return length(max(q, vec2<f32>(0.0))) + min(max(q.x, q.y), 0.0) - r;
+}
+
+// how much of a pixel `pixel` wide the shape covers at distance d
+fn cover(d: f32, pixel: f32) -> f32 {
+    return clamp(0.5 - d / pixel, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+// where p falls along amane's linear gradient over a box at `origin`, 0 to 1:
+// a line through the centre, 0 degrees pointing up, long enough to reach the corners
+fn along(p: vec2<f32>, origin: vec2<f32>, extent: vec2<f32>, angle: f32) -> f32 {
+    let a = radians(angle);
+    let direction = vec2<f32>(sin(a), -cos(a));
+    let half_length = (extent.x * abs(direction.x) + extent.y * abs(direction.y)) / 2.0;
+
+    return clamp(0.5 + dot(p - origin - extent / 2.0, direction) / max(2.0 * half_length, 1e-5), 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+fn premultiplied(c: vec4<f32>) -> vec4<f32> {
+    return vec4<f32>(c.rgb * c.a, c.a);
+}
+
+// the fill's colour at t, premultiplied; stops past the last repeat it
+fn fill_color(t: f32) -> vec4<f32> {
+    let count = u32(values[3].z);
+    var color = premultiplied(values[4]);
+
+    for (var i = 1u; i < count; i++) {
+        let lo = values[7][i - 1u];
+        let hi = values[7][i];
+        let k = clamp((t - lo) / max(hi - lo, 1e-5), 0.0, 1.0);
+
+        color = select(color, mix(premultiplied(values[3u + i]), premultiplied(values[4u + i]), k), t > lo);
+    }
+
+    return color;
+}
+
+fn inner_offset(i: u32) -> f32 {
+    return select(values[13][min(i, 3u)], values[14].x, i == 4u);
+}
+
+fn inner_color(t: f32) -> vec4<f32> {
+    let count = u32(values[3].w);
+    var color = premultiplied(values[8]);
+
+    for (var i = 1u; i < count; i++) {
+        let lo = inner_offset(i - 1u);
+        let hi = inner_offset(i);
+        let k = clamp((t - lo) / max(hi - lo, 1e-5), 0.0, 1.0);
+
+        color = select(color, mix(premultiplied(values[7u + i]), premultiplied(values[8u + i]), k), t > lo);
+    }
+
+    return color;
+}
+
+@fragment
+fn main(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    let shape = values[0];
+    let margin = shape.w;
+    let extent = shape.xy;
+
+    // this pixel, from the shape's top left corner
+    let p = uv * size - vec2<f32>(margin);
+    let pixel = max(fwidth(p.x), 1e-4);
+
+    let centre = extent / 2.0;
+
+    // the shadow, under everything
+    let offset = values[2].yz;
+    let shade = shadow(p - centre - offset, extent.x, extent.y, shape.z, values[2].x);
+    var color = premultiplied(vec4<f32>(values[1].rgb, values[1].a * shade));
+
+    // the fill over it
+    let inside = cover(rounded(p - centre, centre, shape.z), pixel);
+    let fill = fill_color(along(p, vec2<f32>(0.0), extent, values[3].x)) * inside;
+
+    color = fill + color * (1.0 - fill.a);
+
+    // the inner gradient, inset from the rim by values[2].w
+    if values[3].w > 0.0 {
+        let inset = values[2].w;
+        let inner = extent - vec2<f32>(2.0 * inset);
+        let within = cover(rounded(p - centre, inner / 2.0, max(shape.z - inset, 0.0)), pixel);
+        let light = inner_color(along(p, vec2<f32>(inset), inner, values[3].y)) * within;
+
+        color = light + color * (1.0 - light.a);
+    }
+
+    // amane blends a plain colour over the window
+    if color.a <= 0.0 {
+        return vec4<f32>(0.0);
+    }
+
+    return vec4<f32>(color.rgb / color.a, color.a);
+}

src/system.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use std::{fs, thread};
 
 use amane::{Argument, Bluetooth, Bus, Service, Value};
 
-use crate::control::Control;
 use crate::parse;
 use crate::config::control::{polling, services};
 
@@ -800,13 +799,13 @@ impl Service for Gpu {
         Self::default()
     }
 
-    // ponytail: scans every process's open files every 2 s, so only while the control centre is open
+    // ponytail: scans every process's open files every 2 s, so only while the system monitor's card is open
     fn listen() {
         let mut names: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
         let mut engines: HashMap<u32, (u64, Instant)> = HashMap::new();
 
         loop {
-            if !Control::read().expanded() {
+            if crate::pods::open_card() != Some(crate::pods::Pod::Monitor) {
                 thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(polling::gpu_wait_ms()));
 
                 continue;

src/theme.rs

@@ -76,24 +76,41 @@ impl Blend for Colors {
 
 pub struct Theme {
     colors: Animation<Colors>,
+    // where the colours are going; a reread that lands on them again starts no fade
+    target: Colors,
 }
 
 impl Service for Theme {
     fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { colors: Animation::new(fallback()) }
+        Self { colors: Animation::new(fallback()), target: fallback() }
     }
 
     /*
      * waits on the kernel instead of polling: amane::watch_file watches the folder, so
      * matugen writing a new file and renaming it over the old one is seen too.
-     * config.toml on its own thread, the theme here; either change re-reads both
+     * config.toml on its own thread, the theme here. a changed config.toml redraws
+     * everything; the colours fade only if it changed them (its fallback colours)
      */
     fn listen() {
-        reload();
+        reload(true);
 
-        thread::spawn(|| follow("config.toml"));
+        thread::spawn(|| {
+            for _ in amane::watch_file(&config_file("config.toml").to_string_lossy()) {
+                // one save can arrive as several writes: let it finish, then read once
+                thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 
-        follow("theme");
+                if config::reread() {
+                    touch();
+                    reload(true);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        for _ in amane::watch_file(&config_file("theme").to_string_lossy()) {
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+
+            reload(false);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -102,41 +119,26 @@ pub fn touch() {
     let _ = Theme::write();
 }
 
-// what was read last, (theme, config.toml); none until the first read
+// the theme file as read last; none until the first read
-static LAST: Mutex<Option<(String, String)>> = Mutex::new(None);
+static LAST: Mutex<Option<String>> = Mutex::new(None);
 
-fn follow(name: &str) {
+/*
-    for _ in amane::watch_file(&config_file(name).to_string_lossy()) {
+ * the theme file, read anew; `again` also when it's unchanged, for new fallback colours.
-        // one save can arrive as several writes: let it finish, then read once
+ * a deleted theme file sends no event: the defaults come back at the next start
-        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+ */
-
+fn reload(again: bool) {
-        reload();
+    let theme = fs::read_to_string(config_file("theme")).unwrap_or_default();
-    }
-}
-
-// a deleted theme file sends no event: the defaults come back at the next start
-fn reload() {
-    let read = (read("theme"), read("config.toml"));
 
     let mut last = LAST.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
 
-    // a write that changes nothing redraws nothing
+    if last.as_ref() == Some(&theme) && !again {
-    if last.as_ref() == Some(&read) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if last.as_ref().is_none_or(|(_, config)| *config != read.1) {
-        config::apply_text(&read.1);
-    }
-
     // the colours at startup show at once, later changes cross-fade
-    apply(&read.0, last.is_none());
+    apply(&theme, last.is_none());
 
-    *last = Some(read);
+    *last = Some(theme);
-}
-
-fn read(name: &str) -> String {
-    fs::read_to_string(config_file(name)).unwrap_or_default()
 }
 
 // $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, or ~/.config
@@ -178,10 +180,16 @@ fn apply(theme: &str, startup: bool) {
         }
     }
 
+    if !startup && Theme::read().target == colors {
+        return;
+    }
+
     let fade = if startup { 0 } else { config::appearance::colors::transition_ms() };
 
     let mut theme = Theme::write();
 
+    theme.target = colors;
+
     // a change in the middle of a fade starts from the colours on screen now
     let now = theme.colors.value();
 

src/tray.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::{env, fs, thread};
 
 use amane::{
     Animation, Argument, Blend, Bus, Button, Center, Color, Column, Full, Horizontal, Image, InputArea, Layer,
-    LayerWindow, Margin, Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Scroll, Service, Shadow, SpaceBetween,
+    LayerWindow, Margin, Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer, Rectangle, Row, Scroll, Service, SpaceBetween,
     Start, Text, Value, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Zone,
 };
 
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ use crate::config::appearance::{motion, overlays, text};
 use crate::config::island::pill as island_pill;
 use crate::config::tray::{menu, pill};
 use crate::glyph::{Glyph, icon};
-use crate::island::{CLEAR, backdrop, faded, veiled};
+use crate::island::{CLEAR, faded, veiled};
-use crate::{edge, parse, png, theme};
+use crate::{edge, parse, png, surface, theme};
 
 const WATCHER: &str = "org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher";
 const WATCHER_PATH: &str = "/StatusNotifierWatcher";
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ fn forget(name: &str) {
  * (gtk's choice, hicolor, Adwaita), then /usr/share/pixmaps. themes are walked once
  * per name, the answer kept
  */
-fn icon_file(name: &str, theme_path: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+pub fn icon_file(name: &str, theme_path: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     static FOUND: Mutex<Option<HashMap<String, Option<PathBuf>>>> = Mutex::new(None);
 
     if name.is_empty() {
@@ -702,17 +702,9 @@ pub fn pill(monitor: &str, left: f32) -> Option<(Rectangle, f32)> {
         slots.push(Box::new(slot));
     }
 
-    let pill = Rectangle::new()
+    let content = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(island_pill::height()).padding(pill::inset()).align_child(Start, Center).child(Row::new(slots).gap(pill::slot_gap()).align(Center));
-        .width(width)
+
-        .height(island_pill::height())
+    let pill = surface::shell(width, island_pill::height(), island_pill::height() / 2.0, &theme.surfaces(), 0.0, content).on_hover(edge::over_bar);
-        .radius(Full)
-        .fill(backdrop(&theme.surfaces(), 255))
-        .border(1.0, theme.outline)
-        .shadow(Shadow::drop(theme.accent).opacity(0.3).blur(22.0))
-        .padding(pill::inset())
-        .align_child(Start, Center)
-        .on_hover(edge::over_bar)
-        .child(Row::new(slots).gap(pill::slot_gap()).align(Center));
 
     Some((pill, width))
 }
@@ -822,13 +814,8 @@ pub fn menu_view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
 
     let content = Rectangle::new().width(menu::width()).height(height).padding(menu::pad()).child(Column::new(rows));
 
-    let card = Rectangle::new()
+    // raised a little over the bar
-        .width(menu::width())
+    let card = surface::shell(menu::width(), height, 16.0, &colors, 0.125, veiled(content, menu::width(), height, 16.0, appear, &colors))
-        .height(height)
-        .radius(16.0)
-        .fill(backdrop(&colors, 255))
-        .border(1.0, theme.outline)
-        .shadow(Shadow::drop(theme.accent).opacity(0.35).blur(22.0))
         .translate(0.0, -6.0 * (1.0 - appear))
         .on_hover(|inside| {
             if inside {
@@ -839,8 +826,7 @@ pub fn menu_view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
             } else {
                 leave_soon();
             }
-        })
+        });
-        .child(veiled(content, menu::width(), height, 16.0, appear, &colors));
 
     let left = (open.x - 8.0 - island_pill::shadow()).max(0.0);
     let top = island_pill::top_gap() + island_pill::height() + 6.0 - island_pill::shadow();

src/workspaces.rs

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use amane::{
     Animation, Blend, Center, Color, Full, Horizontal, InputArea, Layer, LayerWindow, Monitor, Padding, Parent, Pointer,
-    Rectangle, Row, Service, Shadow, Stack, Start, Text, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Workspace, Workspaces, Zone,
+    Rectangle, Row, Service, Stack, Start, Text, Vertical, Weight, Widget, Workspace, Workspaces, Zone,
 };
 
 use crate::config::appearance::{motion, overlays, text};
 use crate::config::island::pill as island_pill;
 use crate::config::workspaces::pill;
 use crate::edge::{self, Edge, Part};
-use crate::island::{CLEAR, backdrop, faded, mix};
+use crate::island::{CLEAR, faded, mix};
-use crate::{theme, tray};
+use crate::{surface, theme, tray};
 
 // one round slot per workspace, inside the pill's inset, the pill pill::left() px from the monitor's edge,
 // the tray pill::tray_gap() after it (config.rs: workspaces.*)
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     let workspaces = Workspaces::read();
     let hover = Hover::read();
 
-    // hidden on a fullscreen monitor until wanted, or for a moment on a workspace change (edge.rs); the tray only goes with the whole bar
-    let (slide, tray_slide, switched, peeking) = {
-        let edge = Edge::read();
-        let shown = edge.shown(&monitor.name);
-
-        (edge::hidden_by(edge.part(Part::Workspaces, &monitor.name), 0.0, edge::hide_h()), edge::hidden_by(shown, 0.0, edge::hide_h()), edge.switched(&monitor.name), shown == 0.0)
-    };
-
     // special workspaces (scratchpads) aren't places to switch to
     let here: Vec<&Workspace> = workspaces
         .list()
@@ -59,7 +51,19 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
         .filter(|workspace| !workspace.name().is_some_and(|name| name.starts_with("special")))
         .collect();
 
-    let count = here.len() as f32;
+    /*
+     * hidden on a fullscreen monitor until wanted, or for a moment on a workspace change (edge.rs);
+     * the tray only goes with the whole bar. and how far each workspace has grown into the row:
+     * one hyprland just made for a switch grows over the slide
+     */
+    let (slide, tray_slide, switched, peeking, grown) = {
+        let edge = Edge::read();
+        let shown = edge.shown(&monitor.name);
+        let grown: Vec<f32> = here.iter().map(|workspace| edge.grown(workspace.id())).collect();
+
+        (edge::hidden_by(edge.part(Part::Workspaces, &monitor.name), 0.0, edge::hide_h()), edge::hidden_by(shown, 0.0, edge::hide_h()), edge.switched(&monitor.name), shown == 0.0, grown)
+    };
+
     let step = pill::slot() + pill::slot_gap();
 
     // ease in and out, with a slight stretch in the middle like a drop of ink
@@ -77,10 +81,30 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     });
 
     let left = gone.as_ref().map_or(0.0, |(_, _, left)| *left);
-    let width = 2.0 * pill::inset() + count * pill::slot() + (count - 1.0).max(0.0) * pill::slot_gap() + left * step;
 
-    // the window keeps the ghost's full room while it closes, so it isn't resized every frame
+    // each slot's x along the row: a new workspace takes its room as it grows, the ghost gives its room back as it closes
-    let room = if gone.is_some() { width + (1.0 - left) * step } else { width };
+    let sizes: Vec<f32> = grown.iter().map(|t| eased(*t)).collect();
+    let mut xs: Vec<f32> = Vec::with_capacity(here.len());
+    let (mut x, mut ghost_x) = (0.0, 0.0);
+
+    for index in 0..=here.len() {
+        if gone.as_ref().is_some_and(|(at, _, _)| *at == index) {
+            ghost_x = x;
+            x += left * step;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(size) = sizes.get(index) {
+            xs.push(x);
+            x += size * step;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let width = 2.0 * pill::inset() + (x - pill::slot_gap()).max(0.0);
+
+    // while slots grow or close the window keeps the room of all of them whole, so it isn't resized every frame
+    let changing = gone.is_some() || sizes.iter().any(|size| *size < 1.0);
+    let whole = here.len() as f32 + if gone.is_some() { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
+    let room = if changing { 2.0 * pill::inset() + (whole * step - pill::slot_gap()).max(0.0) } else { width };
 
     let window = |window_w: f32| {
         LayerWindow::new()
@@ -110,14 +134,14 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
     /*
      * the focused workspace's accent is one disc under the row, so a change slides it from
      * the workspace before to this one (edge.rs times it); the slots themselves stay clear.
-     * slots are placed by x in one stack, after a closing ghost by what's left of it
+     * slots are placed by x in one stack, a growing one centred in the room it has so far
      */
     let theme = theme::now();
-    let slot_x = |index: usize| index as f32 * step + gone.as_ref().filter(|(at, _, _)| index >= *at).map_or(0.0, |_| left * step);
+    let slot_x = |index: usize| xs[index] - (1.0 - sizes[index]) * pill::slot() / 2.0;
 
     let focused_at = here.iter().position(|workspace| workspace.focused());
     let came_from = switched.and_then(|(from, t)| match &gone {
-        Some((at, _, _)) => Some((*at as f32 * step, t)),
+        Some(_) => Some((ghost_x, t)),
         None => here.iter().position(|workspace| workspace.id() == from).map(|at| (slot_x(at), t)),
     });
 
@@ -129,19 +153,19 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
 
     let stretch = came_from.map_or(0.0, |(_, t)| (t * std::f32::consts::PI).sin() * 10.0);
 
-    if switched.is_some() {
+    if switched.is_some() || changing {
         amane::request_frame();
     }
 
     // the ghost: its number shrinking into the gap it leaves
-    if let Some((at, label, left)) = &gone {
+    if let Some((_, label, left)) = &gone {
         slots.push(Box::new(
             Rectangle::new()
                 .width(pill::slot())
                 .height(pill::slot())
                 .align_child(Center, Center)
                 .scale(*left)
-                .translate(*at as f32 * step - (1.0 - left) * pill::slot() / 2.0, 0.0)
+                .translate(ghost_x - (1.0 - left) * pill::slot() / 2.0, 0.0)
                 .child(Text::new(label.as_str()).size(text::body()).color(Color::blend(CLEAR, theme.dim, *left))),
         ));
     }
@@ -176,7 +200,7 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
                 .radius(Full)
                 .fill(fill)
                 .align_child(Center, Center)
-                .scale(1.0 + 0.08 * lit)
+                .scale(sizes[at] * (1.0 + 0.08 * lit))
                 .cursor(Pointer)
                 .on_hover(move |inside| hovering(id, inside))
                 .on_click(move |_| focus(id))
@@ -196,17 +220,9 @@ pub fn view(monitor: &Monitor) -> LayerWindow {
 
     layers.extend(slots);
 
-    let pill = Rectangle::new()
+    let content = Rectangle::new().width(width).height(island_pill::height()).padding(pill::inset()).align_child(Start, Center).child(Stack::new(layers).width(row_w).height(pill::slot()));
-        .width(width)
+
-        .height(island_pill::height())
+    let pill = surface::shell(width, island_pill::height(), island_pill::height() / 2.0, &theme.surfaces(), 0.0, content).on_hover(edge::over_bar);
-        .radius(Full)
-        .fill(backdrop(&theme.surfaces(), 255))
-        .border(1.0, theme.outline)
-        .shadow(Shadow::drop(theme.accent).opacity(0.3).blur(22.0))
-        .padding(pill::inset())
-        .align_child(Start, Center)
-        .on_hover(edge::over_bar)
-        .child(Stack::new(layers).width(row_w).height(pill::slot()));
 
     // clicks next to the pills reach the windows underneath
     let mut regions = vec![InputArea { x: pill::left() as i32, y: island_pill::top_gap() as i32, width: width.ceil() as i32, height: island_pill::height() as i32 }];

tools/perf.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# perf.sh PID [SECONDS]: a process's cpu %, the cpu % of the commands it ran and waited for
+# (children), its gpu busy % per engine (drm fdinfo, xe and i915) and its resident memory
+# over SECONDS (default 10). cpu 100 % is one core
+pid=${1:?pid}; secs=${2:-10}
+
+sample() {
+    # utime + stime in clock ticks, then engine cycles summed over every drm fd as "engine used total"
+    awk '{print "cpu", $14 + $15, $16 + $17}' /proc/$pid/stat
+    cat /proc/$pid/fdinfo/* 2>/dev/null | awk '
+        /^drm-cycles-/ {e=substr($1, 12); sub(":", "", e); used[e]+=$2}
+        /^drm-total-cycles-/ {e=substr($1, 18); sub(":", "", e); total[e]=$2}
+        /^drm-engine-[a-z]+:/ && $3 == "ns" {e=substr($1, 12); sub(":", "", e); ns[e]+=$2}
+        END {for (e in used) print "cyc", e, used[e], total[e]; for (e in ns) print "ns", e, ns[e]}'
+}
+
+a=$(sample); start=$(date +%s%N); sleep "$secs"; b=$(sample); end=$(date +%s%N)
+
+printf '%s\n--\n%s\n' "$a" "$b" | awk -v tck="$(getconf CLK_TCK)" -v wall="$(( (end - start) / 1000 ))" '
+    $1 == "--" {second=1; next}
+    $1 == "cpu" {if (second) {cpu1=$2; kid1=$3} else {cpu0=$2; kid0=$3}}
+    $1 == "cyc" {if (second) {u1[$2]=$3; t1[$2]=$4} else {u0[$2]=$3; t0[$2]=$4}}
+    $1 == "ns" {if (second) n1[$2]=$3; else n0[$2]=$3}
+    END {
+        printf "cpu %.1f %%  children %.1f %%", (cpu1 - cpu0) / tck * 1e6 / wall * 100, (kid1 - kid0) / tck * 1e6 / wall * 100
+        for (e in u1) if (t1[e] > t0[e]) printf "  %s %.2f %%", e, (u1[e] - u0[e]) / (t1[e] - t0[e]) * 100
+        for (e in n1) printf "  %s %.2f %%", e, (n1[e] - n0[e]) / (wall * 1000) * 100
+    }'
+printf '  rss %s MiB\n' "$(awk '/^VmRSS/ {printf "%.0f", $2 / 1024}' /proc/$pid/status)"

weather/CREDITS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Weather photos
+
+The home card shows a photo of the weather now behind it. On first use the shell downloads the
+one it needs from Wikimedia Commons (1280 px wide thumbnails) into `pills.home.photos`
+(`~/.config/amane/weather` by default) as `<kind>-<day|night>.jpg`. It never replaces a file
+that's already there, so any of them can be swapped for your own picture (a swapped file shows
+after the shell restarts).
+
+All of them are free to use under the licence given, with credit to their authors:
+
+| File | Photo | Author | Licence |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| clear-day.jpg | [Zugspitze, Alpspitze und Jubiläumsgrat von Kinderburg, Allmannshausen, Starnberger See](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zugspitze,_Alpspitze_und_Jubil%C3%A4umsgrat_von_Kinderburg,_Allmannshausen,_Starnberger_See.jpg) | TGoeller | CC0 1.0 |
+| clear-night.jpg | [Starry night at Old Uppsala, Sweden](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starry_night_at_Old_Uppsala,_Sweden.jpg) | Kevin Cho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| partly-cloudy-day.jpg | [Cumulus humilis Schönwald im Schwarzwald 20180810](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumulus_humilis_Sch%C3%B6nwald_im_Schwarzwald_20180810.jpg) | Uoaei1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| partly-cloudy-night.jpg | [Full moon over Gullmarn fjord at Holma Marina 1](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Full_moon_over_Gullmarn_fjord_at_Holma_Marina_1.jpg) | W.carter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| cloudy-day.jpg | [Vragender (NL), Vragenderveen -- 2014 -- 3102](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vragender_(NL),_Vragenderveen_--_2014_--_3102.jpg) | Dietmar Rabich | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| cloudy-night.jpg | [Stora Bornö on a cloudy night 2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Born%C3%B6_on_a_cloudy_night_2.jpg) | W.carter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| fog-day.jpg | [Dülmen, Umland -- 2014 -- 7056](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Umland_--_2014_--_7056.jpg) | Dietmar Rabich | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| fog-night.jpg | [Foggy Autumn Evening on Pawia Street, Warsaw](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foggy_Autumn_Evening_on_Pawia_Street,_Warsaw.jpg) | Oleslawlama | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| rain-day.jpg | [Rain drops on window 01 ies](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rain_drops_on_window_01_ies.jpg) | Frank Vincentz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
+| rain-night.jpg | [City streets; Reflections on the street surface after rain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_streets;_Reflections_on_the_street_surface_after_rain.jpg) | Tarasna0922 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| snow-day.jpg | [Sninský kameň (v zime) 001](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sninsk%C3%BD_kame%C5%88_(v_zime)_001.jpg) | Milan Bališin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+| snow-night.jpg | [TwinLamp@snowyNight(byHideObara)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TwinLamp@snowyNight(byHideObara).jpg) | Hide Obara | CC0 1.0 |
+| storm-day.jpg | [2011-07 Unwetter Schwäbisch Gmünd](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-07_Unwetter_Schw%C3%A4bisch_Gm%C3%BCnd.jpg) | Kreuzschnabel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
+| storm-night.jpg | [Lightning, Friedrichshafen (OW1A0402)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightning,_Friedrichshafen_(OW1A0402).jpg) | Matti Blume | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
+
+Licences: [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/),
+[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/),
+[CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The shell shows the photos
+scaled, cropped to the card and veiled in the card's colour; the files themselves are unchanged
+Wikimedia thumbnails. Authors and licences were read from each file's Commons page
+(`extmetadata`) on 2026-10-15.