DWALL (dynamic wallpaper) & Mabox colors [conky, menu, etc].
For the past year I have been using Archcraft i3 regularly with dwall.
I am investigating if it is possible to make a combination with dwall and that also changes the color, like e.g. conky, etc.
MOTIVATION:
Why do I want to use dwall, and not just random backgrounds with mbwallpaper.
With dwall, specific images are displayed at a specific time of day. Playing with light on the desktop, syncing with the time of the day.
QUEST :
When I run dwall script the background changes and the colors of the menu and conky change as it should. Seems ok. But.
However that is probably the default setting. Because when I run dwall again, the background changes as it should, but the colors of the menu and conky remain the same. And it stays that way. No matter which dwall theme I use.
Until I use e.g. nitrogen from terminal to change background. Or use menu/mbwallpaper script.
Then it works as it should. All components color along.
I have looked at mbwallpaper script.
What I understand is that there also nitrogen or feh is used to change the background.
In the original dwall script, feh is used.
Nitrogen in my modified version.
QUESTION:
Can I address nitrogen/feh from the dwall script so that the other components,
like conky, also color with it.
While I have the idea that both scripts, in terms of nitrogen command, do the same thing.
SCRIPTS :
Dwall on github
Orginal script dwall
#!/usr/bin/env bash
## Author : Aditya Shakya (adi1090x)
## Mail : adi1090x@gmail.com
## Github : @adi1090x
## Twitter : @adi1090x
## Dynamic Wallpaper : Set wallpapers according to current time.
## Created to work better with job schedulers (cron)
## ANSI Colors (FG & BG)
RED="$(printf '\033[31m')" GREEN="$(printf '\033[32m')" ORANGE="$(printf '\033[33m')" BLUE="$(printf '\033[34m')"
MAGENTA="$(printf '\033[35m')" CYAN="$(printf '\033[36m')" WHITE="$(printf '\033[37m')" BLACK="$(printf '\033[30m')"
REDBG="$(printf '\033[41m')" GREENBG="$(printf '\033[42m')" ORANGEBG="$(printf '\033[43m')" BLUEBG="$(printf '\033[44m')"
MAGENTABG="$(printf '\033[45m')" CYANBG="$(printf '\033[46m')" WHITEBG="$(printf '\033[47m')" BLACKBG="$(printf '\033[40m')"
## Wallpaper directory
DIR="/usr/share/dynamic-wallpaper/images"
HOUR=`date +%k`
## Wordsplit in ZSH
set -o shwordsplit 2>/dev/null
## Reset terminal colors
reset_color() {
tput sgr0 # reset attributes
tput op # reset color
return
}
## Script Termination
exit_on_signal_SIGINT() {
{ printf "${RED}\n\n%s\n\n" "[!] Program Interrupted." 2>&1; reset_color; }
exit 0
}
exit_on_signal_SIGTERM() {
{ printf "${RED}\n\n%s\n\n" "[!] Program Terminated." 2>&1; reset_color; }
exit 0
}
trap exit_on_signal_SIGINT SIGINT
trap exit_on_signal_SIGTERM SIGTERM
## Prerequisite
Prerequisite() {
dependencies=(feh xrandr crontab)
for dependency in "${dependencies[@]}"; do
type -p "$dependency" &>/dev/null || {
echo -e ${RED}"[!] ERROR: Could not find ${GREEN}'${dependency}'${RED}, is it installed?" >&2
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
}
done
}
## Usage
usage() {
clear
cat <<- EOF
${RED}╺┳┓╻ ╻┏┓╻┏━┓┏┳┓╻┏━╸ ${GREEN}╻ ╻┏━┓╻ ╻ ┏━┓┏━┓┏━┓┏━╸┏━┓
${RED} ┃┃┗┳┛┃┗┫┣━┫┃┃┃┃┃ ${GREEN}┃╻┃┣━┫┃ ┃ ┣━┛┣━┫┣━┛┣╸ ┣┳┛
${RED}╺┻┛ ╹ ╹ ╹╹ ╹╹ ╹╹┗━╸ ${GREEN}┗┻┛╹ ╹┗━╸┗━╸╹ ╹ ╹╹ ┗━╸╹┗╸${WHITE}
Dwall V2.0 : Set wallpapers according to current time.
Developed By : Aditya Shakya (@adi1090x)
Usage : `basename $0` [-h] [-p] [-s style]
Options:
-h Show this help message
-p Use pywal to set wallpaper
-s Name of the style to apply
EOF
styles=(`ls $DIR`)
printf ${GREEN}"Available styles: "
printf -- ${ORANGE}'%s ' "${styles[@]}"
printf -- '\n\n'${WHITE}
cat <<- EOF
Examples:
`basename $0` -s beach Set wallpaper from 'beach' style
`basename $0` -p -s sahara Set wallpaper from 'sahara' style using pywal
EOF
}
## Set wallpaper in kde
set_kde() {
qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript "
var allDesktops = desktops();
print (allDesktops);
for (i=0;i<allDesktops.length;i++) {
d = allDesktops[i];
d.wallpaperPlugin = 'org.kde.image';
d.currentConfigGroup = Array('Wallpaper',
'org.kde.image',
'General');
d.writeConfig('Image', 'file://"$1"')
}"
}
## Set wallpaper in cinnamon
set_cinnamon() {
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///$1"
}
## For XFCE only
if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux"* ]]; then
SCREEN="$(xrandr --listactivemonitors | awk -F ' ' 'END {print $1}' | tr -d \:)"
MONITOR="$(xrandr --listactivemonitors | awk -F ' ' 'END {print $2}' | tr -d \*+)"
fi
## Choose wallpaper setter
case "$OSTYPE" in
linux*)
if [ -n "$SWAYSOCK" ]; then
SETTER="eval ogurictl output '*' --image"
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(MATE|Mate|mate)$ ]]; then
SETTER="gsettings set org.mate.background picture-filename"
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(Xfce Session|xfce session|XFCE|xfce|Xubuntu|xubuntu)$ ]]; then
SETTER="xfconf-query --channel xfce4-desktop --property /backdrop/screen$SCREEN/monitor$MONITOR/workspace0/last-image --set"
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(LXDE|Lxde|lxde)$ ]]; then
SETTER="pcmanfm --set-wallpaper"
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(cinnamon|Cinnamon)$ ]]; then
SETTER=set_cinnamon
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(/usr/share/xsessions/plasma|NEON|Neon|neon|PLASMA|Plasma|plasma|KDE|Kde|kde)$ ]]; then
SETTER=set_kde
elif [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(PANTHEON|Pantheon|pantheon|GNOME|Gnome|gnome|Gnome-xorg|gnome-xorg|UBUNTU|Ubuntu|ubuntu|DEEPIN|Deepin|deepin|POP|Pop|pop)$ ]]; then
SETTER="gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri"
else
SETTER="feh --bg-fill"
fi
;;
esac
## Get Image
get_img() {
image="$DIR/$STYLE/$1"
# get image format
if [[ -f "${image}.png" ]]; then
FORMAT="png"
elif [[ -f "${image}.jpg" ]]; then
FORMAT="jpg"
else
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Invalid image file, Exiting..."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
}
## Set wallpaper with pywal
pywal_set() {
get_img "$1"
if [[ -x `command -v wal` ]]; then
wal -i "$image.$FORMAT"
else
echo -e ${RED}"[!] pywal is not installed on your system, exiting..."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
}
## Wallpaper Setter
set_wallpaper() {
cfile="$HOME/.cache/dwall_current"
get_img "$1"
# set wallpaper with setter
if [[ -n "$FORMAT" ]]; then
$SETTER "$image.$FORMAT"
fi
# make/update dwall cache file
if [[ ! -f "$cfile" ]]; then
touch "$cfile"
echo "$image.$FORMAT" > "$cfile"
else
echo "$image.$FORMAT" > "$cfile"
fi
}
## Check valid style
check_style() {
styles=(`ls $DIR`)
for i in "${styles[@]}"; do
if [[ "$i" == "$1" ]]; then
echo -e ${BLUE}"[*] Using style : ${MAGENTA}$1"
VALID='YES'
{ reset_color; break; }
else
continue
fi
done
if [[ -z "$VALID" ]]; then
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Invalid style name : ${GREEN}$1${RED}, exiting..."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
}
## Main
main() {
# get current hour
num=$(($HOUR/1))
# set wallpaper accordingly
if [[ -n "$PYWAL" ]]; then
{ pywal_set "$num"; reset_color; exit 0; }
else
{ set_wallpaper "$num"; reset_color; exit 0; }
fi
}
## Get Options
while getopts ":s:hp" opt; do
case ${opt} in
p)
PYWAL=true
;;
s)
STYLE=$OPTARG
;;
h)
{ usage; reset_color; exit 0; }
;;
\?)
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Unknown option, run ${GREEN}`basename $0` -h"
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
;;
:)
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Invalid:$G -$OPTARG$R requires an argument."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
;;
esac
done
## Run
Prerequisite
if [[ "$STYLE" ]]; then
check_style "$STYLE"
main
else
{ usage; reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
My adaptation for mabox :::
dwall-mabox.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
## Author : Aditya Shakya (adi1090x)
## Mail : adi1090x@gmail.com
## Github : @adi1090x
## Twitter : @adi1090x
## Dynamic Wallpaper : Set wallpapers according to current time.
## Created to work better with job schedulers (cron)
## ANSI Colors (FG & BG)
RED="$(printf '\033[31m')" GREEN="$(printf '\033[32m')" ORANGE="$(printf '\033[33m')" BLUE="$(printf '\033[34m')"
MAGENTA="$(printf '\033[35m')" CYAN="$(printf '\033[36m')" WHITE="$(printf '\033[37m')" BLACK="$(printf '\033[30m')"
REDBG="$(printf '\033[41m')" GREENBG="$(printf '\033[42m')" ORANGEBG="$(printf '\033[43m')" BLUEBG="$(printf '\033[44m')"
MAGENTABG="$(printf '\033[45m')" CYANBG="$(printf '\033[46m')" WHITEBG="$(printf '\033[47m')" BLACKBG="$(printf '\033[40m')"
## Wallpaper directory
DIR="`pwd`/images"
HOUR=`date +%k`
## Wordsplit in ZSH
set -o shwordsplit 2>/dev/null
## Reset terminal colors
reset_color() {
tput sgr0 # reset attributes
tput op # reset color
return
}
## Script Termination
exit_on_signal_SIGINT() {
{ printf "${RED}\n\n%s\n\n" "[!] Program Interrupted." 2>&1; reset_color; }
exit 0
}
exit_on_signal_SIGTERM() {
{ printf "${RED}\n\n%s\n\n" "[!] Program Terminated." 2>&1; reset_color; }
exit 0
}
trap exit_on_signal_SIGINT SIGINT
trap exit_on_signal_SIGTERM SIGTERM
## Prerequisite
Prerequisite() {
dependencies=(feh nitrogen xrandr crontab)
for dependency in "${dependencies[@]}"; do
type -p "$dependency" &>/dev/null || {
echo -e ${RED}"[!] ERROR: Could not find ${GREEN}'${dependency}'${RED}, is it installed?" >&2
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
}
done
}
## Choose wallpaper setter
case "$OSTYPE" in
linux*)
if [[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" =~ ^(OPENBOX|Openbox|openbox)$ ]]; then
SETTER="nitrogen --set-auto --save"
else
SETTER="feh --bg-fill"
fi
;;
esac
## Get Image
get_img() {
image="$DIR/$STYLE/$1"
# get image format
if [[ -f "${image}.png" ]]; then
FORMAT="png"
elif [[ -f "${image}.jpg" ]]; then
FORMAT="jpg"
else
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Invalid image file, Exiting..."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
}
## Wallpaper Setter
set_wallpaper() {
cfile="$HOME/.cache/dwall_current"
get_img "$1"
# set wallpaper with setter
if [[ -n "$FORMAT" ]]; then
$SETTER "$image.$FORMAT"
fi
# make/update dwall cache file
if [[ ! -f "$cfile" ]]; then
touch "$cfile"
echo "$image.$FORMAT" > "$cfile"
else**While I have the idea that both scripts, in terms of nitrogen command, do the same thing.**
echo "$image.$FORMAT" > "$cfile"
fi
}
## Check valid style
check_style() {
styles=(`ls $DIR`)
for i in "${styles[@]}"; do
if [[ "$i" == "$1" ]]; then
echo -e ${BLUE}"[*] Using style : ${MAGENTA}$1"
VALID='YES'
{ reset_color; break; }
else
continue
fi
done
if [[ -z "$VALID" ]]; then
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Invalid style name : ${GREEN}$1${RED}, exiting..."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
}
## Main**While I have the idea that both scripts, in terms of nitrogen command, do the same thing.**
main() {
# get current hour
num=$(($HOUR/1))
# set wallpaper accordingly
if [[ -n "$PYWAL" ]]; then
{ pywal_set "$num"; reset_color; exit 0; }
else
{ set_wallpaper "$num"; reset_color; exit 0; }
fi
}
## Get Options
while getopts ":s:h" opt; do
case ${opt} in
s)
STYLE=$OPTARG
;;
h)
{ usage; reset_color; exit 0; }
;;
\?)
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Unknown option, run ${GREEN}`basename $0` -h"
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
;;
:)
echo -e ${RED}"[!] Invalid:$G -$OPTARG$R requires an argument."
{ reset_color; exit 1; }
;;
esac
done
## Run
Prerequisite
if [[ "$STYLE" ]]; then
check_style "$STYLE"
main
else
{ usage; reset_color; exit 1; }
fi
- added dependency nitrogen
- SETTER = nitrogen
- SETTER = feh
Script tinker.
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