97-109-107 / tiler

A script for picking and setting a (tiled) wallpaper from your collection and then coloring it over and over.

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A script for picking and setting a (tiled) wallpaper from your collection and then coloring it over and over.

Allows for custom color tinting or grabbing colors from Xresources.

Prerequisites

Define and environment variable pointing to your wallpaper tiles.

export TILER_DIR=~/Pictures/meta-tiles

Make sure you have installed

• sxiv
• gcolor3
• yawa

Python libraries:

• argh

Usage

tiler pick

Opens sxiv, select the image to be used as wallpaper and mark it with 'm', exit with 'q'. Sets the wallpaper.

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tiler tint

Opens gcolor3, pick the color to be used to tint the wall and exit normally. Sets the wallpaper.

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tiler random

Queries your .Xresources and grabs color 0, 5, foreground or background randomly to tint the image. Sets the wallpaper.

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tiler apply

Sets the wallpaper with the last used settings. Settings are persisted in ~/.tiler to live across reboots.

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