KWin Effect Shaders GUI
Configuration GUI for https://github.com/kevinlekiller/kwin-effect-shaders
Installing
git clone https://github.com/kevinlekiller/kwin-effect-shaders_gui
cd kwin-effect-shaders_gui
# Use the install.sh script:
./install.sh
Uninstalling
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/kwin-effect-shaders_gui
Keyboard Shortcut
You can add a keyboard shortcut to start the gui:
System Settings -> Workspace -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts
Edit -> New -> Global Shortcut -> Command/URL
Change the name from "New Action" to something like "Shaders Config UI".
In the Trigger tab, add a keybind, for example CTRL+META+X
In the Action tab, add kwin-effect-shaders_gui to the command, press Apply.
Modifying The Shader Settings
Open the configuration UI (see Keyboard Shortcut), go to the Shaders tab.
Click on the shader you want to enable, click Save.
You can also enable Auto Save in the Settings tab, which will automatically save the settings.\
Whitelisting Applications
In the configuration UI, in the Whitelist tab, you can add application(s), if more than 1, seperate them with a comma.
For example: kate,kcalc
Only Kcalc and Kate will be processed.
The list is not case sensitive.
This is useful if you use the Auto Enable option.
The Whitelist is saved to the current profile.\
Finding Application Names
To find an application name to use in the whitelist, follow these steps:
System Settings -> Window Management -> Window Rules -> Add New...
If you're in a game, set it to windowed mode.
Click Detect Window Properties, click the application.
The application name is first string in the Whole window class (delimited by the space character).
For example, with kate, the "Whole window class" is kate org.kde.kate, so the name to put in Whitelist would be kate.
Another example, lutris, the whole window class is lutris so the name would be lutris.
With Steam games, the name is steam_app_APPID (APPID is the App ID of the game, for example, with Half Life 2, it's 220 : https://steamdb.info/app/220/).
Profiles
You can add, remove, copy profiles in the Profiles tab.
Rename a profile by double clicking it.
Enabling On Login
In the configuration UI, in the Settings tab, you can set the Auto Enable option.
This will process all applications on login.
You can process specific applications using the Whitelist.