NAME
bsetbg - utility to manipulate the appearance of the X11 desktop’s root
window.
SYNOPSIS
bsetbg [options] image
DESCRIPTION
bsetbg is intended to provide a standard method for the Blackbox window
manager to alter the background of the root window (although it will
work with any other window manager as well). bsetbg acts as a wrapper
both to bsetroot and to a flexible variety of third-party applications
that it uses when handling images files.
OPTIONS
-f, -full image
image is stretched to fill the entire desktop.
-t, -tile image
image is tiled on the desktop.
-c, -center image
image is centered on the desktop.
-e, -exec program options fallback-arg image
This option tells bsetbg to run a separate command by executing
program with options, where options are arguments to program.
If a fallback-arg is supplied (-full, -tile, or -center as
described above), bsetbg will assume that the last argument is a
filename. In the case that program exits non-zero or isn’t
available on the target system, bsetbg will try to handle the
file with the fallback argument.
See the EXAMPLES section for more information on -exec.
-p, -post list
Specifies a list of arguments to pass to the $POST_COMMAND.
-d, -debug
Debugging mode. bsetbg will print commands without executing
them.
-g, -generate list
Output a list of default configuration values, suitable for
redirecting into ~/.bsetbgrc. Any arguments that are supplied
will be considered applications to search for in the system
path, overriding bsetbg’s internal defaults.
-app imageApp
Use this flag to specify which image application to use. This
application may be one of the pre-defined list or any
application capable of displaying an image on the root window.
This flag may be used in conjunction with passing application
specific parameters to the application, in which case they
should be enclosed in double quotes.
-v, -version
Output version number.
-h, -help
Output a brief usage message.
OTHER OPTIONS
bsetbg will also accept all of the arguments for bsetroot. Consult the
bsetroot(1) man page for further information.
CONFIGURATION
bsetbg will read its configuration values from the file ~/.bsetbgrc if
it exists. Otherwise, it will scan the system path for a pre-defined
list of image applications to use (currently this list consists of qiv,
xli, xv, wmsetbg, Esetroot, display, and xsetbg). ~/.bsetbgrc should
contain the following variables:
CENTER="string"
Application and arguments to be used to center an image on the
root window when the -center argument is specified.
FULL="string"
Application and arguments to be used to stretch an image to fill
the root window when the -full argument is specified.
TILE="string"
Application and arguments to be used to tile an image on the
root window when the -tile argument is specified.
DEFAULT="string"
Action to take place by default if none of the above have been
specified.
The following variables are optional:
NO_EXEC="boolean"
If this variable is set, bsetbg will never modify the root
window.
POST_COMMAND="string"
This variable specifies a command that bsetbg will run after
every successful modification of the root window.
LOG_LAST_CMD="boolean"
If this variable is set, bsetbg will keep a logfile of the last
two successful commands.
LOGFILE="string"
This variable can specify the logfile to be used when
$LOG_LAST_CMD is defined. The default is ~/.bsetbg_last_cmd .
As mentioned above, bsetbg will function perfectly for the majority of
users without having a configuration file. Power users who want more
control over bsetbg’s behavior should run bsetbg -g and use the output
to create a ~/.bsetbgrc which may then be tweaked by hand.
EXAMPLES
In this example, bsetbg will set the image in centered mode:
bsetbg -center foo.png
An example of the -exec argument:
bsetbg -exec xv -root -quit -rmode 5 -rbg rgb:2/2/2 \ -center
foo.png
An example in which bsetbg creates a configuration file using xv and
qiv:
bsetbg -g xv qiv > ~/.bsetbgrc
An example of the use of the -app argument:
bsetbg -app qiv "-o rgb:d6/c5/a2 -x" -c foo.png
AUTHOR
The author of bsetbg may be reached at tmk@lordzork.com.
SEE ALSO
blackbox(1), bsetroot(1), qiv(1), xli(1), xv(1), display(1), wmsetbg(1)