xkcd-wall is a python script for Windows 7 that changes your wallpaper to a random xkcd comic daily.

Credits

The xkcd API uses the xkcd library by Kostis "gtklocker" Karantias licensed under the MIT license.

Wallpaper code is by AKM.

Installing

xkcd-wall is a script for Windows only tested under Windows 7.

• Install Python 2.7+
• Install PIL for your Python version.
• Install pywin32
• The xkcd library is included in this repository, so you won't have to install it.
• Create a directory and clone the source code there. For me that was "C:\Users\dionyziz\Documents\xkcd-wall".
• Open the Windows Task Scheduler. In the Start menu type "Task Scheduler"
• Create a new task with the following settings:
  • Run only when user is logged in
  • Triggers: Daily
  • Actions: Start program
  • Program/script: "C:\python27\python.exe" (or your version of Python; include quotation marks)
  • Arguments: "C:\Users\dionyziz\Documents\xkcd-wall\xkcd-wall-2.py" (full path to your location of the script file; include quotation marks)
  • Start in: C:\Users\dionyziz\Documents\xkcd-wall (full path to your location of the script directory without quotes)
  • Stop the task if it runs longer than 1 hour

You can test that it works by selecting the task, right clicking and picking "Run". Alternatively, you can import Wallpaper.xml from the repository into the Windows Task Scheduler and modify the settings accordingly.

License

xkcd-wall is licensed under the MIT license. See the file LICENSE for more information.