walpp

A rewrite of MOST of pywal's functionality using QT. Only works on Linux at the moment..

Motivation

Due to Arch Linux's fast-moving rolling updates nature, I found it a bit tiring to re-install Pywal with every new Python version. Managing venvs is quite a bit daunting and a little too much effort for me.

The versatility provided by a single executable, IMO, provides a leg up from managing different Python modules. This is (of course) undermined by the fact that support for additional backends has to be built from the ground up.

Vision

• Implement some if not all of pywal's supported backends available to walpp. I like haishoku.
• Add imagemagick as a code dependency as opposed to a process/command.
• Better match the colors generated by pywal's, wal backend. Currently the is a color delta of approximately 3.5 between walpp and pywal.
• Test, package and release executables, if needed.
• Support Windows & MacOS.

Building

Prerequisites

• CMake ≥ 3.x
• Ninja build system
• A C++ compiler (GCC, Clang, etc.)

1. Configure the project

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G Ninja -S . -B ./build

2. Build the target

cmake --build ./build --target walpp

To speed up compilation, increase the parallelism flag -j to match your CPU core count, e.g. -j 4.

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Tip: If Ninja is not on your PATH, point CMake to it explicitly:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/path/to/ninja -G Ninja -S . -B ./build