The project is now TNCat, after HEIDENHAIN's TNC controls. Binary, QML module
URI, settings path, bundle id and .desktop entry follow; the environment
switches are TNCAT_*.
Entertainment: a curled steel chip skitters in every minute or two, the cat
runs it down and bats it away a few times before sitting back looking pleased.
Mood changes flash the matching machine code above its head, G00 for a sprint,
G01 for a stroll, M08 while it washes, G28 for a stretch, M30 for a nap.
Window handling was split into two layouts. X11 and macOS keep one small window
per object, positioned by the app. Wayland gets a screen-filling overlay whose
input region is masked down to the cat, since a Wayland client cannot place its
own window. Overlay mode is automatic there and available elsewhere via
TNCAT_OVERLAY=1.
Also adds a ground-line setting so the cat can walk above a softkey row.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reworks the example into a pure desktop-pet: the cat wanders, sits, grooms,
stretches, dashes and naps, reacts to petting and dragging, and follows the
cursor with its eyes. The window-scanning and Accessibility code is gone.
The cat is drawn from rounded primitives plus Shape paths in a fixed 100x90
design space, so it scales cleanly to any size.
Linux/X11 is the primary target: the tray is optional, Wayland gets a warning,
and WORKCAT_X11_BYPASS / WORKCAT_OPAQUE cover uncooperative window managers.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
