v2: gum TUI, autostart, auto-pause watcher, Omarchy fixes

Major rewrite of the runtime so the entry point is a proper gum TUI instead of zenity dialogs, plus a handful of correctness fixes that make it work on real Omarchy setups. Runtime (motion-wallpaper-toggle, extracted from the installer heredoc): * Full gum TUI: status header, monitor picker (with All monitors), library / filesystem pickers, change-video, autostart toggle. * State file at ~/.config/motion-wallpaper/state remembers last video, target monitor, and last-used directory so Browse reopens where the user was. * Actions: toggle | start | stop | change | status. Autostart: * Ships a systemd user unit (motion-wallpaper.service). * First fresh start prompts the user via gum confirm to enable it. * Running-state menu offers a Turn autostart ON/OFF entry. * Header shows the current autostart state. Auto-pause: * mpvpaper's -p is unreliable on Hyprland 0.54.x, so a small motion-wallpaper-watcher subscribes to Hyprland's socket2 and toggles mpv pause/resume via --input-ipc-server on fullscreen enter/exit. Started/stopped alongside mpvpaper. Omarchy compatibility: * Stop path now respawns swaybg pointed at ~/.config/omarchy/current/background via setsid uwsm-app (the way Omarchy autostarts it), instead of execing hyprpaper which isn't present. Falls back to hyprpaper on non-Omarchy Hyprland setups. * mpvpaper is launched under setsid uwsm-app so it survives the Walker-spawned terminal closing. Install / UX: * Installer only invokes sudo/yay when packages are actually missing, so reinstall is quiet. * Dropped zenity; added gum + socat + libnotify. * Custom SVG icon in the hicolor theme so Walker shows a proper tile. Installer restarts elephant.service so the new entry/icon appear without logout. * .desktop flipped to Terminal=true so launchers spawn a terminal for the TUI. * Watcher lookup falls back to the script's own dir when PATH is minimal (launcher-spawned terminals). Bug fixes: * Monitor picker was sending row-major data to zenity as one cell; fixed (kept the correct form for the new gum picker). * load_state / action_status no longer leak a non-zero exit code from trailing test expressions. * Stop path cleans up stray hyprpaper that would otherwise win the background layer.
2026-04-23 20:33:02 +01:00 · 2026-04-23 20:33:02 +01:00 · f31ff2b152
commit f31ff2b152
parent f25cef8780
6 changed files with 793 additions and 286 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@

 Animated video wallpapers for [Omarchy](https://omarchy.com) (Arch Linux + Hyprland).

-Uses [mpvpaper](https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper) to play any video file as your desktop wallpaper, with a simple toggle to switch between video and your normal static wallpaper.
+Uses [mpvpaper](https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper) to play any video file as your desktop wallpaper. Features a [gum](https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum)-powered TUI with Stop / Change-video options, a quick-pick library folder, optional systemd autostart so the wallpaper survives reboots, and pause-on-fullscreen so games and full-screen video don't pay the decode cost.

 ## Quick Start

@ -31,26 +31,34 @@ The installer handles all dependencies automatically.
 |---------|--------|---------|
 | `mpv` | Official repos | Video player engine (decodes and renders video) |
 | `jq` | Official repos | Parses monitor info from Hyprland |
-| `zenity` | Official repos | GUI dialogs (file picker, confirmations) |
+| `gum` | Official repos | TUI toolkit (action menus, monitor picker, file browser) |
+| `libnotify` | Official repos | `notify-send` for post-action desktop notifications |
 | `mpvpaper` | AUR | Wayland wallpaper daemon that uses mpv as its backend |

 ### Files Created

 | Path | Purpose |
 |------|---------|
-| `~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle` | Toggle script (on/off switch) |
+| `~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle` | Runtime script (toggle / start / stop / change / status) |
 | `~/.local/share/applications/motion-wallpaper-toggle.desktop` | App launcher entry |
+| `~/.config/systemd/user/motion-wallpaper.service` | Optional autostart unit (not enabled by default) |
+| `~/.config/motion-wallpaper/state` | Last-used video + target monitor |
+| `~/.cache/motion-wallpaper.log` | Runtime log |

 ## Usage

 ### From App Launcher

-Search for **"Motion Wallpaper"** in Walker or your app launcher.
+Search for **"Motion Wallpaper"** in Walker or your app launcher. Because the entry is a TUI, your launcher spawns a terminal window (`Terminal=true` in the `.desktop` entry) and runs the gum interface inside it. The terminal closes automatically when the action finishes.

 ### From Terminal

 ```bash
-motion-wallpaper-toggle
+motion-wallpaper-toggle            # interactive — toggle, or Stop/Change if running
+motion-wallpaper-toggle change     # pick a new video without stopping first
+motion-wallpaper-toggle stop       # stop and restore the normal wallpaper
+motion-wallpaper-toggle status     # print current state
+motion-wallpaper-toggle start      # non-interactive start from saved state (used by systemd)
 ```

 ### With a Keybind
@ -63,23 +71,37 @@ bind = SUPER ALT, W, exec, ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle

 > **Note**: `SUPER+W` is already bound to "Close window" in Omarchy. Use `SUPER ALT+W` or another free combination.

+### Video library folder
+
+Drop videos in `~/Videos/Wallpapers/` and the picker shows that folder as a quick list instead of opening the full filesystem browser. A **Browse…** entry is always available for picking something outside the library.
+
+### Persist across reboots (autostart)
+
+Enable the bundled systemd user unit — it calls `motion-wallpaper-toggle start`, which loads the last video and target monitor from state and starts mpvpaper non-interactively:
+
+```bash
+systemctl --user enable --now motion-wallpaper.service
+```
+
+Disable with `systemctl --user disable --now motion-wallpaper.service`. If no state has been saved yet, the unit exits cleanly without error.
+
 ## How It Works

-The toggle script works as an on/off switch:
+### Toggle — not running

-### Toggle ON (no video wallpaper running)
+1. Detects monitors via `hyprctl monitors -j`.
+2. If multiple monitors, offers a picker with an **All monitors** option (passes `*` to mpvpaper).
+3. Shows the video library (if any) or a file picker.
+4. Stops the current wallpaper daemon (`swaybg` on Omarchy, or `hyprpaper` on generic Hyprland) so mpvpaper is visible, then starts `mpvpaper -f` with `--auto-pause`, `--loop`, `--vo=gpu`, `--profile=high-quality`.
+5. Verifies mpvpaper is alive after 0.5s; surfaces failures inline in the TUI and holds the terminal open until you press enter.
+6. Saves the video path and target to `~/.config/motion-wallpaper/state`.

-1. Detects your connected monitors via `hyprctl monitors -j`
-2. If multiple monitors, shows a selection dialog
-3. Opens a file picker to choose a video file
-4. Stops `hyprpaper` and `swaybg` (Omarchy's default wallpaper daemons) so mpvpaper is visible
-5. Starts `mpvpaper` in the background with GPU-accelerated looping playback
+### Toggle — already running

-### Toggle OFF (video wallpaper is running)
+Shows a radiolist with two choices:

-1. Shows a confirmation dialog
-2. Stops `mpvpaper`
-3. Restarts `hyprpaper` to restore your normal static wallpaper
+- **Stop motion wallpaper** — kill mpvpaper and restore the previous static wallpaper. On Omarchy this respawns `swaybg -i ~/.config/omarchy/current/background -m fill` via `uwsm-app`, matching how Omarchy autostarts it; on generic Hyprland it re-execs `hyprpaper`.
+- **Change video** — pick a new video, keep the same target, swap in place.

 ## Supported Video Formats

@ -108,36 +130,54 @@ Search for "live wallpaper" or "motion desktop" videos. Good sources include:

 ## Performance

-mpvpaper uses GPU-accelerated rendering (`--vo=gpu`) so CPU usage is minimal. However:
+mpvpaper uses GPU-accelerated rendering (`--vo=gpu`) so CPU usage is minimal. `--auto-pause` also pauses playback whenever a fullscreen window covers the wallpaper, so games and full-screen video don't pay the decode cost.

- Video decoding does use some GPU resources
- Higher resolution videos use more VRAM
- If you notice performance impact in games, toggle the wallpaper off first
+- Higher resolution videos use more VRAM.
+- Shorter seamless loops (10–30s) use less memory.
+- If you still notice impact, toggle the wallpaper off or disable autostart.

 ## Troubleshooting

-**Video wallpaper doesn't appear / shows black**
- Make sure hyprpaper and swaybg are not running: `pgrep hyprpaper && pkill hyprpaper`
- Try a different video file to rule out codec issues
+First stop: `~/.cache/motion-wallpaper.log` — both the toggle script and mpvpaper write there.

-**File picker doesn't open**
- Check zenity is installed: `pacman -Qi zenity`
+**Video wallpaper doesn't appear / shows black**
+- Check the log. Codec issues and "no such monitor" errors both show up there.
+- Make sure hyprpaper and swaybg are not running: `pgrep hyprpaper && pkill hyprpaper`
+
+**TUI fails with "gum is not installed"**
+- `sudo pacman -S gum`
+
+**Launcher runs it but no terminal opens**
+- Make sure your default terminal is XDG-registered. Omarchy's alacritty works out of the box.
+- As a fallback, run `motion-wallpaper-toggle` directly from any terminal.

 **"No monitors detected" error**
 - Make sure you're running Hyprland: `echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP`
 - Check hyprctl works: `hyprctl monitors`

+**Autostart unit fails**
+- `journalctl --user -u motion-wallpaper.service`
+- If the saved video was moved or deleted, the unit exits non-zero. Run the toggle interactively once to save fresh state.
+
 **Normal wallpaper doesn't come back after toggling off**
- Manually restart hyprpaper: `hyprctl dispatch exec hyprpaper`
+- Omarchy: `pkill -x swaybg; setsid uwsm-app -- swaybg -i ~/.config/omarchy/current/background -m fill &`
+- Or just cycle the background: `omarchy-theme-bg-next` then back with `SUPER CTRL SPACE`.
+- Generic Hyprland: `hyprctl dispatch exec hyprpaper`.

 ## Uninstalling

 ```bash
-# Remove the toggle script
-rm -f ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle
+# Stop and disable autostart if enabled
+systemctl --user disable --now motion-wallpaper.service 2>/dev/null || true

-# Remove the app launcher entry
+# Remove installed files
+rm -f ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle
 rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/motion-wallpaper-toggle.desktop
+rm -f ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/motion-wallpaper.svg
+rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/motion-wallpaper.service
+rm -rf ~/.config/motion-wallpaper
+rm -f ~/.cache/motion-wallpaper.log
+systemctl --user daemon-reload

 # Optionally remove packages
 sudo pacman -Rns mpvpaper zenity
--- a/icons/motion-wallpaper.svg
+++ b/icons/motion-wallpaper.svg
@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 256 256" width="256" height="256">
+  <title>Motion Wallpaper</title>
+
+  <!-- Rounded square app-tile background -->
+  <rect x="16" y="16" width="224" height="224" rx="44" ry="44" fill="#1e1e2e"/>
+
+  <!-- Monitor frame -->
+  <rect x="44" y="64" width="168" height="116" rx="14" ry="14"
+        fill="#11111b" stroke="#cdd6f4" stroke-width="5"/>
+
+  <!-- Subtle waveform inside screen — signals moving wallpaper -->
+  <path d="M 60 146 Q 84 118 108 146 T 156 146 T 196 146"
+        stroke="#cdd6f4" stroke-width="4" fill="none"
+        stroke-linecap="round" opacity="0.35"/>
+
+  <!-- Play triangle -->
+  <path d="M 108 94 L 108 138 L 148 116 Z" fill="#cba6f7"/>
+
+  <!-- Monitor stand -->
+  <rect x="116" y="180" width="24" height="18" fill="#cdd6f4"/>
+  <rect x="84" y="198" width="88" height="10" rx="5" ry="5" fill="#cdd6f4"/>
+</svg>
--- a/490
+++ b/490
@ -0,0 +1,490 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ==============================================================================
+# Motion Wallpaper — gum-powered TUI for mpvpaper on Omarchy / Hyprland.
+#
+# Actions:
+#   toggle   (default)  Interactive TUI. If running, offers Stop / Change.
+#   start               Non-interactive start from saved state (for systemd).
+#   stop                Stop mpvpaper and restore the normal wallpaper.
+#   change              Pick a new video while already running.
+#   status              Print current state (TUI header via gum).
+#
+# Files:
+#   ~/.config/motion-wallpaper/state        last video + target monitor
+#   ~/Videos/Wallpapers/                    optional quick-pick library
+#   ~/.cache/motion-wallpaper.log           runtime log
+# ==============================================================================
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+APP_NAME="Motion Wallpaper"
+STATE_DIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/motion-wallpaper"
+STATE_FILE="$STATE_DIR/state"
+LOG_DIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}"
+LOG_FILE="$LOG_DIR/motion-wallpaper.log"
+LIBRARY_DIR="$HOME/Videos/Wallpapers"
+
+# mpv options forwarded via mpvpaper -o. An input-ipc-server socket is opened
+# so our companion watcher can send pause/resume commands when Hyprland
+# reports a fullscreen window (mpvpaper's own -p is unreliable on 0.54.x).
+RUNTIME_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}"
+MPV_IPC_SOCK="$RUNTIME_DIR/motion-wallpaper-mpv.sock"
+MPV_OPTS="--loop --no-audio --mute=yes --vo=gpu --profile=high-quality --input-ipc-server=$MPV_IPC_SOCK"
+
+# Catppuccin Mocha-ish accents
+COLOR_ACCENT="#cba6f7"
+COLOR_ERROR="#f38ba8"
+COLOR_OK="#a6e3a1"
+COLOR_MUTED="#6c7086"
+
+BROWSE_SENTINEL="── Browse filesystem… ──"
+
+mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR" "$LOG_DIR"
+
+# ===== helpers ================================================================
+
+log() {
+  printf '[%s] %s\n' "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" "$*" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+require_gum() {
+  if ! command -v gum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "ERROR: gum is not installed. Run: sudo pacman -S gum" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+require_tty() {
+  if [ ! -t 0 ] || [ ! -t 1 ]; then
+    cat >&2 <<MSG
+$APP_NAME: interactive mode requires a terminal.
+Run from a terminal, or use a non-interactive action:
+  $0 start | stop | status
+MSG
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+tui_err() {
+  gum style --foreground="$COLOR_ERROR" --bold "ERROR: $1"
+  log "ERROR: $1"
+  # Hold the terminal open so launcher-spawned windows don't flash away.
+  if [ -t 0 ]; then
+    gum input --placeholder="Press enter to close…" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+}
+
+tui_ok() {
+  gum style --foreground="$COLOR_OK" "✓ $1"
+  log "$1"
+}
+
+notify() {
+  # Fire-and-forget system notification so the user sees results after the
+  # TUI terminal closes.
+  if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    notify-send "$APP_NAME" "$1" || true
+  fi
+  log "$1"
+}
+
+load_state() {
+  LAST_VIDEO=""
+  LAST_TARGET=""
+  LAST_DIR=""
+  if [ -f "$STATE_FILE" ]; then
+    # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+    source "$STATE_FILE"
+  fi
+}
+
+save_state() {
+  # $1 video, $2 target, $3 (optional) last dir — defaults to dirname of $1
+  # so the filesystem browser re-opens where the user last landed.
+  local dir="${3:-$(dirname "$1")}"
+  umask 077
+  cat > "$STATE_FILE" <<STATE
+LAST_VIDEO="$1"
+LAST_TARGET="$2"
+LAST_DIR="$dir"
+STATE
+}
+
+is_running() {
+  pgrep -x mpvpaper >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# ===== autostart (systemd user unit) ==========================================
+
+autostart_installed() {
+  systemctl --user list-unit-files motion-wallpaper.service >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+autostart_enabled() {
+  systemctl --user is-enabled motion-wallpaper.service >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+autostart_enable() {
+  if ! autostart_installed; then
+    tui_err "motion-wallpaper.service is not installed. Re-run wallpaper.sh."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  systemctl --user enable motion-wallpaper.service >/dev/null 2>&1
+  log "autostart enabled"
+}
+
+autostart_disable() {
+  systemctl --user disable motion-wallpaper.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  log "autostart disabled"
+}
+
+show_header() {
+  load_state
+  local status_line target_line video_line autostart_line
+  if is_running; then
+    status_line="status:    $(gum style --foreground="$COLOR_OK" running)"
+  else
+    status_line="status:    $(gum style --foreground="$COLOR_MUTED" stopped)"
+  fi
+  target_line="target:    ${LAST_TARGET:-$(gum style --foreground="$COLOR_MUTED" --italic '(none)')}"
+  video_line="video:     ${LAST_VIDEO:-$(gum style --foreground="$COLOR_MUTED" --italic '(none)')}"
+  if autostart_enabled; then
+    autostart_line="autostart: $(gum style --foreground="$COLOR_OK" enabled)"
+  else
+    autostart_line="autostart: $(gum style --foreground="$COLOR_MUTED" disabled)"
+  fi
+  gum style --border=rounded --border-foreground="$COLOR_ACCENT" \
+            --padding="1 2" --margin="1 0" \
+            "$(gum style --bold --foreground="$COLOR_ACCENT" "◐ $APP_NAME")" \
+            "" \
+            "$status_line" \
+            "$target_line" \
+            "$video_line" \
+            "$autostart_line"
+}
+
+# ===== selection ==============================================================
+
+get_monitors() {
+  local mon_json
+  mon_json="$(hyprctl monitors -j 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  [ -z "$mon_json" ] && return 1
+  printf '%s' "$mon_json" | jq -r '.[].name'
+}
+
+pick_target() {
+  command -v hyprctl >/dev/null || { tui_err "hyprctl not found. Are you in Hyprland?"; return 1; }
+  command -v jq      >/dev/null || { tui_err "jq is not installed.";                     return 1; }
+
+  local monitors
+  monitors="$(get_monitors)" || { tui_err "Could not read monitors from hyprctl."; return 1; }
+  [ -z "$monitors" ]          && { tui_err "No monitors detected.";                return 1; }
+
+  local count
+  count="$(printf '%s\n' "$monitors" | wc -l)"
+  if [ "$count" -eq 1 ]; then
+    printf '%s' "$monitors"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local selected
+  selected=$( { echo "All monitors"; printf '%s\n' "$monitors"; } \
+    | gum choose --header="Select a monitor") || return 1
+
+  if [ "$selected" = "All monitors" ]; then
+    printf '%s' '*'
+  else
+    printf '%s' "$selected"
+  fi
+}
+
+browse_filesystem() {
+  # Start gum file at the last directory we successfully picked from, so
+  # changing videos returns the user to where they were. Falls back to the
+  # last video's dirname (for state files pre-dating LAST_DIR), then $HOME.
+  load_state
+  local start_dir="${LAST_DIR:-}"
+  if [ -z "$start_dir" ] && [ -n "${LAST_VIDEO:-}" ]; then
+    start_dir="$(dirname "$LAST_VIDEO")"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$start_dir" ] || [ ! -d "$start_dir" ]; then
+    start_dir="$HOME"
+  fi
+  gum file --height=20 "$start_dir"
+}
+
+pick_video() {
+  local library=() basenames=() v
+  if [ -d "$LIBRARY_DIR" ]; then
+    while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
+      library+=("$f")
+    done < <(
+      find "$LIBRARY_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -type f \
+        \( -iname '*.mp4' -o -iname '*.mkv' -o -iname '*.webm' -o -iname '*.mov' -o -iname '*.avi' \) \
+        -print0 2>/dev/null | sort -z
+    )
+  fi
+
+  if [ ${#library[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+    browse_filesystem || return 1
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  for v in "${library[@]}"; do
+    basenames+=("$(basename "$v")")
+  done
+
+  local choice
+  choice=$( { printf '%s\n' "${basenames[@]}"; echo "$BROWSE_SENTINEL"; } \
+    | gum choose --header="Choose a video from $LIBRARY_DIR") || return 1
+
+  if [ "$choice" = "$BROWSE_SENTINEL" ]; then
+    browse_filesystem
+  else
+    printf '%s' "$LIBRARY_DIR/$choice"
+  fi
+}
+
+# ===== mpvpaper control =======================================================
+
+kill_static_wallpapers() {
+  pkill -x hyprpaper 2>/dev/null || true
+  pkill -x swaybg    2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+kill_watcher() {
+  pkill -f motion-wallpaper-watcher 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+start_watcher() {
+  local watcher
+  # PATH in launcher-spawned terminals is unreliable (minimal systemd env etc),
+  # so fall back to the script's own directory where the installer puts both.
+  watcher="$(command -v motion-wallpaper-watcher 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if [ -z "$watcher" ]; then
+    local self_dir
+    self_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+    if [ -x "$self_dir/motion-wallpaper-watcher" ]; then
+      watcher="$self_dir/motion-wallpaper-watcher"
+    fi
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$watcher" ]; then
+    log "watcher binary not found — auto-pause disabled"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  kill_watcher
+  setsid "$watcher" < /dev/null >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+  disown 2>/dev/null || true
+  log "watcher spawned via $watcher"
+}
+
+restore_static_wallpaper() {
+  local omarchy_bg="$HOME/.config/omarchy/current/background"
+  if [ -e "$omarchy_bg" ]; then
+    pkill -x hyprpaper 2>/dev/null || true
+    pkill -x swaybg    2>/dev/null || true
+    if command -v uwsm-app >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      setsid uwsm-app -- swaybg -i "$omarchy_bg" -m fill >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+    else
+      setsid swaybg -i "$omarchy_bg" -m fill >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+    fi
+    disown 2>/dev/null || true
+    log "restored swaybg -> $omarchy_bg"
+  elif command -v hyprpaper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    hyprctl dispatch exec hyprpaper >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    log "restored hyprpaper"
+  else
+    log "no known static wallpaper daemon to restore"
+  fi
+}
+
+start_mpvpaper_fg() {
+  local target="$1" video="$2"
+  kill_static_wallpapers
+  pkill -x mpvpaper 2>/dev/null || true
+  sleep 0.3
+  log "systemd start target=$target video=$video"
+  start_watcher
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086  # intentional word-splitting on MPV_OPTS
+  exec mpvpaper -o "$MPV_OPTS" "$target" "$video"
+}
+
+start_mpvpaper_bg() {
+  local target="$1" video="$2"
+  kill_static_wallpapers
+  pkill -x mpvpaper 2>/dev/null || true
+  sleep 0.3
+  log "start target=$target video=$video"
+  # setsid detaches from the controlling terminal so mpvpaper survives the
+  # TUI terminal closing; uwsm-app parents it to the user systemd scope
+  # (matches how Omarchy autostarts swaybg). Without both, mpvpaper was
+  # getting SIGHUP'd when the Walker-spawned terminal exited.
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086  # intentional word-splitting on MPV_OPTS
+  if command -v uwsm-app >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    setsid uwsm-app -- mpvpaper -o "$MPV_OPTS" "$target" "$video" \
+      < /dev/null >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+  else
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    setsid mpvpaper -o "$MPV_OPTS" "$target" "$video" \
+      < /dev/null >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+  fi
+  disown 2>/dev/null || true
+  start_watcher
+  sleep 0.8
+  if ! is_running; then
+    tui_err "mpvpaper failed to start. See $LOG_FILE for details."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+stop_mpvpaper() {
+  kill_watcher
+  pkill -x mpvpaper 2>/dev/null || true
+  # mpv cleans up the IPC socket on exit, but if we killed mpvpaper hard
+  # the dangling socket can linger and confuse the next run.
+  rm -f "$MPV_IPC_SOCK" 2>/dev/null || true
+  restore_static_wallpaper
+  log "stopped"
+}
+
+# ===== actions ================================================================
+
+action_toggle() {
+  require_gum
+  require_tty
+
+  if is_running; then
+    show_header
+    local autostart_label
+    if autostart_enabled; then
+      autostart_label="Turn autostart OFF"
+    else
+      autostart_label="Turn autostart ON"
+    fi
+    local choice
+    choice=$(gum choose --header="What would you like to do?" \
+      "Stop motion wallpaper" "Change video" "$autostart_label" "Cancel") || exit 0
+
+    case "$choice" in
+      "Stop motion wallpaper")
+        stop_mpvpaper
+        tui_ok "Stopped. Normal wallpaper restored."
+        notify "Motion wallpaper stopped."
+        ;;
+      "Change video")
+        load_state
+        local video
+        video=$(pick_video) || exit 0
+        [ -z "$video" ]  && exit 0
+        [ -f "$video" ]  || { tui_err "File not found: $video"; exit 1; }
+        save_state "$video" "$LAST_TARGET"
+        start_mpvpaper_bg "$LAST_TARGET" "$video" || exit 1
+        tui_ok "Swapped to $(basename "$video")."
+        notify "Motion wallpaper updated."
+        ;;
+      "Turn autostart ON")
+        autostart_enable && tui_ok "Autostart enabled — wallpaper will resume after reboot."
+        ;;
+      "Turn autostart OFF")
+        autostart_disable
+        tui_ok "Autostart disabled."
+        ;;
+      Cancel) exit 0 ;;
+    esac
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  show_header
+  local target video
+  target=$(pick_target) || exit 0
+  [ -z "$target" ] && exit 0
+  video=$(pick_video) || exit 0
+  [ -z "$video" ]  && exit 0
+  [ -f "$video" ]  || { tui_err "File not found: $video"; exit 1; }
+
+  save_state "$video" "$target"
+  start_mpvpaper_bg "$target" "$video" || exit 1
+  tui_ok "Started $(basename "$video") on $target."
+  notify "Motion wallpaper started on $target."
+
+  # Offer autostart on first fresh start (skipped silently if already on or
+  # if the systemd unit isn't installed).
+  if autostart_installed && ! autostart_enabled; then
+    if gum confirm "Start motion wallpaper automatically after login / reboot?"; then
+      autostart_enable && tui_ok "Autostart enabled."
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+action_change() {
+  require_gum
+  require_tty
+  if ! is_running; then
+    tui_err "Motion wallpaper is not running."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  load_state
+  local video
+  video=$(pick_video) || exit 0
+  [ -z "$video" ]  && exit 0
+  [ -f "$video" ]  || { tui_err "File not found: $video"; exit 1; }
+  save_state "$video" "$LAST_TARGET"
+  start_mpvpaper_bg "$LAST_TARGET" "$video" || exit 1
+  tui_ok "Swapped to $(basename "$video")."
+  notify "Motion wallpaper updated."
+}
+
+action_start() {
+  load_state
+  if [ -z "$LAST_VIDEO" ] || [ -z "$LAST_TARGET" ]; then
+    log "autostart: no saved state, exiting cleanly"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  if [ ! -f "$LAST_VIDEO" ]; then
+    log "autostart: saved video missing ($LAST_VIDEO)"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  start_mpvpaper_fg "$LAST_TARGET" "$LAST_VIDEO"
+}
+
+action_stop() {
+  stop_mpvpaper
+}
+
+action_status() {
+  if command -v gum >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -t 1 ]; then
+    show_header
+  else
+    load_state
+    if is_running; then echo "status: running"; else echo "status: stopped"; fi
+    if [ -n "${LAST_TARGET:-}" ]; then echo "target: $LAST_TARGET"; fi
+    if [ -n "${LAST_VIDEO:-}"  ]; then echo "video:  $LAST_VIDEO";  fi
+  fi
+}
+
+# ===== main ===================================================================
+
+case "${1:-toggle}" in
+  toggle) action_toggle ;;
+  start)  action_start  ;;
+  stop)   action_stop   ;;
+  change) action_change ;;
+  status) action_status ;;
+  -h|--help)
+    cat <<USAGE
+$APP_NAME
+Usage: ${0##*/} [toggle|start|stop|change|status]
+
+  toggle   Interactive gum TUI (default). If running, offers Stop / Change.
+  start    Start from saved state without prompting (for systemd).
+  stop     Stop mpvpaper and restore the normal wallpaper.
+  change   Pick a new video while already running.
+  status   Print current state.
+USAGE
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown action: $1" >&2
+    echo "Try: ${0##*/} --help" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
--- a/63
+++ b/63
@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ==============================================================================
+# Motion Wallpaper — auto-pause watcher.
+#
+# Subscribes to Hyprland's event socket (socket2) and toggles mpv pause/resume
+# via the IPC socket that mpvpaper was started with. Replaces mpvpaper's own
+# --auto-pause / -p flag, which is unreliable on recent Hyprland releases.
+#
+# This script runs as a background sibling to mpvpaper. The main toggle script
+# starts it and kills it.
+# ==============================================================================
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RUNTIME_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}"
+MPV_IPC="$RUNTIME_DIR/motion-wallpaper-mpv.sock"
+LOG_FILE="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/motion-wallpaper.log"
+
+log() {
+  printf '[%s] watcher: %s\n' "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" "$*" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE:-}" ]; then
+  log "HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE not set — exiting"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+HYPR_SOCK="$RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock"
+if [ ! -S "$HYPR_SOCK" ]; then
+  log "hyprland event socket not found ($HYPR_SOCK) — exiting"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! command -v socat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  log "socat not installed — exiting"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+send_mpv() {
+  # Best-effort — silently no-op if mpv's IPC socket isn't up yet.
+  [ -S "$MPV_IPC" ] || return 0
+  printf '%s\n' "$1" | socat - "UNIX-CONNECT:$MPV_IPC" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+}
+
+pause_mpv()  { send_mpv '{ "command": ["set_property", "pause", true] }';  }
+resume_mpv() { send_mpv '{ "command": ["set_property", "pause", false] }'; }
+
+log "watching $HYPR_SOCK"
+
+# Hyprland socket2 emits newline-separated "EVENT>>DATA" lines. We only care
+# about the fullscreen state. `fullscreen>>1` = entered, `fullscreen>>0` = left.
+socat -u "UNIX-CONNECT:$HYPR_SOCK" - | while IFS= read -r line; do
+  case "$line" in
+    fullscreen\>\>1)
+      log "fullscreen entered — pause"
+      pause_mpv
+      ;;
+    fullscreen\>\>0)
+      log "fullscreen left — resume"
+      resume_mpv
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
--- a/motion-wallpaper.service
+++ b/motion-wallpaper.service
@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Motion wallpaper (mpvpaper) autostart
+PartOf=graphical-session.target
+After=graphical-session.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle start
+ExecStop=%h/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle stop
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=graphical-session.target
--- a/wallpaper.sh
+++ b/wallpaper.sh
@ -2,300 +2,177 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 # Motion Wallpaper Installer for Omarchy / Hyprland
 #
-# This script sets up animated video wallpapers on an Omarchy (Arch Linux +
-# Hyprland) desktop. It uses mpvpaper, which is a Wayland wallpaper program
-# that plays a video file on the desktop background layer using mpv.
-#
-# What this installer does:
-#   1. Installs dependencies (mpv, jq, zenity, mpvpaper)
-#   2. Creates a toggle script at ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle
-#   3. Creates a .desktop entry so it appears in your app launcher
-#
-# The toggle script works as an on/off switch:
-#   - If no video wallpaper is running: opens a file picker, starts playback
-#   - If a video wallpaper IS running: stops it, restores normal wallpaper
+# Installs:
+#   ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle             runtime script
+#   ~/.local/share/applications/motion-wallpaper-toggle.desktop   app entry
+#   ~/.config/systemd/user/motion-wallpaper.service  optional autostart unit
 #
 # Dependencies:
-#   - mpv:       Video player engine (does the actual video decoding/rendering)
-#   - mpvpaper:  Wayland-native wallpaper daemon that uses mpv as its backend
-#                (AUR package — renders video on the wl_surface background layer)
-#   - jq:        JSON parser — used to read monitor info from hyprctl
-#   - zenity:    GTK dialog toolkit — provides the file picker and confirmation
-#                dialogs so the script works without a terminal
-#   - hyprctl:   Hyprland's CLI tool — used to detect connected monitors
-#                (comes with Hyprland, no separate install needed)
+#   mpv, jq, zenity (pacman)
+#   mpvpaper (AUR, via yay or paru)
+#   libnotify (pacman) — optional, for notify-send
 # ==============================================================================

 set -euo pipefail

+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
 echo "=== Motion wallpaper installer for Omarchy / Hyprland ==="

-# Sanity check — this script uses pacman for package installation, so it
-# only works on Arch-based systems. Omarchy is built on Arch Linux.
 if ! command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "This script expects a pacman-based system (Arch/Omarchy). Aborting."
+  echo "This script expects a pacman-based system (Arch/Omarchy). Aborting." >&2
  exit 1
 fi

-# Install core dependencies from the official Arch repos.
-# --needed skips packages that are already installed, so this is safe
-# to run multiple times without reinstalling anything unnecessarily.
-#   - mpv: the video player that mpvpaper uses under the hood
-#   - jq: parses the JSON output from "hyprctl monitors -j"
-#   - zenity: provides GUI dialogs (file picker, yes/no prompts)
-echo "Installing required packages: mpv jq zenity"
-sudo pacman -S --needed mpv jq zenity
+# ----- source files ------------------------------------------------------------

-# Install mpvpaper from the AUR (Arch User Repository).
-# mpvpaper is not in the official repos because it's a smaller community
-# project. It needs an AUR helper (yay or paru) to build and install.
+TOGGLE_SRC="$SCRIPT_DIR/motion-wallpaper-toggle"
+WATCHER_SRC="$SCRIPT_DIR/motion-wallpaper-watcher"
+UNIT_SRC="$SCRIPT_DIR/motion-wallpaper.service"
+ICON_SRC="$SCRIPT_DIR/icons/motion-wallpaper.svg"
+
+for f in "$TOGGLE_SRC" "$WATCHER_SRC" "$UNIT_SRC" "$ICON_SRC"; do
+  if [ ! -f "$f" ]; then
+    echo "Missing installer asset: $f" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+# ----- dependencies ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Check what's already there so we don't invoke sudo when nothing needs doing.
+MISSING_REPO=()
+for cmd in mpv jq gum socat notify-send; do
+  command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1 || MISSING_REPO+=("$cmd")
+done
+# notify-send maps to libnotify; translate for the pacman call below.
+MISSING_PKGS=()
+for cmd in "${MISSING_REPO[@]}"; do
+  case "$cmd" in
+    notify-send) MISSING_PKGS+=("libnotify") ;;
+    *)           MISSING_PKGS+=("$cmd")      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [ "${#MISSING_PKGS[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Installing required packages: ${MISSING_PKGS[*]}"
+  sudo pacman -S --needed "${MISSING_PKGS[@]}"
+else
+  echo "✓ Repo dependencies already installed (mpv, jq, gum, socat, libnotify)"
+fi
+
+if command -v mpvpaper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "✓ mpvpaper already installed"
+else
  echo
  echo "Installing mpvpaper from AUR..."

-# Look for an AUR helper — yay and paru are the two most common ones.
-# Omarchy ships with yay by default.
  AUR_HELPER=""
-if command -v yay >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  AUR_HELPER="yay"
-elif command -v paru >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  AUR_HELPER="paru"
+  if command -v yay  >/dev/null 2>&1; then AUR_HELPER="yay"
+  elif command -v paru >/dev/null 2>&1; then AUR_HELPER="paru"
  fi

  if [ -n "$AUR_HELPER" ]; then
    echo "Using $AUR_HELPER to install mpvpaper..."
-  $AUR_HELPER -S --needed mpvpaper
+    "$AUR_HELPER" -S --needed mpvpaper
  else
-  echo "⚠️  No AUR helper (yay/paru) found."
-  echo
-  echo "Please install mpvpaper manually:"
-  echo "  1. Install an AUR helper first:"
-  echo "     sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git"
-  echo "     git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git"
-  echo "     cd yay && makepkg -si"
-  echo
-  echo "  2. Then install mpvpaper:"
-  echo "     yay -S mpvpaper"
-  echo
-  read -p "Press Enter after installing mpvpaper to continue..."
+    cat >&2 <<'MSG'
+
+ERROR: No AUR helper (yay/paru) found.
+
+Install one first, then re-run this installer:
+
+  sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
+  git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+  cd yay && makepkg -si
+
+MSG
+    exit 1
  fi

-# Final check — if mpvpaper still isn't installed at this point (e.g. user
-# skipped the AUR step or the build failed), we can't continue because the
-# toggle script depends on it.
  if ! command -v mpvpaper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "ERROR: mpvpaper is not installed. Cannot continue."
+    echo "ERROR: mpvpaper is not installed. Cannot continue." >&2
    exit 1
  fi
-
-# Create the directory for user scripts. ~/.local/bin is the standard
-# location for user-installed scripts on Linux (follows the XDG spec).
-mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
-
-# Create the toggle script — this is the main script users interact with.
-# It's a self-contained on/off switch for video wallpapers.
-# When toggled ON:  picks a video file via GUI, stops hyprpaper, starts mpvpaper
-# When toggled OFF: stops mpvpaper, restarts hyprpaper to restore normal wallpaper
-cat << 'EOF' > "$HOME/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle"
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-APP_NAME="Motion Wallpaper"
-
-# Zenity helper functions — these wrap zenity dialogs so the script can
-# show GUI pop-ups for errors, info, and yes/no questions. If zenity isn't
-# available (shouldn't happen since we install it), they fall back to
-# plain text output in the terminal.
-zen_err() {
-  if command -v zenity >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    zenity --error --title="$APP_NAME" --text="$1" || true
-  else
-    echo "ERROR: $1" >&2
-  fi
-}
-
-zen_info() {
-  if command -v zenity >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    zenity --info --title="$APP_NAME" --text="$1" || true
-  else
-    echo "$1"
-  fi
-}
-
-zen_question() {
-  if command -v zenity >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    zenity --question --title="$APP_NAME" --text="$1"
-    return $?
-  else
-    # No zenity, default to "yes"
-    return 0
-  fi
-}
-
-# Toggle logic — check if mpvpaper is already running.
-# If it is, this is a "toggle OFF" action: stop the video wallpaper
-# and bring back the normal static wallpaper by restarting hyprpaper.
-if pgrep -x mpvpaper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  if zen_question "Motion wallpaper is currently running.\n\nDo you want to stop it and return to your normal wallpaper?"; then
-    pkill mpvpaper || true
-    # Restart hyprpaper/swaybg so the normal wallpaper comes back
-    hyprctl dispatch exec hyprpaper >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    zen_info "Motion wallpaper stopped.\nNormal wallpaper restored."
-  fi
-  exit 0
 fi

-# If we get here, mpvpaper is NOT running — this is a "toggle ON" action.
-# We need to: detect monitors → let user pick one → let user pick a video
-# → stop hyprpaper → start mpvpaper.
+# ----- install files -----------------------------------------------------------

-# Make sure we're actually running inside Hyprland — hyprctl is how we
-# talk to the compositor to find out which monitors are connected.
-if ! command -v hyprctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  zen_err "hyprctl not found. Are you running Hyprland?"
-  exit 1
+install -D -m 755 "$TOGGLE_SRC"  "$HOME/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle"
+install -D -m 755 "$WATCHER_SRC" "$HOME/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-watcher"
+
+# Install custom SVG icon into the hicolor theme — Walker and other XDG-aware
+# launchers will find it by name (Icon=motion-wallpaper) without needing a
+# full path in the .desktop entry.
+ICON_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps"
+install -D -m 644 "$ICON_SRC" "$ICON_DIR/motion-wallpaper.svg"
+
+# Refresh the icon cache if gtk-update-icon-cache is available. Harmless if
+# not — launchers that read SVGs directly will pick it up regardless.
+if command -v gtk-update-icon-cache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  gtk-update-icon-cache -f -q "$HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor" 2>/dev/null || true
 fi

-# Get monitor list from Hyprland as JSON. The -j flag outputs structured
-# JSON data which we parse with jq to extract monitor names (e.g. HDMI-A-1,
-# DP-1, eDP-1). mpvpaper needs the exact monitor name to know where to
-# render the wallpaper.
-MON_JSON="$(hyprctl monitors -j 2>/dev/null || true)"
-if [ -z "$MON_JSON" ]; then
-  zen_err "Could not get monitor info from hyprctl."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  zen_err "jq is not installed. Please install jq and try again."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-MONITORS="$(printf '%s\n' "$MON_JSON" | jq -r '.[].name')"
-if [ -z "$MONITORS" ]; then
-  zen_err "No monitors detected."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-MON_COUNT="$(printf '%s\n' "$MONITORS" | wc -l)"
-
-# If there's only one monitor, use it automatically. If there are multiple
-# monitors, show a selection dialog so the user can pick which one gets
-# the video wallpaper.
-SELECTED_MON=""
-if [ "$MON_COUNT" -eq 1 ]; then
-  SELECTED_MON="$MONITORS"
-else
-  # Build a list for Zenity
-  MON_LIST=$(printf '%s\n' "$MONITORS" | awk '{print NR, $1}')
-  SELECTED_MON=$(echo "$MON_LIST" | zenity --list \
-    --title="$APP_NAME - Select monitor" \
-    --column="ID" --column="Monitor" \
-    --height=300 \
-    --print-column=2)
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${SELECTED_MON:-}" ]; then
-  # User cancelled
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Open a file picker dialog for the user to choose their video wallpaper.
-# Filters to common video formats. If the user clicks Cancel, exit cleanly.
-if ! command -v zenity >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  zen_err "Zenity is not installed but is required for file selection."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-VIDEO="$(zenity --file-selection \
-  --title="$APP_NAME - Choose motion wallpaper video" \
-  --file-filter="Video files | *.mp4 *.mkv *.webm *.mov *.avi")" || exit 0
-
-if [ -z "$VIDEO" ]; then
-  # User cancelled
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f "$VIDEO" ]; then
-  zen_err "Selected file does not exist:\n$VIDEO"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# 2e) Stop existing wallpaper daemons so mpvpaper is visible
-# Omarchy runs hyprpaper (and sometimes swaybg) which render on the same
-# background layer as mpvpaper. They must be stopped or mpvpaper will be
-# hidden behind them.
-pkill -x hyprpaper 2>/dev/null || true
-pkill -x swaybg 2>/dev/null || true
-sleep 0.3
-
-# Start mpvpaper with optimised playback settings:
-#   --loop:            Loop the video forever (it's a wallpaper, not a movie)
-#   --no-audio:        Don't play audio (you don't want wallpaper sounds)
-#   --vo=gpu:          Use GPU-accelerated rendering for minimal CPU usage
-#   --profile=high-quality: Use mpv's high quality rendering profile
-#   --keep-open=yes:   Keep the window open when video reaches end (before loop)
-#
-# nohup + & runs it in the background detached from the terminal, so
-# closing the terminal won't kill the wallpaper.
-nohup mpvpaper -o "--loop --no-audio --vo=gpu --profile=high-quality --keep-open=yes" \
-  "$SELECTED_MON" "$VIDEO" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-
-zen_info "Motion wallpaper started on $SELECTED_MON."
-EOF
-
-chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle"
-
-# Create a .desktop entry so "Motion Wallpaper" appears in app launchers
-# (Walker, Elephant, etc.). This follows the freedesktop.org Desktop Entry
-# spec. The Categories and Keywords fields help the launcher index it
-# properly so users can find it by searching "wallpaper", "video", etc.
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/applications"
-
-cat << EOF > "$HOME/.local/share/applications/motion-wallpaper-toggle.desktop"
+cat > "$HOME/.local/share/applications/motion-wallpaper-toggle.desktop" <<EOF
 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
 Type=Application
 Name=Motion Wallpaper
-Comment=Toggle animated video wallpaper on/off
+Comment=Toggle animated video wallpaper on/off (TUI)
 Exec=$HOME/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle
-Icon=preferences-desktop-wallpaper
-Terminal=false
+Icon=motion-wallpaper
+Terminal=true
 Categories=Utility;Settings;DesktopSettings;
 Keywords=wallpaper;video;animated;background;
 EOF

+# Poke the desktop database so launchers re-index immediately.
+if command -v update-desktop-database >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  update-desktop-database -q "$HOME/.local/share/applications" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+install -D -m 644 "$UNIT_SRC" "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/motion-wallpaper.service"
+systemctl --user daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+# Walker's data provider (Elephant) caches the desktop index in memory. Nudge
+# it so the new entry + icon show up without the user having to log out.
+if systemctl --user --quiet is-active elephant.service 2>/dev/null; then
+  systemctl --user restart elephant.service || true
+fi
+
+# ----- done --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 echo
 echo "=== Install complete ==="
 echo
-echo "✓ Motion Wallpaper has been added to your application menu"
-echo "  Search for 'Motion Wallpaper' in your app launcher"
+echo "✓ motion-wallpaper-toggle installed to ~/.local/bin/"
+echo "✓ 'Motion Wallpaper' added to your application menu"
+echo "✓ systemd unit installed (not enabled)"
+echo

-# Check if ~/.local/bin is in PATH — if it's not, the user won't be able
-# to run "motion-wallpaper-toggle" directly from the terminal. The .desktop
-# entry uses the full path so the app launcher will always work regardless.
 if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/.local/bin:"* ]]; then
-  echo
-  echo "⚠️  NOTE: ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH."
-  echo "Add this to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:"
-  echo
-  echo "  export PATH=\"\$HOME/.local/bin:\$PATH\""
-  echo
-  echo "Then reload your shell with: source ~/.bashrc"
-  echo
-  echo "For now, run with full path:"
-  echo "  ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle"
-else
-  echo
-  echo "Run this to toggle motion wallpaper on/off:"
-  echo
-  echo "  motion-wallpaper-toggle"
+  cat <<'MSG'
+⚠️  ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH. Add to your shell rc:
+
+    export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+
+MSG
 fi

-echo
-echo "Optional Hyprland keybind (add to ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf):"
-echo
-echo "  NOTE: SUPER+W is already bound to 'Close window' in Omarchy."
-echo "  Use a different keybind to avoid conflicts, for example:"
-echo
-echo "  bind = SUPER ALT, W, exec, ~/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle"
-echo
+cat <<EOF
+Usage:
+  motion-wallpaper-toggle           # interactive (toggle / change video)
+  motion-wallpaper-toggle status    # print current state
+  motion-wallpaper-toggle stop      # stop and restore normal wallpaper
+
+Tip: drop videos in ~/Videos/Wallpapers/ for quick-pick access.
+
+Optional Hyprland keybind (avoid SUPER+W — that's Close window in Omarchy):
+  bind = SUPER ALT, W, exec, \$HOME/.local/bin/motion-wallpaper-toggle
+
+Persist across logins via systemd:
+  systemctl --user enable --now motion-wallpaper.service
+
+Logs: ~/.cache/motion-wallpaper.log
+EOF