Install the lock screen PAM stack and replace the missing screensaver effects

bin/blob-launch-screensaver

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # blob:summary=Launch the Blob screensaver in the default terminal on the system with the correct font configuration.
 
-if blob-cmd-missing ttfx; then
+if ! blob-screensaver-effect >/dev/null; then
+  blob-notify-send -g ✋ "Screensaver needs ttfx or tte" "Install python-terminaltexteffects."
   exit 1
 fi
 

bin/blob-screensaver

@@ -2,13 +2,37 @@
 
 # blob:summary=Run the Blob screensaver using random effects from TTE.
 
+effect_command=$(blob-screensaver-effect) || exit 1
+
+effect_args() {
+  local input="$HOME/.config/blob/branding/screensaver.txt"
+
+  if [[ $effect_command == "ttfx" ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' -i "$input" --frame-rate 120 --canvas-width 0 --canvas-height 0 \
+      --reuse-canvas --anchor-canvas c --anchor-text c --random-effect --no-eol \
+      --no-restore-cursor
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local effects=(
+    beams binarypath blackhole bouncyballs bubbles burn colorshift crumble
+    decrypt errorcorrect expand fireworks middleout orbittingvolley overflow
+    pour print rain randomsequence rings scattered slice slide spotlights
+    spray swarm sweep synthgrid unstable vhstape waves wipe
+  )
+
+  printf '%s\n' -i "$input" --frame-rate 120 --canvas-width 0 --canvas-height 0 \
+    --anchor-canvas c --anchor-text c --no-color \
+    "${effects[RANDOM % ${#effects[@]}]}"
+}
+
 screensaver_in_focus() {
   hyprctl activewindow -j | jq -e '.class == "org.blob.screensaver"' >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 exit_screensaver() {
   hyprctl eval 'hl.config({ cursor = { invisible = false } })' &>/dev/null || hyprctl keyword cursor:invisible false &>/dev/null || true
-  pkill -x ttfx 2>/dev/null
+  pkill -x "$effect_command" 2>/dev/null
   pkill -f '[o]rg.blob.screensaver' 2>/dev/null
   exit 0
 }
@@ -36,11 +60,10 @@ wait_for_terminal_resize() {
 wait_for_terminal_resize
 
 while true; do
-  ttfx -i ~/.config/blob/branding/screensaver.txt \
+  mapfile -t effect_arguments < <(effect_args)
-    --frame-rate 120 --canvas-width 0 --canvas-height 0 --reuse-canvas --anchor-canvas c --anchor-text c\
+  "$effect_command" "${effect_arguments[@]}" &
-    --random-effect --no-eol --no-restore-cursor &
 
-  while pgrep -t "${tty#/dev/}" -x ttfx >/dev/null; do
+  while pgrep -t "${tty#/dev/}" -x "$effect_command" >/dev/null; do
     if read -n1 -t 1 || ! screensaver_in_focus; then
       exit_screensaver
     fi

bin/blob-screensaver-effect

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# blob:summary=Print the terminal text effects command the screensaver can use
+# blob:hidden=true
+
+for candidate in ttfx tte; do
+  if command -v "$candidate" &>/dev/null; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$candidate"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+done
+
+exit 1

bin/blob-system-lock

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ if pgrep -x "1password" >/dev/null && blob-cmd-present 1password; then
 fi
 
 # Avoid running screensaver when locked
-pkill -x ttfx 2>/dev/null || true
+effect_command=$(blob-screensaver-effect 2>/dev/null) && {
-# ttfx handles SIGTERM asynchronously, so keep its terminal alive until it exits.
+  pkill -x "$effect_command" 2>/dev/null || true
-timeout 1s pidwait -x ttfx 2>/dev/null || true
+  timeout 1s pidwait -x "$effect_command" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
 pkill -f '[o]rg.blob.screensaver' 2>/dev/null || true

config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
+<fontconfig>
+  <match target="pattern">
+    <test name="family" qual="any">
+      <string>monospace</string>
+    </test>
+    <edit name="family" mode="prepend_first" binding="strong">
+      <string>JetBrainsMono Nerd Font</string>
+    </edit>
+  </match>
+</fontconfig>

default/pam.d/blob-lock-password

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#%PAM-1.0
+auth       include      system-auth

default/themed/btop.theme.tpl

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ theme[hi_fg]="{{ accent }}"
 theme[selected_bg]="{{ selection }}"
 
 # Foreground color of selected item in processes box
-theme[selected_fg]="{{ accent }}"
+theme[selected_fg]="{{ selection_foreground }}"
 
 # Color of inactive/disabled text
 theme[inactive_fg]="{{ muted }}"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ theme[inactive_fg]="{{ muted }}"
 theme[graph_text]="{{ light_foreground }}"
 
 # Background color of the percentage meters
-theme[meter_bg]="{{ selection }}"
+theme[meter_bg]="{{ lighter_background }}"
 
 # Misc colors for processes box including mini cpu graphs, details memory graph and details status text
 theme[proc_misc]="{{ light_foreground }}"

default/themed/starship.toml.tpl

@@ -1,31 +1,41 @@
 add_newline = true
 command_timeout = 200
 format = "[$directory$git_branch$git_status]($style)$character"
+palette = "blob"
+
+[palettes.blob]
+accent = "{{ accent }}"
+foreground = "{{ foreground }}"
+muted = "{{ muted }}"
+success = "{{ green }}"
+warning = "{{ yellow }}"
+error = "{{ red }}"
 
 [character]
-error_symbol = "[✗](bold cyan)"
+error_symbol = "[✗](bold error)"
-success_symbol = "[❯](bold cyan)"
+success_symbol = "[❯](bold accent)"
 
 [directory]
+style = "foreground"
 truncation_length = 2
 truncation_symbol = "…/"
-repo_root_style = "bold cyan"
+repo_root_style = "bold accent"
 repo_root_format = "[$repo_root]($repo_root_style)[$path]($style)[$read_only]($read_only_style) "
 
 [git_branch]
 format = "[$branch]($style) "
-style = "italic cyan"
+style = "italic accent"
 
 [git_status]
 format     = '[$all_status]($style)'
-style      = "cyan"
+style      = "warning"
 ahead      = "⇡${count} "
 diverged   = "⇕⇡${ahead_count}⇣${behind_count} "
 behind     = "⇣${count} "
-conflicted = " "
+conflicted = " "
-up_to_date = " "
+up_to_date = " "
 untracked  = "? "
-modified   = " "
+modified   = " "
 stashed    = ""
 staged     = ""
 renamed    = ""

docs/install.md

@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ with `--check`.
    resolves cannot cost you the other hundred and the config, service and login
    steps below. See [packages.md](packages.md).
 4. **Config** is copied into `~/.config`: `hypr/`, the themed app configs,
-   `blob/shell.json`, the uwsm environment, and the icon font.
+   `blob/shell.json`, the uwsm environment, `fontconfig/fonts.conf`, and the
+   icon font, and the font cache is refreshed. The shell draws every icon as a
+   Nerd Font glyph in the `monospace` family, and on a fresh Arch install
+   fontconfig resolves that to a font with no such glyphs, so the bar and its
+   panels come up full of blanks. `fonts.conf` binds `monospace` to
+   `JetBrainsMono Nerd Font`; `blob font set` rewrites the same file, and the
+   installer then reports it as a local change and keeps your choice.
+   `~/.bashrc` gets one line sourcing `session/bashrc`, which is what starts
+   the starship prompt and puts `blob` on `PATH` in an interactive shell. The
+   line is added once, a `.bak` is kept, and a `~/.bashrc` that already has it
+   is left alone.
    `session/profile.sh` also goes to `/etc/profile.d/blob.sh`, which sources
    `session/env-bootstrap` and is what puts `blob` on `PATH` in a login shell.
    Without it `BLOB_PATH` and `$BLOB_PATH/bin` are only set by
@@ -87,6 +97,7 @@ with `--check`.
    | `/etc/sddm.conf.d/zz-blob.conf` | Wayland greeter, run on Hyprland, stock theme, remember the last session |
    | `/etc/sddm/hyprland-greeter.lua` | the greeter's own tiny Hyprland config |
    | `/usr/local/bin/blob-hw-gpu-accelerated` | the renderer check that config runs, where SDDM's user can read it |
+   | `/etc/pam.d/blob-lock-password` | the PAM stack the lock screen authenticates against |
 
    The greeter config matters more than it looks: SDDM's stock Wayland greeter
    runs on `weston`, which Blob does not install, so a default SDDM would fail
@@ -135,6 +146,18 @@ with `--check`.
 | `--autologin` | skip the SDDM prompt for this user |
 | `--no-launch` | leave the login screen for the next reboot |
 
+## The lock screen
+
+The lock plugin watches `/etc/pam.d/blob-lock-password` and refuses to lock at
+all when it is not there - `blob system lock` returns `missing-pam` and nothing
+appears, which reads as a keybinding that does nothing. The installer writes it;
+it is one line including `system-auth`, the same stack every other Wayland
+locker on Arch authenticates against.
+
+Fingerprint unlock is separate and opt-in: `blob setup-security-fingerprint`
+writes `/etc/pam.d/blob-lock-fingerprint`, and the lock only offers fingerprint
+when that file and a reader are both present.
+
 ## Choosing a renderer
 
 Hyprland renders through Mesa, and on an adapter Mesa has no driver for it exits

docs/packages.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Two are worth knowing about:
 
 ```
 packages/blob.packages       121 packages from core, extra, multilib
-packages/blob-aur.packages    10 packages with no official equivalent
+packages/blob-aur.packages    11 packages with no official equivalent
 ```
 
 Only missing packages are touched, through `pacman -S --needed` and
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Omarchy's own package list, because they were installed by hand on this machine:
 | Package | Needed by |
 | --- | --- |
 | `python-pywal16` | `blob-wallpaper-set`, palette extraction |
+| `python-terminaltexteffects` | `blob-screensaver`, the effects it draws |
 | `awww` | the wallpaper daemon `blob-wallpaper-set` and `blob-theme-menu` drive |
 | `playerctl` | the quick settings media row |
 

docs/themes.md

@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ the shell and the CLI never disagree about what a slot means.
 Each rendered file is picked up differently: `foot.ini` and `kitty.conf` by an
 `include` in the shipped terminal config, `hyprland.lua` through Hyprland's Lua
 module path, `shell.toml` and `chromium.theme` read straight from the state
-directory, and `btop.theme`, `neovim.lua` and `gtk.css` through symlinks the
+directory, and `btop.theme`, `neovim.lua`, `gtk.css` and `starship.toml`
-installer makes into those apps' own config trees.
+through symlinks the installer makes into those apps' own config trees.
 
 `default/themed/*.tpl` are rendered per theme into
-`~/.local/state/blob/current/theme/`. Ten ship: foot, kitty, btop, chromium,
+`~/.local/state/blob/current/theme/`. Eleven ship: foot, kitty, btop, chromium,
-hyprland, the screenshare picker, neovim, `shell.toml`, zen, and `gtk.css`.
+hyprland, the screenshare picker, neovim, `shell.toml`, zen, `gtk.css`, and
+`starship.toml`.
 
 An app picks its colors up in one of two ways. Most include the generated file
 directly, so nothing has to run:
@@ -65,6 +66,20 @@ so an app that was already open keeps its old colors until it is restarted.
 Adding a template for another app means dropping a `.tpl` in `default/themed/`
 and, if it cannot include a file, adding an applier to that list.
 
+## The prompt
+
+`starship.toml` is linked to `~/.config/starship.toml`. It carries a
+`[palettes.blob]` block built from the theme - `accent`, `foreground`, `muted`,
+`success`, `warning`, `error` - and every style in the file names one of those
+rather than a literal color, so the prompt moves with the theme. Starship reads
+its config on each prompt, so a theme change shows up on the next command, in
+shells that are already open.
+
+`starship init bash` runs from `session/bashrc`, which `install.sh` sources from
+`~/.bashrc` with a single line. That file returns immediately in a
+non-interactive shell, so it cannot disturb `scp` or `rsync`, and it also
+sources `session/env-bootstrap` so `blob` is on `PATH` in any interactive shell.
+
 ## The three ways to set a theme
 
 | Command | Does |

install.sh

@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ link_blob_path
 install_packages
 
 install_shipped_config
+refresh_font_cache
 install_shell_profile
+install_bash_integration
 install_user_units
 install_systemd_dropins
 install_zen_config

install/steps/config.sh

@@ -63,6 +63,42 @@ install_shipped_config() {
   install_file "$repo_dir/fonts/omarchy.ttf" "$font_dir/omarchy.ttf" "fonts/omarchy.ttf"
 }
 
+bashrc_line='[ -r "$HOME/.local/share/blob/session/bashrc" ] && . "$HOME/.local/share/blob/session/bashrc"'
+
+install_bash_integration() {
+  local bashrc="$HOME/.bashrc"
+
+  if [[ -f $bashrc ]] && grep -Fqx "$bashrc_line" "$bashrc"; then
+    say "ok    bashrc"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  note_change
+  if [[ $check == true ]]; then
+    say "would source session/bashrc from ~/.bashrc"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  [[ -f $bashrc ]] && cp "$bashrc" "$bashrc.bak"
+  printf '\n%s\n' "$bashrc_line" >>"$bashrc"
+  say "write bashrc"
+}
+
+refresh_font_cache() {
+  if ! command -v fc-cache &>/dev/null; then
+    say "SKIP  font cache (fc-cache not installed)"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  if [[ $check == true ]]; then
+    say "would refresh the font cache"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  fc-cache -f "$font_dir" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  say "ok    font cache"
+}
+
 install_shell_profile() {
   install_root_file "$repo_dir/session/profile.sh" /etc/profile.d/blob.sh "profile.d/blob.sh"
 }

install/steps/login.sh

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ install_login_config() {
     "$blob_greeter_conf" "sddm.conf.d/zz-blob.conf"
   install_root_file "$repo_dir/bin/blob-hw-gpu-accelerated" \
     "$greeter_gpu_detector" "blob-hw-gpu-accelerated" 0755
+  install_root_file "$repo_dir/default/pam.d/blob-lock-password" \
+    /etc/pam.d/blob-lock-password "pam.d/blob-lock-password"
 }
 
 install_session_entry() {

install/steps/theme.sh

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ link_app_themes() {
   link_theme_file btop.theme "$config_dir/btop/themes/current.theme" "btop theme"
   link_theme_file gtk.css "$config_dir/gtk-3.0/gtk.css" "gtk-3.0 theme"
   link_theme_file gtk.css "$config_dir/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" "gtk-4.0 theme"
+  link_theme_file starship.toml "$config_dir/starship.toml" "starship prompt"
 
   if [[ -d $config_dir/nvim/lua/plugins ]]; then
     link_theme_file neovim.lua "$config_dir/nvim/lua/plugins/theme.lua" "neovim theme"

packages/blob-aur.packages

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # Palette extraction behind blob-wallpaper-set; pywal16 is the maintained fork
 python-pywal16|python-pywal
 
+# Terminal text effects behind the screensaver; ttfx was the Omarchy build
+python-terminaltexteffects
+
 # Terminal dispatch; every TUI launcher's Exec= line calls it
 xdg-terminal-exec
 

session/bashrc

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+case $- in
+  *i*) ;;
+  *) return 0 ;;
+esac
+
+[ -r "$HOME/.local/share/blob/session/env-bootstrap" ] && . "$HOME/.local/share/blob/session/env-bootstrap"
+
+command -v starship >/dev/null 2>&1 && eval "$(starship init bash)"

shell/plugins/panels/quick-settings/QuickSettings.qml

@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ Item {
 
   readonly property string pluginId: (manifest && manifest.id) || "blob.quick-settings"
 
+  readonly property int barInset: {
+    var bar = root.shell ? root.shell.bar : null
+    if (!bar || bar.barHidden === true) return 0
+    if (String(bar.position || "top") !== "top") return 0
+    return Math.max(0, bar.barSize || 0)
+  }
+
   function open(payloadJson) {
     root.opened = true
   }
@@ -187,7 +194,7 @@ Item {
 
     Row {
       anchors.top: parent.top
-      anchors.topMargin: Style.spaceReal(10)
+      anchors.topMargin: Style.spaceReal(10) + root.barInset
       anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
       spacing: Style.spaceReal(12)
 

uninstall.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ session_entry="/usr/local/share/wayland-sessions/blob.desktop"
 root_files=(
   /etc/profile.d/blob.sh
   /usr/local/bin/blob-hw-gpu-accelerated
+  /etc/pam.d/blob-lock-password
   /etc/sddm.conf.d/zz-blob.conf
   /etc/sddm.conf.d/zzz-blob-autologin.conf
   /etc/sddm/hyprland-greeter.conf
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ for lua in hyprland.lua monitors.lua input.lua looknfeel.lua bindings.lua autost
   restore_or_remove "$config_dir/hypr/$lua" "hypr/$lua"
 done
 
+[[ -L $config_dir/starship.toml ]] && restore_or_remove "$config_dir/starship.toml" "starship.toml"
+
 for gtk in gtk-3.0 gtk-4.0; do
   [[ -L $config_dir/$gtk/gtk.css ]] && restore_or_remove "$config_dir/$gtk/gtk.css" "$gtk/gtk.css"
 done