{"id":2330,"date":"2012-06-30T18:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T18:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2012-06-30T18:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T18:04:45","slug":"the-custom-wallpaper-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"The Custom Wallpaper Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning: This page details a shell script that I’ve produced for my own amusement; it isn’t a product. It hasn’t been tested in lots of environments, and it will take some hacking to get it to work for you. If you’re looking for something to use, move along; if you’re looking for ideas to improve a\u00a0real<\/strong> wallpaper setting program, you might want to read on.<\/em><\/p>\n

So elsewhere<\/a> I’ve admitted to driving a stake through the heart of GNOME’s wallpaper plugin to allow my own wallpaper script to work. Well, I could hardly do that and not announce it could I? So here goes :-<\/p>\n

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  1. It doesn’t actually set the wallpaper; it lets\u00a0hsetroot<\/a><\/em> do that.<\/li>\n
  2. It requires a parameter to determine which directory to choose – i.e.\u00a0~\/lib\/backgrounds\/one<\/em>,\u00a0~\/lib\/backgrounds\/two<\/em>, etc.<\/li>\n
  3. It uses\u00a0xrandr<\/em> to pick out the “regions” of the default screen.<\/li>\n
  4. It puts portrait images on my portrait monitor, and landscape images on my landscape monitor by overlaying them onto an overall image the size of both monitors added together.<\/li>\n
  5. It waits a set duration, and then repeats.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you’re still interested in getting a copy it’s available at http:\/\/zonky.org\/src\/set-random-background<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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