[plug] live desktop wallpaper

[Bill Kenworthy]

KISS:

watch -n 300 "GET http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR123.gif >
IDR123.gif;composite -geometry "100x175%" IDR123.gif
abell1689_hstacs_full.jpg BG.jpg; gconftool-2 -s
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
/home/wdk/galeon/abell1689_hstacs_full.jpg -t string;gconftool-2 -s
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /home/wdk/galeon/BG.jpg -t
string"

on one line!

Found I had to set the BG to something else before the update would
take, couldnt find a refresh command.  Takes a base image, inserts the
latest retrieved radar image, and writes to the active wallpaper name,
then refreshes it.

BillK


On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 10:30, Chris Caston wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 06:59, Mark Saxon wrote:
> > William Kenworthy wrote:
> > 
> > >Saw an WinXP desktop yesterday that had a copy of the perth weather
> > >radar map embedded as the wallpaper, being updated live.