ksetwallpaper
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Set Plasma 5 wallpaper from command line
KDE set wallpaper script
Usage
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--file, -f FILE
Wallpaper absolute path
--plugin PLUGIN, -p PLUGIN
Wallpaper plugin (default is org.kde.image)
--dir DIR, -d DIR
Absolute path of folder containging your wallpapers for slideshow
--timer TIMER, -t TIMER
Time in seconds between wallpapers
--lock-screen, -l Set lock screen wallpaper
- Set one wallpaper on all monitors
python3 ksetwallpaper.py --file filename
- Start random slideshow from images folder with updating time of 30 minutes
python3 ksetwallpaper.py -d ' /folder/with/Wallpapers' -p org.kde.image -t 1800
Note on lock screen wallpaper
This script cannot (at least for now) change lock screen wallpaper plugin
It reads and updates the Image
property of the specified plugin that should be manually enabled in:
System settings > Workspace Behaivor > Screen Locking > Appearance > Configure
A list of wallpapers plugins known to have the Image property are:
Name | ID |
---|---|
Image (default) | org.kde.image |
Inactive Blur | com.github.zren.inactiveblur Static mode |
Bugs
Plasma does not update the image of the same file name when it is replaced
wallpaper-reddit integration:
This assumes that you've copied ksetwallpaper.py to your $PATH and chmod +x'd it
Apply this patch to wallpaper.py
(located in /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wpreddit/
)
License
GPL v3