An easy to use, walli sets your desktop wallpaper to a live image feed from the
internet. Inspired by gtk-sunlight, it uses the same Mercator projection as a
default source to honour its roots. Alternatively, walli can search the
internet for images fitting your query.
Supported:
Windows 7, Windows 8
Usage: walli [-F, --mode-imagefeed] [-u, --url=URL] [-G, --mode-websearch] [-q, --websearch-query=QUERY] [--websearch-safe=yes|y|on|1|no|n|off|0] [--websearch-timespan=SPAN] [-p, --image-path=PATH] [-i, --update-interval=INTERVAL] [-t, --stretch]|[-T, --stretch-proportional]|[-s, --shrink]|[-S, --shrink-proportional]|[-c, --center] [-g, --gui] [-a, --autostart] [-r, --autostart-remove] [-h, --help] [-?, --usage] [-k, --kill-self]
Mode selection options:
-F, --mode-imagefeed imagefeed mode (default)
-G, --mode-websearch websearch mode
Imagefeed mode options:
-u, --url=URL Use URL as image source
(default=http://static.die.net/earth/mercator/1600.jpg)
Websearch mode options:
-q, --websearch-query=QUERY use QUERY to search for images
(default="iceland+scenery")
--websearch-safe=YES/NO use safe search (default=on)
--websearch-timespan=SPAN only show images belonging to timespan SPAN
Mode-independent options:
-p, --image-path=FULLPATH Store image as file pointed by FULLPATH; path
must exist (default=walli.image)
-i, --update-interval=NUMBER Update image every NUMBER minutes; NUMBER
must be greater than 0 (default=5)
-t, --stretch Stretch image to fill entire desktop
-T, --stretch-proportional Stretch image to fill desktop as much as
possible, keeping aspect ratio
-s, --shrink Stretch image to fill entire desktop, if
larger, center otherwise
-S, --shrink-proportional Stretch (keeping aspect ratio) image to fill
desktop as much as possible, if larger, center otherwise
-c, --center Center image without stretching (default)
-g, --gui Configure walli via friendly graphical user
interface
-a, --autostart Run walli at system startup with parameters
given
-r, --autostart-remove Stop walli from running at system startup
-h, --help Display this help message
-?, --usage Display brief usage message
-k, --kill-self Terminate running walli instance, if any
Options' arguments:
URL Any ASCII-character sequence; if URL contains
special characters (like, spaces), they should be escaped
QUERY Any ASCII-character sequence; if multiple
keywords used, they should be concatenated using plus sign "+" instead of
space
YES/NO=yes|y|on|1|no|n|off|0 Toggle option on/off
Set option on: yes|y|on|1
Set option off: no|n|off|0
FULLPATH Any ASCII-character sequence; absolute or
relative path (including filename) to a file
NUMBER Any integer number
TIMEUNIT=y|m|w|d|h|n|s Time unit specifier
year: y
month: m
week: w
day: d
hour: h
minute: n
second: s
SPAN=TIMEUNIT[NUMBER] Timespan, equal to of NUMBER of
TIMEUNITs, starting from current time; NUMBER must be greater than 0; if
NUMBER is not specified it is set to 1
Running walli without any parameters is equal to running
walli --url=http://static.die.net/earth/mercator/1600.jpg --image-path=walli.image --update-interval=5 --center
NOTE: GUI configuration is only available for imagefeed mode at this point.
