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justakiwi

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Registered: 2007-02-03

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Automatic random wallpaper selection

Is this possible? Any xfce feature/applet etc that will randomly choose a different wallpaper from my wallpaper collection, at each log on?

SimonJ

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Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

You could do this with a small script. Probably doesn't even warrant an applet.

Oops, sorry.  :oops:

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Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

Err. you can create a wallpaper list :?

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justakiwi

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Registered: 2007-02-03

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Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

You could do this with a small script. Probably doesn't even warrant an applet.

Oops, sorry.  :oops:

What are you sorry for?  :?

Re the script - would you mind giving me some idea of how to do this? I've done VERY basic batch files in Windows but haven't done any in Linux as yet.

justakiwi

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Registered: 2007-02-03

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Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

Err. you can create a wallpaper list :?

And will that automatically choose the next image in the list at each login or what?

imitis

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Registered: 2007-01-26

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Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

Err. you can create a wallpaper list :?

And will that automatically choose the next image in the list at each login or what?

YES

justakiwi

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Registered: 2007-02-03

Posts: 49

Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

Err. you can create a wallpaper list :?

And will that automatically choose the next image in the list at each login or what?

YES

Thanks!

Pindakoe

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From: NL

Registered: 2003-11-26

Posts: 116

Re: Automatic random wallpaper selection

I have for years used a script (that re-scanned a set of directories each time and build a Wallpaperlist, which xfdesktop then picked a random picture from; it is needed to rescan as you sometimes remove pictures). Can post it here if wanted. In the end I found it lacking and switched to an other old tool: chbg. This also has transition effects.

Both this approach and the wallpaperlist suffer from one minor issue: you cannot locate the current picture in your collection.