XBmpWall (xbmpwall)

X11 bitmap (.xbm) file manager for xsetroot.

It shows a bitmap preview and allows you to place it as a wallpaper.

• Inspired by: https://github.com/dkeg/bitmap-walls.git

• Generates a script in ~/.xbmpwall.sh to place the wallpaper at the beginning of your session with all the information required by xsetroot

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Build

• Requirements:

  • C11, POSIX.1-2008
  • libX11
  • libXaw (X11 Athena Widget library)
  • autotools (*)
  • xsetroot
  • sh

• Process:

  • autoreconf -fi (*)

  • debug:

      $ ./configure CFLAGS="-O2 -g -Wall -Wextra" CPPFLAGS="-DDEBUG" && make

  • release:

      $ ./configure CFLAGS="-O3" CPPFLAGS="-DNDEBUG" && make

(*) Only if you build from GIT.

Note: Please, if you want to help find bugs, compile in Debug mode.

User manual

Recommended to download the bitmaps collection from: https://github.com/dkeg/bitmap-walls.git

• Open xbmpwall indicating the file or files of bitmaps (* .xbm), for example:

$ xbmpwall $(pwd)/arches.xbm $(pwd)/balls.xbm

$ xbmpwall ~/bitmap-walls/{patterns/*.xbm,bw-bgnd/*.xbm}

Note: the path to the file must be absolute

• Each time you select a bitmap or a color(background or foreground), xsetroot is executed to place the wallpaper.

• To change between the color selection:

  • press ⌨️ key Space to change selection mode:foreground color or background color then

  • if cursor of mouse is ⬆️ the selection mode is: foreground color

  • if cursor of mouse is ⬇️ the selection mode is: background color

When the program finishes, the file ~/.xbmpwall.sh will be saved automatically with the indications for xsetroot. This script in 'sh' has the executable attribute.

X11 resources

For example, you can modify some properties in ~/.Xresources:

XBmpWall*font: -*-terminus-bold-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
XBmpWall*.background: #ECE9D8
XBmpWall*foreground: red

FAQ

• What is a background color?

  Corresponds to the white color of the XBM file format.

• What is a foreground color?

  Corresponds to the black color of the XBM file format.