My solution for this was to tag images in F-spot, then run a script to create symlinks to images with the relevant tag, and use Desktop Drapes to manage the actual wallpaper switching thang.
Todd On Feb 8, 2008 2:33 AM, David Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm making the switch from Mac to Ubuntu and one of the few features > I miss is the ability to automatically set my desktop background image > to a random picture from my iPhoto library. Does something like this > already exist for F-Spot, or how would you recommend I go ahead and > build it? > > I see you use SQLite under the hood; would the easiest/recommended way > be to just create a Cron script that: > > 1) Opens that database > 2) Picks a random "favorite" image > 3) Updates the desktop background > 4) Exits > > Or, is this something better done as an extension? > > Thanks for the great tool, and I'm curious how I can help! > > -david _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
