Moving wallpapers.

[emmanuel1]

Hi all, are there any applications for GhostBSD like Linux's Komorebi to have moving wallpapers on a desktop?

[ericbsd]

I never looked for that before, maybe, if not it probably worth looking to port something like this.

[nevets]

Hi, I decided to use a simple script to rotate the wallpapers (backgound).
Placed referenced images in "Picture" folder along with the script.xml
In MATE > Appearance > Backgounds "add" to point to the xml file (swap to 'all file types' to see xml in the dialogue).

the xml file routine (edit in pluma):
<background>
<starttime>
<year>2020</year>
<month>07</month>
<day>13</day>
<hour>00</hour>
<minute>00</minute>
<second>00</second>
</starttime>
<!-- This animation will start at midnight. -->
<static>
<duration>60.0</duration>
<file>/home/me/Pictures/picture-1.png</file>
</static>
<transition>
<duration>0.1</duration>
<from>/home/me/Pictures/picture-1.png</from>
<to>/home/me/Pictures/picture-2.jpg</to>
</transition>
<static>
<duration>60.0</duration>
<file>/home/me/Pictures/picture-2.jpg</file>
</static>
<transition>
<duration>0.1</duration>
<from>/home/me/Pictures/picture-2.jpg</from>
<to>/home/me/Pictures/picture-1.png</to>
</transition>
</background>


Just slide in this element before the final <to> line to add new.jpg images:
<to>/home/me/Pictures/new.jpg</to>
</transition>
<static>
<duration>60.0</duration>
<file>/home/me/Pictures/new.jpg</file>
</static>
<transition>
<duration>0.1</duration>
<from>/home/me/Pictures/new.jpg</from>

The duration of an image and transition to the next image is in seconds.

Steve