a simple cli application to start a background image slideshow using 'feh'.

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slideshow

a simple cli application to start a background image slideshow using 'feh'.

requirements

configuration is entirely done via environment variables.

variable	default	description
SLIDESHOW_INTERVAL	60	the interval of the slideshow in seconds
SLIDESHOW_DIRECTORY	"$HOME"	path to a directory containing images
SLIDESHOW_SCANINTERVAL	60	the interval for directory scans in seconds
SLIDESHOW_RESOLUTION		the resolution to which images are scaled (i.e. 1920x1080)
SLIDESHOW_PALETTE		path to a file where the color palette will be stored
SLIDESHOW_PALETTE_ALGORITHM	"wsm"	the algorithm used to generate the color palette
SLIDESHOW_PALETTE_COLORS	16	the amount of colors generated
SLIDESHOW_LOGLEVEL	"info"	the log level

note:
if no resolution is set the images will be displayed as they are (without any scaling).

available log levels:

available algorithms:

for more information regarding the color palette see color-thief.