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+# companion
+
+A chibi 2B in the bottom-right corner of the focused monitor, on SUPER+\.
+The design, with what was measured on the way, is
+`docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-23-companion-design.md`.
+
+## Files
+
+| File | |
+| --- | --- |
+| `Companion.qml` | the window, inputs, timers, speech, IPC (`companion toggle/show/hide`) |
+| `Figure.qml` | draws a frame: crossfade, bob, drop out and back, explosion |
+| `Mood.js` | which state wins, from a snapshot; all the timings are its `T` |
+| `Lines.js` | her reaction, per-app and per-artist lines, and the opening monologue |
+| `Admired.qml` | the wallpaper list she blushes at, and what wallp has on each monitor |
+| `ListFile.js` | that list as plain text: parse and toggle |
+| `prep-frames` | generated images to display frames |
+| `gen-frames`, `frames.txt` | the generated images, through sd-server |
+
+`Figure.qml` is not `Sprite.qml` because QtQuick has a `Sprite` type, and
+it wins over the directory's own file (see AGENTS.md).
+
+Whether she is shown is `companion` in `Prefs.qml`, so it survives a
+restart: SUPER+\ and the switch on Settings > Companion
+(`desktop/modules/companion/`) both set it.
+
+A hide by SUPER+\ or that switch plays a goodbye first: she waves (`wave`,
+`wave-l` and `wave-r` cycling) and then drops out. One hide in four she also
+says a `bye` line, under the usual 30 s line cooldown; with a line she holds
+`Mood.T.goodbye` (2 s, enough to read it), silently only
+`Mood.T.goodbyeSilent` (0.5 s). Fullscreen, the lock screen and the monitor
+hop keep their own exits and do not wave.
+
+## Art
+
+Not in the repo: the character is Square Enix's and this repo is GPLv2.
+It lives in `~/.local/share/keystone/companion/2b/`:
+
+ dress/<name>.png, leotard/<name>.png generated, 1024x1024 on white
+ frames/<outfit>/<name>.png what she shows, from prep-frames
+ recipe.txt how each was made, and what failed
+
+Run `prep-frames` after adding or replacing any generated image. A missing
+frame falls back to its outfit's `base`.
+
+## Inputs
+
+- Typing and BackSpace come from `sections/companion.lua` in the
+ hypr-theme repo, as `custom>>keystone-typing` and
+ `custom>>keystone-delete` on socket2. Nothing else about the keyboard
+ reaches her. The BackSpace bind is `non_consuming`; checked by hand that
+ it still deletes in a terminal and in the browser.
+- The typing pulse skips modifiers and any key pressed with Ctrl, Alt or
+ Super held, so a shortcut is not typing; Shift and AltGr still count.
+ She watches only from the second pulse within 2.5 s, so a lone key is
+ not typing either.
+- She is on the Overlay layer and remaps whenever another layer surface
+ opens (Hyprland's `openlayer` event: the assistant's dim, rofi, the
+ keybind reminder), vanishing and hopping back in, because Hyprland
+ stacks a later surface above an earlier one on a layer, and 0.56.2 has
+ no layer rule to order them (no `order` key in the binary; an unknown
+ key raises no config error).
+- The program in front of her is Hyprland's `activewindow` event,
+ `class,title`. It also fires on every title change, so she reacts
+ only when the class changes, a third of the time, under the 30 s line
+ cooldown. Lines are by lowercased class in `Lines.js`; a class with
+ none says nothing. Settings > Companion > Companion phrases edits them
+ into `Prefs.companionApps`, which then replaces the defaults.
+- A listed wallpaper (Settings > Companion for the file, the
+ heart in the wallpaper picker for entries) on an empty workspace: she
+ turns to it with `watch` and blushes with `blush3`, at most every 3
+ minutes. Checked on `workspacev2` and `closewindow`, and whenever she
+ stops being away. Her monitor's wallpaper comes from wallp's
+ `wallp.conf` outputs and `wall_h`/`wall_v`.
+- Sony headphones connecting are the island's rule (`island/StatusPill.qml`:
+ `WH-`/`WF-`/`LinkBuds` by name, since BlueZ has no headphones class): she
+ sings once for `Mood.T.singHold`, 4 s, and says a line if the usual 30 s
+ cooldown allows it. A shell start with them already on is not a connection:
+ Bluetooth reads empty for ~2 s, then populates.
+- What is playing is `modules/sound/Player.qml`, which already drops the
+ playerctld and browser-integration duplicates. A new artist+title while
+ playing makes her DJ for `Mood.T.djHold`, 6 s (`dj` and `dj-scratch`
+ cycling), and say the artist's line if one matches: lowercased keys in
+ `Lines.artists`, matched as a substring, edited on Settings > Companion
+ artists into `Prefs.companionArtists`. Pause and resume of the same
+ track is not a change; a shell start with music on DJs once. While
+ music plays, the first idle stage is a groove instead of bored:
+ `whistle`, `headbang` (`headbang-up`/`-down` cycling) or `airguitar`,
+ picked at random, with a `groove` line; yawning and lying down are
+ unchanged.
+- She only feels the pointer while it is over her: Quickshell has no
+ global pointer and Hyprland sends no motion events. Hence the 0.6 s
+ dodge rather than moving away as the pointer approaches.
+- Idle stages are 20, 40 and 70% of wscreensavers' `idleTimeoutMinutes`,
+ read live from its config, so she lies down before the saver starts.
+- `IdleMonitor.enabled` read false on creation when left out, so each of
+ the three sets it. It also reads false at `Component.onCompleted` even
+ when set, and true a moment later; do not trust that first reading.
+- The monitors ignore inhibitors. No lock holds an idle inhibitor for as
+ long as it is on, and with `respectInhibitors: true` she never idled
+ (measured: a 5 s monitor respecting them never fired, one ignoring them
+ did). Presentation and gaming mode keep her awake by name instead.
+- Fullscreen is `lastIpcObject.fullscreen === 2`. Maximised is 1, and
+ most windows here are maximised.
+- The lock screen covers every layer, so locking needs no code.
+
+## Check
+
+ node desktop/companion/test_mood.js
+ node desktop/companion/test_lines.js