[sway] build script to enable auto-changing wallpapers

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.config/sway/bin/wallpaper.sh b/.config/sway/bin/wallpaper.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/.config/sway/bin/wallpaper.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+WALLPAPER_PATH="$HOME/Images/Wallpaper"
+INTERVAL=600
+
+while getopts 'p::t::' OPTION; do
+  case "$OPTION" in
+    p)
+      WALLPAPER_PATH="$OPTARG"
+      ;;
+    t)
+      INTERVAL="$OPTARG"
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      echo "Usage: {$0} [--path=] [--time=]"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+RUNNING_PID=-1
+while true; do
+  # run swaybg
+  RANDOM_NUMBER=$(shuf -i 1-10 -n 1)
+  if [ $RANDOM_NUMBER -le 2 ]; then
+    swaybg -i "$(find "$WALLPAPER_PATH" -type f | shuf -n1)" -m fill &
+  else
+    swaybg -i "$(find "$WALLPAPER_PATH" -type f -not -path "*/hyper-pokemon/*" | shuf -n1)" -m fill &
+  fi
+
+  # get pid of new spawned instance
+  NEW_PID=$!
+
+  # wait until new instance of swaybg has booted up properly
+  sleep 5
+
+  # kill the previous process
+  # the new swaybg process takes its place automatically
+  kill $RUNNING_PID
+
+  # set pid for next iteration
+  RUNNING_PID=$NEW_PID
+
+  # wait $INTERVAL seconds
+  sleep $INTERVAL
+done