From 08a5bfc2cbd683d4f9161802905eaa3c547f8682 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavan Jadhaw Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:40:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update: README.md --- README.md | 292 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 156 insertions(+), 136 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 78d0a7a..dc81829 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,42 +14,173 @@ without the need to apply same effect again and again ![scrot2](https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen.demo/raw/master/scrots/scrot2.png "scrot2.png") -### Demo +## In action * [Demonstration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ng5FZwnn6M&feature=youtu.be) - youtube.com -## Features +## Table of Contents +- **[Requirements](#requirements)** + - [Dependencies](#dependencies) +- **[Installation](#installation)** + - [Manual/Git install](#manualgit-install) + - [OS/Distro Packages](#osdistro-packages) + - [Arch Linux](#arch-linux) + - [Debian and derivatives](#debian-and-derivatives) +- **[Usage](#usage)** +- **[Desktop Background](#set-desktop-background-on-startup)** +- **[i3wm keybinding](#i3wm-keybinding-for-lockscreen)** +- **[Lockscreen whenever suspended](#lockscreen-when-suspendedsystemd-service)** + + +## Requirements + +### Dependencies + +- [i3lock-color](https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color) + - i3lock fork with additional features( >= 2.11-c ) +- [imagemagick](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) + - To apply effects to images +- [xdpyinfo](https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.7/doc/man/man1/xdpyinfo.1.xhtml), [xrandr](https://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR/), [bc](https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/) and [feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) + - To find screen resolution, set custom blur level and wallpaper handling. + +Note: Make sure all dependencies are satisfied beforehand. + +## Installation + +### Manual/Git install + +```sh +git clone https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen +cd betterlockscreen +cp betterlockscreen ~/.local/bin + +# or wget the script ~12KB +wget -O betterlockscreen https://git.io/fASUJ +chmod u+x betterlockscreen +cp betterlockscreen ~/.local/bin + +# Add betterlockscreen to PATH: +# (In your .bashrc, .zshrc etc) +export PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin/" ``` -# Lock screen -betterlockscreen -l | --lock [modifier] -# Lock screen with custom text -betterlockscreen -l | --lock [modifier] -t | --text "custom lockscreen text" -E.g: $ betterlockscreen -l dim -t \"Don't touch my machine!\"" -# Set wallpaper -betterlockscreen -w | --wall [modifier] -# Suspend system -betterlockscreen -s | --suspend [modifier] -# Update image cache -betterlockscreen -u | --update (path/to/image.png | path/to/directory) - \ [-r | --resolution ] [-b | --blur ] +### OS/Distro Packages -Modifiers: -dim -blur -dimblur -Example update image cache: +#### Arch Linux + +###### Installing dependencies(not required if using betterlockscreen aur package) +`pacman -S imagemagick feh xorg-xrandr xorg-xdpyinfo` +- i3lock-color + - `trizen -S i3lock-color` + +#### Aur package + +`betterlockscreen` is available in the Arch User repos as `betterlockscreen` and `betterlockscreen-git`. +- betterlockscreen + - `trizen -S betterlockscreen` +- betterlockscreen-git + - `trizen -S betterlockscreen-git` + + +#### Debian and derivatives + +UtkarshVerma was so kind to provide an installation script for debian based systems, ![check it out here](https://github.com/UtkarshVerma/installer-scripts). + + + +## Usage + +Run `betterlockscreen` and point it to either a directory (`betterlockscreen -u "path/to/dir"`) or an image (`betterlockscreen -u "/path/to/img.jpg"`) and that's all. `betterlockscreen` will change update its cache with image you provided. + +```sh +usage: betterlockscreen [-u "path/to/img.jpg"] [-l "dim, blur or dimblur"] + [-w "dim, blur, or dimblur"] [-t "custom text"] [-s "lockscreen and suspend"] + [-r "resolution"] [-b "factor"] + +betterlockscreen - faster and sweet looking lockscreen for linux systems. + +required: + -u, --update "path/to/img.jpg" caches all required images + +usage: + -l, --lock effect-name + locks with provided effect + -w, --wall effect-name + set desktop background with provided effect + -s, --suspend effect-name + lockscreen and suspend + + Available effects: + dim, blur or dimblur + + -t, --text "custom text" + set custom lockscreen text + -b, blur 0.0 - 1.0 + set blur range + -r, --resolution res + uses a custom resolution + + +Usage examples: +1. Updating image cache(required) +betterlockscreen -u ~/Pictures/Forests.png # caches given image +betterlockscreen -u ~/Pictures # caches random image from ~/Pictures directory + +2. Custom resolution and blur range betterlockscreen -u path/to/directory -r 1920x1080 -b 0.5 -In this case a random image from the directory is chosen -and converted to a 1920x1080 resolution with the blur factor set to 0.5 + +3. Lockscreen +betterlockscreen -l dim # lockscreen with dim effect + +4. Lockscreen with custom text +betterlockscreen -l dim -t "custom lockscreen text" + +5. Set desktop background +betterlockscreen -w blur # set desktop background with blur effect ``` -## Lockscreen when suspended +## Set desktop background on startup + +Add this line to `.xinitrc`. + +```sh +# set desktop background with custom effect +betterlockscreen -w dim + +# Alternative (set last used background) +source ~/.fehbg ``` + + +#### i3wm + +Add this line to `~/.config/i3/config` + +```sh +# set desktop background with custom effect +exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w dim + +# Alternative (set last used background) +exec --no-startup-id source ~/.fehbg +``` + + +#### i3wm keybinding for lockscreen + +Add this line to your `~/.config/i3/config` + +```sh +bindsym $mod+shift+x exec betterlockscreen --l dim +``` + + +## Lockscreen when suspended(systemd service) + +```sh # move service file to proper dir (the aur package does this for you) cp betterlockscreen@.service /etc/systemd/system/ @@ -60,122 +191,11 @@ systemctl enable betterlockscreen@$USER systemctl disable betterlockscreen@$USER -Note: Now you can call systemctl suspend to suspend your system and betterlockscreen service will be activated -so when your system wakes your screen will be locked. +# Note: Now you can call systemctl suspend to suspend your system +# and betterlockscreen service will be activated +# so when your system wakes your screen will be locked. ``` -## Installation via AUR package - -### [release](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/betterlockscreen/) -recommended if you want to spend less on bandwidth(less than 10kb) -``` -pacaur -S aur/betterlockscreen -``` -``` -yaourt -S betterlockscreen -``` - -### [dev](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/betterlockscreen-git/) -latest features but includes git history so 8mb+ of downloading. -``` -pacaur -S aur/betterlockscreen-git -``` -``` -yaourt -S betterlockscreen-git -``` - -## Manual Installation - -Clone this repo, push this script somewhere handy or you can even copy this script to /usr/local/bin so that it can be used from your i3config without defining whole path. - -``` -git clone https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen -# optionally copy the script to /usr/local/bin so you can execute it everywhere -cp betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen /usr/local/bin/betterlockscreen -``` - -OR - -If you dont want to clone the repo and save some bandwidth and diskspace you can do the following - -``` -wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen/master/betterlockscreen -chmod u+x betterlockscreen -``` - -### Prerequisites - -Make sure you have following packages installed. - -* [i3lock-color](https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color) - i3lock fork with additional features (currently supported versions are 2.11-c and newer) -* [imagemagick](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) - to apply effects to images -* [xdpyinfo](https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.7/doc/man/man1/xdpyinfo.1.xhtml) - find your screen resolution (to resize images accordingly) -* [xrandr](https://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR/) - depends for xdpyinfo -* [bc](https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/) - used for setting the blur level -* [feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) - used to set custom wallpaper - -*Note: systemd is required for the suspend feature.* - -### Arch users - -To install required packages - -Install feh, imagemagick, xrandr and xdpyinfo (currently used to find screenresolution) -If anyone knows better way so that these dependencies could be minimized, please open issue. - -``` -pacman -S imagemagick feh xorg-xrandr xorg-xdpyinfo -``` - -Install i3lock-color from AUR - -Pacaur Users -``` -pacaur -S aur/i3lock-color -``` - -Yaourt users -``` -yaourt -S i3lock-color -``` ---- - -### Debian based users - -UtkarshVerma was so kind to provide an installation script for debian based systems, [check it out here.](https://github.com/UtkarshVerma/installer-scripts/blob/master/betterlockscreen.sh) - ---- - -To set desktop background on startup, add following lines to your .xintrc after pushing script to your path or you can use absolute path to script too - -``` -exec betterlockscreen -w -``` - -If you are i3wm user, add following line to your i3config (~/.config/i3/config or ~/.i3/config) - -*custom shortcut to lockscreen* -``` -# custom keybinding to lockscreen, use --lock dim or --lock blur below for different backgrounds -bindsym $mod+shift+x exec betterlockscreen --lock -``` - -*set last cached image as desktop background* -``` -# Set last used image as desktop background -exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w -``` - -*set the image cache to a random image from a directory of your choice on each startup* -``` -# where Pictures/Wallpapers is the directory you would want to get random wallpapers from -exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -u ~/Pictures/Wallpapers - -# add this only if you want to use same random image as desktop background too -# it might not work as it takes few seconds for images to be cached, -# try adding delay of 5 seconds if thats the case -exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w -``` ---