add about page

.gitattributes

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+*.mp4 filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

src/config/Head.astro

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import "@styles/global.css";
 import "@fontsource-variable/rubik";
+import "@fontsource-variable/rubik/wght-italic.css";
 
 interface Props {
   title: string;

src/config/io/helpers.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export function groupRoutes(routes: RouteData[]): GroupedRoutes {
   const defaultValue = {
     tutorials: {
       configuration: [
+        { name: "About", type: "about" },
         { name: "Intro", type: "intro" },
         { name: "Positioning", type: "positioning" },
         { name: "QML Overview", type: "qml-overview" },
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export function groupRoutes(routes: RouteData[]): GroupedRoutes {
     if (!acc.tutorials) {
       acc.tutorials = {
         configuration: [
+          { name: "About", type: "about" },
           { name: "Intro", type: "intro" },
           { name: "Positioning", type: "positioning" },
           { name: "QML Overview", type: "qml-overview" },

src/pages/docs/configuration/about.mdx

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+---
+layout: "@layouts/ConfigLayout.astro"
+title: "About Quickshell"
+---
+import { Icon } from "astro-icon/components";
+
+# About Quickshell
+Quickshell is a framework for building various desktop components, such as *status bars,
+docks, panels, and overlays*, collectively known as the desktop shell.
+
+With Quickshell, you can create a desktop shell that is entirely your own.
+It can look and feel however you want, to the extent of your ability to
+use the [QML](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qmlreference.html) language.
+
+We provide a set of [easy to use libraries](/docs/types) for interacting with your
+operating system, and *instant config reloading* so you can see your changes in real time,
+as shown below.
+
+<video width="100%" preload="metadata" controls>
+  <source src="/assets/simple-shell-livereload.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>
+</video>
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Quickshell is still in a somewhat early stage of development.
+> There will be breaking changes before 1.0, however a migration guide will be provided.
+
+# Feature Overview
+Quickshell, QtQuick and the QML language provide the following notable features:
+- Full customization. You are not limited to a predetermined set of modules.
+- Full hot reloading. Your changes will be visible instantly on save.
+- A fully reactive language, which means as properties change, all usages
+  will be re-evaluated. Manual signal usage can be largely avoided.
+- Full support for animations, which can be entirely custom.
+- Support for GLSL shaders. (further ease of use integrations are in progress)
+- Support for third party QML modules.
+
+Quickshell provides operating system integrations for the following features:
+- Panel windows (docks, status bars, desktop backgrounds, overlays)
+  - Wayland compositors require the `zwlr_layer_shell_v1` protocol.
+  - Many X11 window managers implement struts incorrectly,
+    causing anchors and exclusive zone not to work as intended.
+- Lock screens
+  - Wayland compositors require the `ext_session_lock_v1` protocol.
+  - Currently unsupported on X11.
+- Popup windows
+  - Unsupported on lockscreens.
+  - Clicking outside a popup to dismiss only works under [Hyprland](https://hyprland.org).
+- Floating / Normal windows
+- Display manager / Login screen (via Greetd)
+- Management of other application windows (taskbar)
+  - Wayland compositors require the `zwlr_foreign_toplevel_management` protocol.
+  - Currently unsupported on X11.
+- System Tray (StatusNotifierItem only, no XEmbed)
+- Notification Daemon / Server
+- Audio Controls (via PipeWire)
+- Media Controls (MPRIS compatible players)
+- Battery / power status (via upower)
+
+The following features are planned, but are not yet implemented:
+- Bluetooth controls
+- Ability to take a screenshot without using an external tool
+- Embedded previews of other windows
+- Hot reloading of GLSL shaders
+- Bundling an optimized version of a configuration as an executable
+- Larger set of builtin controls