Todo Wallpaper

A utility that keeps the to-do list on desktop background. File watcher in go and the image generator written in pyhon.

How to use?

Option: 1

• Download the latest release and install it.!

• You will get a TODO shortcut on your desktop. Start adding to your list...

Option: 2

• Clone the repo

• Build the source to get binary executable.

go-winres simply --icon icon.png --manifest gui
go build -ldflags="-H windowsgui"

• Download Nuget python package and keep it under py directory in the same location and install required packages

python.exe -m pip install Pillow

If you don't like to use Nuget package, you need to change the location of python binary in main.go file build it accordingly.

• Create a shortcut of todo-app.exe in startup folder.

• Create shortcut of todo.txt on the desktop for easy access.

Whenever the todo.txt file is changed the wallpaper will be updated.

TODO:

• Ability for user to position the todo list
• Random wallpaper from Bing image/similar source
• Use user's current wallpaper by default
• Pick contrasting color with respect to the wallpaper