Beryl ripple notification

Simple beryl/dbus hack to get a fun little wave ripple when i receive a new message on IRC in KDE.

Basically:
#!/bin/bash
#./waterping.sh 0 0
#If you want to ping the coordinates x0, y0
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.beryl /org/freedesktop/beryl/water/allscreens/point org.freedesktop.beryl.activate string:'root' int32:`xwininfo -root | grep id: | awk '{ print $4 }'` string:'amplitude' double:1 string:'x' int32:$1 string:'y' int32:$2

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• beryl
• kde
• linux
• effects
• 3d
• kubuntu
• jesper
• hacks

[orcahol]

why is it that all of these beryl videos are done with hand cams?

[jesperht]

Because I could'nt get any of the screen recorder apps to play nice with beryl. Hopefully my future creations will at least feature the use of a tripod ;)

[arinlares]

in a busy IRC channel, your screen must look like a lake in the rain.

[laconicdos]

Damn, I'm just taking intro to *nix.

[kjpersson]

er.. please learn the meaning of the word "hack" before posting comments like that.

a "hack" in this scenario of course means "smart solution"

[kh1116]

this isnt really a hack since its open source... but it is cool

[BB1985Rev]

nice!

[canorsk]

Its on the right side by the description. Click "more".

[AdamBeutler]

can someone point me to a tutorial so I can try this on my machine please

[profox111]

Oh, yes, water effect needs fragment shaders in your video card... Don't feel bad, I also can't use it on my radeon 7500 32MB :)