vtnerd
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3 years ago Some changes I thought of:
- The current block notification will change entirely - the screen is "cleared" and each tx in a block will be displayed in bech32 "slot machine" style that stops eventually showing all tx hashes (but in bech32). The display time will be configurable. If another block arrives, the additional txes are added to the display until the timeout is reached between blocks. The different encoding (bech32) is to differentiate from the previous screen, so it simultaneously notifies of a new block since the display characters and animation differ.
- Add dbus signal support to display notifications over the background, including the progress meter. This allows anything to be displayed and allows filtering out notifications (my use case, IRC notifications).
--dbus path[,text_color=green[,box_color=white]]. Perhaps markup could be scanned but this is more complicated. - Some option for block info still?
Sending signals in python is pretty easy, so this can be useful for marketing/demo purposes where info is rotated on-screen with the background continually showing monero tx+block information discretely. The primary purpose of this app was for conferences.
Re-watched ending and cinematic version of display was slightly different. Switching to that motif because it has more visuals/animation, including the auto-moving cursor, etc.