On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Greg Woodbury <[email protected]> wrote: > I've written a bash script to turn a directory, directory tree, or > list of files into an XML file suitable for use with the "Desktop > Background" gallery construct in GNOME. > > I could not find one @GNOME.org or freedesktop.org, so I wrote one for > myself based on the "Cosmos" gallery definition and some experimenting. > > I haven't yet found what program or library is handling the decoding > of this XML file (nor what draws the desktop background actually) so I > can't be sure that I fully handle all the DTD options. Any pointers on > where to find the specification(s) are appreciated. > > I've been running it under GNOME 3.4.2 for a couple of weeks now and > it seems solid enough. Some of the other options that I suspect should > be available in the DTD/XML (such as "scale" vs. "stretch" etcetera) can > be set via dconf-editor or GNOME Control Center. > > It has been quite a while since I've done much programming, and this > is the first thing I'm throwing into the Gentoo Project and GNOME > waters. (Be gentle in your criticisms please.) > > The script is to be found at: > > http://wolves.homeip.net:9000/~ggw/BkgMake.sh > > There is a fairly detailed -h option, and it is commented throughout. > > TODO: add an option to automatically "shuffle" the image file list > before writing the output. write a man page and texinfo file. make a > real Gentoo package for the thing. > > Have at it people. > > -- > Gregory "Wolfe" Woodbury > [email protected] >
Hi, I believe this is something not directly related to Gentoo (or Gentoo developers) so this list might no be appropriate to reach the audience you want. You can probably send a similar email to [email protected] or publish your script to github/gitorious/$foo or http://gnome-look.org/. Then we can even write an ebuild for it if people find it useful. -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
