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Wallpapers Configuration

gh0stzk edited this page Apr 9, 2023 · 2 revisions

In my configuration, each theme has its own wallpapers and a random one is loaded every time you enter or change a theme. For each theme, you can add or remove wallpapers just by adding or deleting your wallpapers in HOME/.config/bspwm/rices/Theme name/walls/. That directory contains the image files that will serve as wallpapers.

The application that is used is FEH

Supported file types include almost all, jpeg, png, webp, tiff, bmp, and animated gifs are supported, but only the first frame will be displayed.

The wallpapers are in webp format because I don't want the repository to be too heavy. I Added the packages libwebp and webp-pixbuf-loader to the dependencies in order for your file browser (in my case thunar) to be able to display the thumbnails. However, you can add more wallpapers in the format you want "jpg, png etc..."

I don't want the random wallpaper feature.

If you don't want this feature and want to set your own wallpaper for all themes, you need to edit the bspwmrc file located in HOME/.config/bspwm/

Comment or delete line 127 and add your own.

With Feh: feh --no-fehbg --bg-fill PATH/TO/IMAGE

With Nitrogen nitrogen --restore &

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