pywal-trigger.mp4

pywall-trigger

Simple scripts to trigger pywal, designed for SwayWM. The video above shows the script being executed via my shortcut SwayNC button, you can use a bindsym or hotkey etc.

Dependencies;

• Sway (swaybg)
• pywal (https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal)
• wal-telegram (https://github.com/guillaumeboehm/wal-telegram) (optional)
• inotify2 (optional notifications)

INSTALL;

• git clone or wget scripts to your chosen location, perhaps in your $PATH.

• Place pywal.png in /usr/share/icons/

Make them executable:

• $ chmod +x pywal*.sh

The 2 Scripts:

pywal-trigger.sh

• Finds the currently set background image and passes it to pywal to generate colours, using a random backend.
• Subsequent executions will cycle through the pywal backends.
• Can be used after pywal-wallpaper-trigger.sh to cycle backends if you like the current wallpaper but want new colorschemes generated for it.

pywal-wallpaper-trigger.sh

• Sets a random background image from your collection, then runs pywal over it to set the theme.
• Note: Set $directory on line 14 to your main wallpaper repository eg ~/wallpapers

Notes

Some modifications can allow these to be used with different WM, or triggered by ranger in rifle.conf for example.