Bezier Clock

Port Processing.js Bezier Clock by Jack Frigaard to Qt Quick/QML for KDE Plasma 5 Live Wallpaper.

Repository contains code of:

• Bezier Clock Live Wallpaper with settings window

Right click on Plasma Desktop, click on "Desktop Settings" and choose "Bezier Clock" from "Wallpaper Type":

• Simple standalone Qt Quick/QML Application:

Video demonstration:

Bezier Clock on YouTube

Download

You can download TAR.XZ-packages for KDE Plasma 5 from the releases section.

Get the source code

• Clone repository into deploy directory:

cd ~/Deploy/
git clone https://github.com/EXL/BezierClock

Build and Install Plasma package

• Build the Plasma package into deploy directory:

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
./package.sh -p

• Install Plasma package in your KDE Plasma 5 Workspace with Plasma Package Manager:

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
plasmapkg2 -t wallpaperplugin -i bezier-clock-v1.1.tar.xz

Build and Install TAR.XZ-package

• Build the TAR.XZ-package into deploy directory:

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
./package.sh -p

• Install TAR.XZ-package in your KDE Plasma 5 Workspace (~/.local/share/plasma/wallpapers):

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
./package.sh -i

Build and Install Arch Linux package

• Build the Arch Linux package into deploy directory:

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
makepkg -cf

• Install Arch Linux package in your system with "pacman" or "yaourt":

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
sudo pacman -U bezier-clock-v1.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz

Build standalone Qt Quick/QML-application

• Build and Run Bezier Clock executable into deploy directory:

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/
qmake BezierClock.pro
make -j9
./BezierClock

Removing package

• If you installed Plasma package in your KDE Plasma 5 Workspace:

plasmapkg2 -t wallpaperplugin -r ru.exlmoto.bezierclock

• If you installed TAR.XZ-package in your home directory:

cd ~/Deploy/BezierClock/utils/
./package.sh -u

• If you installed Arch Linux package with pacman or yaourt:

sudo pacman -R bezier-clock

Tips and Tricks

Warning! In some versions of the KDE Plasma 5 Workspace (5.7.x for example) after the installation and activating Bezier Clock you can see a black screen. It is due to these bugs here: bug #1 and bug #2. Reset to default settings using the "Reset To Default" button and click "Apply" for fix it. - Not relevant for the v1.1

To reduce the load on the CPU cores, lower the value of the option "FPS Limit" to acceptable values. To ensure a smooth animation at low FPS, you can adjust the option "Animation Duration", with lowering its value. For example, a 25 value of "FPS Limit" and 30 of "Animation Duration" gives a good result.

Run Bezier Clock, experiment with the options and enjoy!

More information

Please read Porting Guide (In Russian) for more info about porting Bezier Clock to KDE Plasma 5 Live Wallpaper.