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michijo

11-30-2011 08:13 PM

rotating background image script

has this been covered anywhere: rotating background image script? I want to rotate Pieter Bruegel the Elder paintings of peasants! But I use Xmonad as my window manager. Interested in script that doesn't need Gconf.

I am going to try to write one. I have: a command is repeated on a timer, such as here:

http://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...t-command.html

The command is a command to select a wallpaper.

wmsetbg -t ~/backgrounds/massacre.jpg

"wmsetbg" does not have an option to select a random wallpaper. Does anyone know a way to get a random wallpaper set?

Thanks!

T3slider

11-30-2011 08:19 PM

If you have fluxbox installed you can use fbsetbg, which has the -r option for setting a random wallpaper from a specified directory.

michijo

11-30-2011 10:05 PM

it worked!

Okay thanks for that tip. It works now and is switching well!

Code:

#!/bin/bash



while :

 

 do



  fbsetbg -t -r /home/michijo/backgrounds 



  sleep 30



 done

D1ver

12-01-2011 05:58 AM

I use the following to randomly set backgrounds on log in, or added to crontab to run every 2 hours

Code:

#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0.0

WALLPAPERS="/home/neil/Pictures/wallpapers/"

ALIST=( `ls -w1 /home/neil/Pictures/wallpapers` )

RANGE=${#ALIST[@]}

let "number = $RANDOM"

let LASTNUM="`cat $WALLPAPERS/.last` + $number"

let "number = $LASTNUM % $RANGE"

echo $number > $WALLPAPERS/.last



feh --bg-scale $WALLPAPERS/${ALIST[$number]}

Pinched the script from the Debian openbox wiki

michijo

12-01-2011 11:46 PM

scripts

The script I made does just the thing though: it rotates slowly through Bruegel paintings. This is a fantastic way to view artwork on the sly, by presaving paintings I like then adding them to the gallery. Already since doing this, I have been analyzing Bruegel paintings and noticing little minute details I never noticed before.

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