additional work to setup hyprland

hyprland/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua

@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ hl.config({
 })
 
 hl.curve("linear", { type = "bezier", points = { { 0, 0 }, { 1, 1 } } })
-hl.animation({ leaf = "borderangle", enabled = true, speed = 50, bezier = "linear", style = "loop" })
+-- borderangle disabled: the old "loop" style animated continuously, forcing
+-- constant redraws and spiking idle CPU usage even with VFR enabled.
+hl.animation({ leaf = "borderangle", enabled = false, speed = 50, bezier = "linear", style = "loop" })
 hl.animation({ leaf = "workspaces", enabled = true, speed = 0.5, bezier = "default" })
 hl.animation({ leaf = "windows", enabled = false })
 hl.animation({ leaf = "fade", enabled = false })
@@ -83,9 +85,23 @@ hl.config({
 --   new_is_master = true
 -- }
 
+-- CPU/power efficiency. See https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Variables/#misc
 hl.config({
   misc = {
     force_default_wallpaper = 0, -- Set to 0 or 1 to disable the anime mascot wallpapers
     middle_click_paste = false,
+    -- Don't wake/re-render just because the cursor crossed a monitor edge.
+    mouse_move_focuses_monitor = false,
+    -- Skip drawing the Hyprland logo in the corner of empty workspaces.
+    disable_hyprland_logo = true,
+  },
+})
+
+-- Variable framerate: only redraw when the scene actually changes instead of
+-- running at a fixed rate. This is the single biggest idle-CPU saver; it is
+-- true by default, but set explicitly (note it lives under `debug:`).
+hl.config({
+  debug = {
+    vfr = true,
   },
 })