An orchestrator using xwinwrap and mpv to launch animated/gif desktop wallpapers
For fun.
$ animwall
Ok, fine it's not that simple.
You'll need a conf file, located at XDG_CONFIG_HOME/animwall.conf to properly
run the script. The script will create an example file in the proper format for
you on first run if you do not already have a conf file.
The format of the file is as follows:
/path/to/wallpaper:WxH+X+Y
The path and monitor geometry are separated by a :. Each pair will be parsed
by the script as a configuration and it will output the animated wallpaper
found at path to the monitor geometry described by WxH+X+Y. The monitor
geometry syntax is enforced by xwinwrap.
Multiple configurations can be specified in the same file, separated by some
whitespace. A whitespace inside of a configuration section will not be parsed
correctly!
By default, animwall runs with nice 19 making it the lowest priority to
reduce resource usage. If you find mpv is not fast enough at nice 19, you can
edit the script to lower this number. It may increase CPU usage.
This script is dumb. It will not auto stop when a window covers the wallpaper
or anything fancy like that.
GPLv2
The GPLv2 License
Copyright (C) 2019 Peter Kenji Yamanaka
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.