raushankumar27 / desk-changer

Gnome-Shell wallpaper changing extension with multiple profile support

desk-changer

Gnome-Shell wallpaper slideshow extension with multiple profile support. The extension allows you to switch profiles on the fly without reloading the daemon.

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Requirements

• gnome-shell 3.8 or higher

Install

Just simply copy the [email protected] folder to your ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder or the system /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ folder.

$ cp -r [email protected]/ ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

or

# cp -r [email protected]/ /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

Then restart gnome-shell and enable the extension. Once it is enabled, you can use the extension to start the daemon with the built in toggle switch.

General Information

Daemon

The daemon is now part of the extension itself and has no command line interface. The only interface available to the daemon now is the DBus interface

DBUS Interface

Name: org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.DeskChanger.Daemon

Path: /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/DeskChanger/Daemon

Methods

• LoadProfile(String profile) - Loads the specified profile
• Next() - Moves to the next wallpaper, returns the uri
• Prev() - Moves to the previous wallpaper, returns the uri
• Start() - Starts the daemon
• Stop() - Stops the daemon

Properties

• history - Read only array of history
• queue - Read only array of the queue
• lockscreen - writable boolean value if the lockscreen is active

Signals

• changed - Emitted when the wallpaper is changed, uri to wallpaper file
• error - Not implemented
• preview - Emitted when a new preview is available, uri to preview file

dconf-editor

To view the settings in dconf-editor, just use the GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR= environment variable to open dconf-editor with the extensions schema available to the editor.

$ GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ dconf-editor`

Then navigate to org.gnome.shell.extensions.desk-changer and you will see all of the available settings for the extension and daemon.