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Bug#777743: ITP: wallpaperd -- X wallpaper changing daemon



* Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org> [2015-02-12 12:23:29-0600]
> Dmitry Bogatov dijo [Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:43:17AM +0300]:
> >  - why is this package useful/relevant?
> >
> > It follows unix way and manages wallpapers without connection to
> > your DE, WM or anything.
> > (...)
> > if there are other packages providing similar functionality, how does it compare?
> >
> > Such functionality exists in GNOME and KDE, at least. But I know nothing similar
> > for bare WM.
>
> I guess I do this the ugliest possible way, but my .xsession has:
>
> BGDIR=/home/gwolf/.backgrounds
> while /bin/true
> do
>     feh --bg-max $BGDIR/$(xscreensaver-getimage-file $BGDIR)
>     sleep 60
> done &

Yes, it is more. Like per-workspace wallpapers and random change every X seconds.

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Best regards, Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>,
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