desktop-lyric

GNOME Shell extension to show the singing lyric on the desktop.

很多歌消失了。 —— 汪曾祺 《徙》

Installation

Manual

The latest and supported version should only work on the current stable version of GNOME Shell.

git clone https://github.com/tuberry/desktop-lyric.git && cd desktop-lyric
meson setup build && meson install -C build
# meson setup build -Dtarget=system && meson install -C build # system-wide, default --prefix=/usr/local

For older versions, it's recommended to install via:

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell \
          --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.InstallRemoteExtension 'desktop-lyric@tuberry'

It's quite the same as installing from:

E.G.O

Notes

• High CPU usage;
• Draw at an even pace so that exact synchronization with the song is not guaranteed;

Contributions

Feel free to open an issue in the repo for any questions or ideas, particularly before making significant changes or introducing new features.

Translations

To initialize or update the po file from sources:

bash ./cli/update-po.sh (your_lang_code) # like `./cli/update-po.sh zh_CN`, default to $LANG

Developments

To install GJS TypeScript type definitions:

npm install @girs/gnome-shell --save-dev

Acknowledgements

• lyrics-finder: online lyrics
• osdlyrics: some names