autowallp

Different wallpapers on each workspace/Virtual Desktop on Gnome A automatic wallpaper changer for gnome-shell depending on the workspace the user is in.

It allows u 2 use different wallpapers on each workspace/Virtual Desktop on Gnome.

Used it on Gnome 44

Requirements :

Gnome Desktop : gsettings (You should have it installed if gnome itself is installed)

Instructions :

oneliner install:

curl -fsSl https://rexackermann.github.io/autowallpsetup | bash

Clone dirrectory Change to it Give permission if necessary Run ./install.sh

Or run this code block : install.sh

Changing Wallpapers

Just drop your wallpapers in the ~/.config/autowallp folder And rename it accordingly

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Requirements :
• Instructions :
• Changing Wallpapers
• Documentation
• Code
  • autowallp
  • wallch
  • install.sh

Documentation

It looks for wallpapers and videos in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/autowallp/ directory and fallback to “$HOME”/.config/autowallp

The names of the wallpapers are like : wall-<light-or-dark><workspace-number-starting-from-0>

Example: To set dark mode wallpaper on workspace 3 : The wallpaper name would be wall-dark2 Example: To set light mode wallpaper on workspace 3 : The wallpaper name would be wall-light2

You can use videos as well : vid<workspace-number-starting-from-0>

Example: To set video wallpaper on workspace 3 : The video name would be vid2

Note: If video exist wallpaper would be overridden.

Code

autowallp

workspace_number="$(xdotool get_desktop)"

set_autowallp () {
    workspace_number="$(xdotool get_desktop)"
    pkill xwinwrap ; pkill xwinwrap ; gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}/"autowallp/wall-light"$workspace_number"
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}"/autowallp/wall-dark"$workspace_number"
    [[ -f "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}/"autowallp/vid"$workspace_number" ]] && xwinwrap -d -fs -fdt -ni -b -nf -un -o 1.0 -debug -- mpv --no-config -wid WID --loop-playlist --no-audio "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}"/autowallp/vid"$workspace_number"
}

set_autowallp

while true; do
    if [ "$(xdotool get_desktop)" != "$workspace_number" ] ; then
        set_autowallp
        echo "done"
    fi

    sleep 0.2
done

wallch

Help()
{
    echo "Simply run : wallch <Wallpaper_Path>"
    echo "Example :"
    echo "wallch ~/Downloads/picture.jpg"
    echo ""
    echo ""
    echo "To manually change wallpaper Use Command :"
    echo ""
    echo "wallch -m <Workspace_Identity:dark/light_number> <Wallpaper_Path>"
    echo ""
    echo "Example :"
    echo ""
    echo "wallch -m dark0 ~/Downloads/picture.jpg"
    echo ""
    echo ""
}


# Help



while getopts ":mh" option;
    do
        case $option in
            h) show help
               help
               exit;;
            m) #Work With Current Workspace
                cd ~ || exit
                #echo "$HOME"

                workspacenumber=${2}
                wallpaperpath=${3}

                wallpapernewpath="$HOME"/.config/autowallp/wall-"$workspacenumber"

                mv -fv "$wallpapernewpath" "$wallpapernewpath.bak"
                cp -rfvp "$wallpaperpath" "$wallpapernewpath"

                echo ""
                echo -e "Previous Wallpaper is Stored as $wallpapernewpath.bak"
                exit;;
            *) echo "Something is wrong ?"
        esac
    done

cd ~ || exit
#echo "$HOME"

workspacenumber=$(xdotool get_desktop)
theme=$([[ $(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme) =~ 'dark' ]] && echo dark || echo light)
echo "$theme"
wallpaperpath=${1}

wallpapernewpath="""$HOME"/.config/autowallp/wall-"$theme""$workspacenumber"

echo "$wallpaperpath"
echo "$wallpapernewpath"

mv -fv "$wallpapernewpath" "$wallpapernewpath.bak"
cp -rfvp "$wallpaperpath" "$wallpapernewpath"

echo ""
echo -e "Previous Wallpaper is Stored as $wallpapernewpath.bak"

install.sh

git clone https://github.com/rexackermann/autowallp.git
cd autowallp
sudo cp -rfv ./autowallp/autowallp /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp -rfv ./autowallp/wallch /usr/local/bin/
cp -rfv ./autowallp "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}/"
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/autowallp
mkdir ~/.config/autostart/
cp -rfv autowallp.desktop ~/.config/autostart/