https://github.com/jtsiomb/xlivebg

Live wallpapers for the X window system
https://github.com/jtsiomb/xlivebg

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Live wallpapers for the X window system

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jtsiomb/xlivebg
• Owner: jtsiomb
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-09-07T18:13:37.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-29T10:55:36.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-01T04:31:01.919Z (5 months ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage: http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/sw/xlivebg
• Size: 426 KB
• Stars: 80
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

        
xlivebg - live wallpapers for the X window system

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![logo](http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/sw/xlivebg/xlivebg_logo2_sm.png)

About

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xlivebg is a live wallpaper framework, and collection of live wallpapers, for

the X window system. xlivebg is independent of window managers and desktop

environments, and should work with any of them, or even with no window manager

at all.

Live wallpapers are a way to have an animated desktop background, instead of a

simple static image. They are essentially programs which use OpenGL to display

an animated moving image in place of the traditional wallpaper.

Live wallpapers are written as plugins for xlivebg. All X11-specific

initialization, OpenGL context creation, and root window management are

performend by xlivebg; the live wallpaper plugins need only provide a `draw`

function, which is called by xlivebg at (approximately) fixed intervals.

For further information, build instructions, configuration and setup, and a

guide for writing live wallpapers, refer to the manual:

http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/sw/xlivebg/manual

Also available under the `doc` directory in the source tree.

  - Project website: http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/sw/xlivebg

  - Source code repository: https://github.com/jtsiomb/xlivebg

  - Latest release (1.0): http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/sw/xlivebg/releases/xlivebg-1.0.tar.gz

License

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Copyright (C) 2019-2021 John Tsiombikas 

This program is free software, feel free to use, modify and/or redistribute it

under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, or at your option

any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. See COPYING for

details.

Contact

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For bug reports, head over to the github issues page:

https://github.com/jtsiomb/xlivebg/issues

For xlivebg-related discussion, support questions, development, bug reports,

feature requests, and patches, feel free to join the xlivebg mailing list:

  - Subscribe: [email protected]

  - Post: [email protected]

Mailing list rules: no large attachments, no html emails, no top-posting. Send

only plain text emails,	hard-wrapped at 72 columns. Replies should quote only

the relevant part of the previous message, and respond immediately under it

For anything else, feel free to contact me at: [email protected]. Only

plain-text emails, hard-wrapped at 72-columns will be accepted.

FAQ

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1. Q: I'm running xlivebg and nothing happens. I'm still seeing the previous

      desktop wallpaper, a black screen, or a corrupted/broken screen.

   A: Try passing the `-n` option to xlivebg. This forces xlivebg to create its

      own "desktop" window, instead of trying to draw on the root or virtual

      root window.