Programmatically changing wallpaper

[Zenwalker]

You can make a script of the command xfdesktop --reload and run it every
interval of time as per your needs. I know its not the best solution.

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:55 PM, brian <brian at meadows.pair.com> wrote:

> On 05/29/2012 11:42 AM, hha4491 wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >> Anyone have any ideas?
> > I'm using German, therefore I'm not sure to have the correct English
> > expressions:
> > Under Preferences->Desktop->Background you can activate Picture List.
> > The standar picture list is /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops. I think you
> > can link it to the folder where your wife's pictures are.
>
> Thanks Hartmut. Yes, I'd got that far, but doing as you suggest just
> seems to pick a random picture each time the desktop is started. Pat
> wants them to change randomly every few minutes. That's what appears
> to be missing in XFCE. I'll take a look in the folder you say and see
> whether there's anything there which suggests I can chance the current
> picture programmatically.
>
>
> Brian.
>
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