iB::Topic::set wallpaper

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Tips and Tricks » set wallpaper

		Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
		Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic

Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Topic: set wallpaper

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

jpeters

Group: Members
Posts: 804
Joined: April 2006

Posted: Dec. 02 2007,16:45

Quote (mikshaw @ Dec. 01 2007,15:25)

I wonder why you need to copy the file?
This single line should do as well as the two you have:
xsri --scale-width=100 --scale-height=100 $1

In any case, that's a handy tip. thanks

I believe the --scale-width=100 --scale-height=100 options are assigned by default.

Edit: after trying it, it seems you need it!

BTW/ very cool! Thanks (now here's an excellent use for icons /drag & drop...(put the script in the wallpaper folder and its only one desktop icon))

humpty

Group: Members
Posts: 655
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: Dec. 02 2007,18:43

Quote (roberts @ Dec. 02 2007,08:56)

So using this scheme every window manager has the same wallpaper?

well, every window manager that has the xsri command in the .inc file will load it at X startup.
infact, thinking about it, it's probably best if the .inc file just call set_wallpaper instead of the xsri command.

anyway, i have combined set_wallpaper and reload_wallpaper into one script;
/home/dsl/.dfmdesk/wallpaper/set_wallpaper

Code Sample

#!/bin/bash

#set_wallpaper <file>

#copy the wallpaper to a file called 'default' inside the desktop wallpaper folder and load it.
#if no <file> is given, just reload 'default'

if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
cp $1 /home/dsl/.dfmdesk/wallpaper/default
fi
xsri --scale-width=100 --scale-height=100 /home/dsl/.dfmdesk/wallpaper/default

just double click set_wallpaper to reload it.

jpeters

Group: Members
Posts: 804
Joined: April 2006

Posted: Dec. 03 2007,04:19

I'm having lots of fun with this script

http://jpeters.net/apps/screenshot.png

roberts

Group: Members
Posts: 4983
Joined: Oct. 2003

Posted: Dec. 03 2007,07:10

Nice. Seeing various wallpapers, reminds me of the difficulty that I have with my vision and aterm's transparency. While transparency is a cool feature it can, for me, be difficult to read when overlayed on some backgrounds. The transparency can be easily turned off by changing the .Xdefaults file in your home directory.

Aterm*transparent: false