wallpaper

[Alexander Toresson]

On Nov 7, 2007 7:15 PM, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Luo Hei wrote:
> >
> > Stephan Arts escribió:
>  >>
> >> Start a cron-job which periodically calls xfdesktop --reload.
>  >
> > Can be done also with an script included in autostarted apps. The big
> > problem with this solution is that when you log out, the script or the
> > cron job still keep trying to run xfdesktop.
> > So, I also join the petition of native multiple wallpaper support.
>
> Petition?  Heh.  File an enhancement request on Bugzilla.  If I think it
> fits, it'll go in.  If not, it won't.  If someone wants to work up a
> patch (against svn trunk, not 4.4.x), the chances of it getting in go up.
>
>         -brian
>
> P.S. Here's a script you can run from autorun that will terminate on its
> own when your session exits:
>
> ----- cut here -----
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> my $timeout = 30;  # minutes
>
> use Gtk2;
> use strict;
>
> Gtk2->init;
>
> while(1) {
>      sleep($timeout * 60);
>      system("xfdesktop --reload");
> }
> ----- cut here -----
>
> It's a little heavy-weight for what it does, but it'll work.
> (Obviously, it requires gtk2-perl to be installed.)
>
> (For the curious: Gtk2->init asks gtk to make a connection to your X
> display.  When your X display goes away, gtk will automatically
> terminate the application.)
>
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You could also just test for whether xfdesktop is running or not in
the cron job before trying to run xfdesktop --reload.

Regards, Alexander Toresson