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Marco Allegretti
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Rewrite the main project docs to present SHIFT as the product and Plasma Mobile as the upstream base. Keep compatibility-sensitive runtime identifiers such as org.kde.plasma.mobileshell and ~/.config/plasma-mobile explicit in the hacking guide instead of treating them as product identity.
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# Shift
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Shift is a fork of KDE Plasma Mobile focused on convergence.
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When you connect a monitor, keyboard, or mouse, the same shell should still
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work as a desktop-style environment. No second OS, no separate session.
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## What's different from upstream
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The upstream `plasma-mobile` repo provides the phone experience: homescreens,
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a swipe-based navigation panel, an action drawer, and a status bar. All of
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that still works. Shift adds a **convergence mode** layer on top — toggled
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via `plasmamobilerc` — that swaps in desktop-oriented behaviour without
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replacing the phone UI underneath.
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Compatibility-sensitive runtime identifiers such as
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`org.kde.plasma.mobileshell` remain upstream-looking for now. The product is
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SHIFT; the preserved identifiers are part of the current compatibility layer.
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Key changes so far:
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- **Unified dock** replacing the navigation panel in convergence mode,
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with running-app indicators, favourites, context menus, and hover
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tooltips.
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- **App drawer** opening as a centered popup instead of a full-screen
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swipe.
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- **Window management** — edge tiling, screen-edge maximize, close
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buttons, task context menus, Overview integration.
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- **Status bar** gains a system tray, date display, and hover highlights.
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- **Screen space reservation** for the dock via a layer-shell exclusive
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zone, so maximized windows don't overlap it.
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- **Desktop niceties** — right-click wallpaper settings, minimize-all on
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home press, clickable page indicators, action drawer toggle on click.
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- **Thumbnail previews** on dock icon hover via PipeWire screencasting.
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- **Pin to dock** — right-click a running app to pin it to favourites;
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pinned apps get a "Remove from Dock" action.
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## Upstream base
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Forked from `plasma-mobile` at KDE's Plasma 6 branch. Upstream commits
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(translations, silent fixes) are preserved in the early history.
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