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fuscia

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 2

set wallpaper from thunar?

howdy. is there a way to set my wallpaper from thunar? when i use openbox or fluxbox, i can right-click on a wallpaper, open in feh and set as wallpaper. what about a custom action? i'm an end user, so go easy on me. thanks.

imitis

Member

Registered: 2007-01-26

Posts: 16

Re: set wallpaper from thunar?

1. In menu choose: settings -> desktop settings. On appearance tab select "show image" option, create new wallpapers list with only one picture.
2. Open Thunar. In edit menu choose "Configure custom actions". Add new action, name it somehow,  in command box insert:
Code:

sed -i -e "s:^/.*$:%f:" -e "s:^'::" -e "s:'$::" /path/to/list/created/in/step_1 && xfdesktop -reload

On "appearance condition" tab select image files.

If you right click on image in thunar you will see your new action, try it smile
Regards

fuscia

Member

Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 2

Re: set wallpaper from thunar?

thanks. that worked great!