Creating a new script or program is always a good idea as program 'a' may not have all of, or more than, the features you need or want. However I can understand your reserve about submitting to Ubuntu brainstorming.
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 09:24 -0600, Kenneth Adam Miller wrote: > thankssss :):) > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > That's OK -- better to have good ideas repeated than have them > languish because they were never brought up for fear of > duplicates :) > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 01:47:00AM -0600, Kenneth Adam Miller > wrote: > > hmm does it do the same thing? crap. i didn't know about > that > > and i already posted stuff on the brainstorming channel. > i wish i knew > > about that. > > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Shaun Marolf > <[1][email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Try sudo apt-get install wallpaper-tray > > On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 00:41 -0600, Kenneth Adam Miller > wrote: > > > I think it would be cool to have like a small button > on the upper > > > panel so that i can make it iterate again more > immediately. you know > > > what I'm saying? like I could just click that button > and it would > > > switch to the next desktop? > > > > > > cool idea huh. :) let me know what you think > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Kenneth Adam Miller > > > > > <[2][email protected]> wrote: > > > * * * * ever wanted ubuntu to have that nice ability > to change > > > * * * * wallpapers every now and then? I wrote a > script just for that > > > * * * * and I'm going to tell you about it so that > you can make it do > > > * * * * exactly what you want too! > > > * * * * it's easy. just place a command to ubuntu > start up the script > > > * * * * to start up the wallpapers.sh script in the > background. > > > * * * * Ubuntu's script that you can edit that's > executed every time > > > * * * * you log in is ~/.profile > > > * * * * (I've tried using ~/.bash_profile and i > haven't been able to > > > * * * * get it to execute. if you find that you can > make an > > > * * * * alternative to ~/.profile like > ~/.bash_profile or something > > > * * * * and get it to execute on start up, let me > know.) > > > > > > * * * * anyway, save the script that I have included > and place this in > > > * * * * the ~/.profile > > > > > > * * * * if [ -f <locationofscript>/wallpaper.sh ]; > > > * * * * then > > > * * * * <location of script>/wallpaper.sh -t TIME -s > SETTING > > > * * * * LOCATIONSWHERETOLOADWALLPAPERS & > > > * * * * fi > > > > > > * * * * this will check to make sure that the file > wallpaper.sh > > > * * * * exists, and then it will execute it in the > background. you can > > > * * * * add as many locations as you want, make sure > to quote them > > > * * * * correctly. if you don't specify TIME it will > default to 300. > > > * * * * TIME is the argument that tells the script > how many seconds to > > > * * * * wait between changing wallpapers. so 300 > means 5 mins of > > > * * * * course. To quickly check that it works use -t > 1 so that it > > > * * * * changes every second. > > > > > > * * * * the -s option is for setting. it is applied > in the command > > > * * * * that sets the current picture that it's on > within the > > > * * * * folder(s) you specified to be the desktop > background. There > > > * * * * are 4 options: > > > * * * * stretched, centered, scaled, and wallpaper. > to understand > > > * * * * this, just go to set your background using > the usual themes > > > * * * * gui and look at the bottom left. you'll see a > little drop bar > > > * * * * with these four options. that's what they > have to do with. be > > > * * * * sure and SPELL THE SETTING RIGHT when you > enter the command or > > > * * * * it will fail. > > > > > > * * * * Any time you need to add a wallpaper to the > lineup, just drop > > > * * * * it into one of the directories that you > specified in the > > > * * * * ~/.profile and it will be used next time you > run the > > > * * * * wallpapers.sh script. you will need to kill > the current > > > * * * * running script in order to make the > wallpaper.sh script load > > > * * * * correctly. > > > > > > * * * * A good option to pass it > is /usr/share/backgrounds > > > * * * * and /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos, which is > the location of > > > * * * * the default backgrounds provided with ubuntu. > it's really > > > * * * * easy, i don't think you could mess this one > up. just make sure > > > * * * * you get the quoting right; > > > * * * * wallpaper.sh "location1" "location2" ... on > and on :) > > > > > > * * * * remember this about the script and where you > specify your > > > * * * * wallpapers as the argument to it; > > > * * * * THE PICTURES MUST BE ABLE TO FIT THE SETTING > YOU SPECIFY so > > > * * * * that when it is applied to the desktop, it > looks right. so > > > * * * * keep all of the > > > > > > * * * * Let me know if you have any trouble, i will > try and do what i > > > * * * * can to help you. :) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed > to the Linux > > Users Group. > > > > To post a message, send email to > [3][email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > > [4][email protected] > > > For more options, visit our group at > > > [5]http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the Linux Users > > Group. > > > To post a message, send email to > [6][email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > > [7][email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > > > [8]http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > 2. mailto:[email protected] > > 3. mailto:[email protected] > > 4. mailto:[email protected] > > 5. http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > 6. mailto:[email protected] > > 7. mailto:[email protected] > > 8. http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Linux Users Group. > > To post a message, send email to > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
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