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On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Greg Woodbury <redwolfe@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've written a bash script to turn a directory, directory tree, or |
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> list of files into an XML file suitable for use with the "Desktop |
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> Background" gallery construct in GNOME. |
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> I could not find one @GNOME.org or freedesktop.org, so I wrote one for |
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> myself based on the "Cosmos" gallery definition and some experimenting. |
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> I haven't yet found what program or library is handling the decoding |
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> of this XML file (nor what draws the desktop background actually) so I |
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> can't be sure that I fully handle all the DTD options. Any pointers on |
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> where to find the specification(s) are appreciated. |
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> I've been running it under GNOME 3.4.2 for a couple of weeks now and |
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> it seems solid enough. Some of the other options that I suspect should |
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> be available in the DTD/XML (such as "scale" vs. "stretch" etcetera) can |
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> be set via dconf-editor or GNOME Control Center. |
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> It has been quite a while since I've done much programming, and this |
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> is the first thing I'm throwing into the Gentoo Project and GNOME |
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> waters. (Be gentle in your criticisms please.) |
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> The script is to be found at: |
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> http://wolves.homeip.net:9000/~ggw/BkgMake.sh |
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> There is a fairly detailed -h option, and it is commented throughout. |
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> TODO: add an option to automatically "shuffle" the image file list |
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> before writing the output. write a man page and texinfo file. make a |
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> real Gentoo package for the thing. |
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> Have at it people. |
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> -- |
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> Gregory "Wolfe" Woodbury |
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> redwolfe@×××××.com |
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Hi, |
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I believe this is something not directly related to Gentoo (or Gentoo |
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developers) so this list might no be appropriate |
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to reach the audience you want. You can probably send a similar email |
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to gentoo-user@l.g.o or |
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publish your script to github/gitorious/$foo or |
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http://gnome-look.org/. Then we can even write an ebuild for it if |
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people find it useful. |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |
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