Wallpaper For setting the backdrop by Thomas Leonard BRIEF This program can be used to set the background image for your pinboard, if you are using ROX-Filer 1.3.1 or later to manage it. Use an older version of Wallpaper to set the background with older versions of the filer. Note that ROX-Filer already allows you to set an image or plain colour for the backdrop. Wallpaper lets you do more interesting things... INSTRUCTIONS Click on the Wallpaper application to run it. There are two modes of operation: Random: You supply a selection of images and one is chosen at random. Advanced: You supply a command which generates an image. In either case, a new image is set each time you log in or reselect the current pinboard. You can also set the backdrop to change again at set intervals. RANDOM MODE Use the three buttons to open the directories where the images are kept. You can copy or symlink images into these directories. When picking a random image, Wallpaper will choose one of these files and display it. Set the 'Change every' time to zero if only want a new backdrop at login time, or choose how often you want the backdrop changed instead. Click on the 'Activate Random mode' button to set the backdrop now and in the future. ADVANCED MODE Using the second tab, you can set the backdrop by using a command to generate the image. The example command runs the 'xearth' program to generate a view of the Earth at the current moment in time. The XEarth application must be installed for this to work. See the xearth(1) manpage for a list of additional options to use. GETTING RID OF WALLPAPER To stop Wallpaper managing the pinboard backdrop, choose 'Backdrop...' from ROX-Filer's pinboard menu and click on Clear (or set an image). CONDITIONS This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Please report any bugs to me, <tal197@users.sourceforge.net>
