Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@uriel1998
Created August 24, 2016 22:10
Show Gist options
  • Star 0 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save uriel1998/833dceb3f808868ab8b6d1626ca663ed to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save uriel1998/833dceb3f808868ab8b6d1626ca663ed to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Pictureframe With Conky
#!/bin/bash
# Exactly as found from https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1609575
# Except I added in where if you chose a directory, it'll pic a random
# picture from it.
## Picture frame via conky
## Author: Anjishnu Sarkar
## TODO:
## Requirement(s):
## *) Conky version 1.7.1 with Imlib2 support
## *) Imagemagick
## *) Bash
## Install:
## mkdir -p ~/bin/
## chmod +x picframe.sh
## mv picframe.sh ~/bin/
## Run:
## picframe -i <imagefile>
## conky -c ~/.conky/picframe.conkyrc
## Variables
IdealImgWidth=136
IdealImgHeight=102
Angle=15
Frame="True"
Version=1.0
ConkyFolder="$HOME"/.conky
OutputFile="$ConkyFolder"/pix/image.png
PicFrameConky="$ConkyFolder"/picframe.conkyrc
Alignment="bottom_right"
XGap=10
YGap=10
ScriptName=$(basename $0)
HelpText="Usage:
$ScriptName [options] -i <imagefile>
Options:
-h|--help Show this help and exit.
-r|--rotate <angle> Rotate image by an angle <angle>. Default: 15 degrees.
-nf|--no-frame No frame. Default has frame.
-a|--alignment Image alignment position. Options are top_left,
top_right, top_middle, bottom_left, bottom_right,
bottom_middle, middle_left, middle_middle,
middle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as
tl, tr, tm, bl, br, bm, ml, mm, mr)
Default: bottom_right
-x-gap <x-gap> Gap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen.
Default: 10
-y-gap <y-gap> Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen.
Default: 10
-v|--version Show version number and exit.
"
ErrMsg="$ScriptName: Unspecified option. Aborting."
while test -n "${1}"
do
case "${1}" in
-h|--help) echo -n "$HelpText"
exit 0 ;;
-i|--input) InputFile="$2"
shift ;;
-r|--rotate) Angle="$2"
shift ;;
-nf|--no-frame) Frame="False"
;;
-a|--alignment) Alignment="$2"
shift ;;
-x-gap) XGap="$2"
shift ;;
-y-gap) YGap="$2"
shift ;;
-v|--version) echo ""$ScriptName": Version "$Version""
exit 0 ;;
*) echo "$ErrMsg"
exit 1 ;;
esac
shift
done
if [ -d "$InputFile" ];then
# Simple, but doesn't allow subdirs
# ls -1 "$InputFile" | sort --random-sort | head -1
InputFile=`find -H "$InputFile" -type f \( -name "*.jpg" -or -name "*.png" -or -name "*.jpeg" \) | sort --random-sort | head -1`
fi
if [ ! -f "$InputFile" ];then
echo "Image file not found. Aborting."
exit 1
else
mkdir -p "$ConkyFolder"/pix/
fi
if [ "$Frame" == "True" ];then
convert "$InputFile" -resize "$IdealImgWidth"x"$IdealImgHeight"'>' \
-mattecolor black -frame 9x9+3+3 \
-background none -rotate $Angle \
"$OutputFile"
else
convert "$InputFile" -resize "$IdealImgWidth"x"$IdealImgHeight"'>' \
-background none -rotate $Angle \
"$OutputFile"
fi
ImgWidth=$(identify -format %w "$OutputFile")
ImgHeight=$(identify -format %h "$OutputFile")
cat > "$PicFrameConky" << EOF
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
net_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
text_buffer_size 2048
imlib_cache_size 0
# temperature_unit celcius
# — Window specifications — #
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
border_inner_margin 0
border_outer_margin 0
minimum_size $ImgWidth $ImgHeight
# maximum_width 175
alignment ${Alignment}
gap_x ${XGap}
gap_y ${YGap}
# — Graphics settings — #
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
# — Text settings — #
use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=9
xftalpha 0.8
default_color FFFFFF
default_gauge_size 47 25
uppercase no
use_spacer right
color0 white
color1 orange
color2 green
TEXT
\${image ${OutputFile} -p 0,0 -s ${ImgWidth}x${ImgHeight}}
EOF
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment