README.md

ℹ️ I have Rewrote in this project in rust with better error handling and more features at 🚀 Woopaper 🤩

chinguRandomWallpaper

🤣 blazing fast and simple/extensible, script to set the wallpaper 🌄

origin of the name

chingu means friend in korean

Features

• uses dmenu to show options
  • set random wallpaper
  • favorite wallpapers for easier access
  • fuzy search through wallpapers
  • open current wallpaper in image viewer
  • open current wallpaper in file manager
  • trash the current wallpaper
• the main feature is to only wallpaper that are larger than a certain dimension
• can also set the wallpaper in gnome

Usage

can use a program such as xbindkeys or sxhkd(simple x hot keydaemon) to run this script E.g for sxhkd.

alt + w
"~/Documents/chinguRandomWallpaper/randomWallpaper.sh"

alt + shift + w
"~/Documents/chinguRandomWallpaper/randomWallpaper.sh random"

wallpaper at boot

to have the wallpaper be set after booting add {path to script}/randomWallpaper.sh reapply to your .xinitrc

Installation

1. clone or download the files

   $ git clone https://github.com/Rdkang/chinguRandomWallpaper.git

2. run the file called randomWallpaper.sh

   $ ./randomWallpaper.sh

3. thats it! :)

Configuration

edit the config.sh file

Requirements

• any linux distro
• xwallpaper
• imagemagick
• fd
• rofi or dmenu
• trash-cli (optional)

Alternatives

I have now realised can use feh, but miss out on one feature from this program. in this program can specify the minium size of a picture

To Do

• check to see if dmenu installed or rofi
• be able to use the fuzzy through dmenu