Have you seen this one "chbg" http://www.idata.sk/~ondrej/chbg/download.html
it will cycle through directories of images with varying fade in effects etc. just thought you might be interested :) cheers Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > This is trying to give something back to the Debian community which has > already helped me a great deal. It's a small Bash script which allows you to > easily switch backgrounds (root window/desktop). It's obviously for > non-experts such as myself. It works, but if there's suggestions from the > pros, I'd welcome it readily. > > xloadimage has to be loaded > > 1. I place all my images in /usr/local/pics (any directory will do). > 2. I have a menu item which does a ls to an xmessage of the pics so I know > what's there. > 3. I then use "sbg pic(substitute name)" to switch backgrounds. The jpg can > obviously be changed as well. > > Jonathan > > Here's the code for the Bash script named sbg: > > #! /bin/sh > > # Set root window background > # Accepts file name as input > file=$1 > xsetbg /usr/local/pics/$1.jpg > clear > > There's another, equally sipme one for colors named sbgc: > > #!/bin/sh > > # Sets root window background color > # Accepts color as string > color=$1 > xsetroot -solid $1 > clear > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
