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HSETROOT(1) General Commands Manual HSETROOT(1)

NAME

hsetroot - yet another wallpaper application

SYNOPSIS

hsetroot [ command1 [ args... ] ] [ command2 [ args... ] ]

DESCRIPTION

hsetroot is a tool which allows you to compose wallpapers ("root pixmaps") for X. It has a lot of options like rendering gradients, solids, images but it also allows you to perform manipulations on those things, or chain them together.

OPTIONS

Generic Options:

Treat multiple displays as one big screen (ignore xrandr outputs)
Set a screenmask to use

Gradients:

Add color to range using distance 1
Add color to range using custom distance
Render gradient using specified angle
Clear the color range

Solid:

Render a solid using the specified color

Image files:

Render an image centered on screen
Render an image centered on screen scaled so that all of screen is covered.
Render an image tiled
Render an image maximum aspect
Render an image maximum aspect, and copy 1px border taken from the image over the remaining area so that no black borders are shown.
Render an image strechted

Manipulations:

Tint the current image
Blur the current image
Sharpen the current image
Adjust contrast of current image
Adjust brightness of current image
Adjust gamma level of current image
Flip the current image vertically
Flip the current image horizontally
Flip the current image diagonally

Misc:

Adjust alpha level for colors and images
Write current image to file

AUTHORS

Hyriand <hyriand@thegraveyard.org

July 29, 2012