i3-wpd

Simple wallpaper daemon for i3. Supports multiple screens and custom image per workspace.

Depends

i3 window manager - https://i3wm.org
feh image viewer swiss army knife - https://github.com/derf/feh

Optional

The i3msg.py script included in this repository is adapted from
i3msg-python - https://github.com/Ceryn/i3msg-python

Install

1. Put the files somewhere.
2. [optional] If you have i3msg-python and would like to use the upstream source you may discard i3msg.py. Be advised the upstream source will not run on Python 3.

Usage

Bash it:

./i3wpd.py directory filetype

If directory doesn't exist i3wpd will attempt to load images from the calling directory.

To see more options execute

./i3wpd.py

Here's a screenshot of the default setup showing workspace 2 and 7:

Configure

Make a directory with images named like the desktops. For applicable formats see man feh(1).
By default, i3 workspaces are named 1, 2, 3 ... 10. Consult your i3/config.

FYI

The daemon will die silently if i3 is terminated or reloaded.
Included in this repository are NASA/JAXA images of the solar system. Try

./i3wpd.py "--bg-fill --bg black" solar .jpg

Issues

• Respawn is not implemented.
• Launching from i3/config is untested. (WFM)
• I actually don't know Python.
• Probably other stuff too.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome.

Licensing

MIT
© jomiq 2018 / no rights reserved