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shortened and imo improved Readme (#26)
related to #25 and adds documentation for #21
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@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ without the need to apply same effect again and again
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## Screenshots
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Screenshots or it didnt happen... :P
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* [Demonstration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ng5FZwnn6M&feature=youtu.be) - youtube.com
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## Getting Started
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## Features
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```
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# Lock screen
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betterlockscreen -l | --lock [modifier]
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# Set wallpaper
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betterlockscreen -w | --wall [modifier]
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# Suspend system
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betterlockscreen -s | --suspend [modifier]
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# Update image cache
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betterlockscreen -u | --update (path/to/image.png | path/to/directory) [-r | --resolution <resolution>] [-b | --blur <factor>]
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Modifiers:
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dim
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blur
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dimblur
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Example update image cache:
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betterlockscreen -u path/to/directory -r 1920x1080 -b 0.5
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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
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```
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## Installation via [AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/betterlockscreen-git/)
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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.
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```
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git clone https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen
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# optionally copy the script to /usr/local/bin so you can execute it everywhere
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cp betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen /usr/local/bin/betterlockscreen
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```
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OR
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If you dont want to clone the repo and save some bandwidth and diskspace you can do the following
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```
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen/master/betterlockscreen
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chmod u+x betterlockscreen
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```
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### Prerequisites
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Make sure you have following packages installed.
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* [i3lock-color](https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color) - i3lock fork with additional features (use development branch while building from source for arch use i3lock-color-git from AUR)
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* [imagemagick](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) - to apply effects to images
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* [feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) - used to set custom wallpaper
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* [xdpyinfo](https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.7/doc/man/man1/xdpyinfo.1.xhtml) - find your screen resolution (to resize images accordingly)
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* [xrandr](https://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR/) - depends for xdpyinfo
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* [background.jpg](https://unsplash.com/) - find your fav background image
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* [bc](https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/) - used for setting the blur level
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* [feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) - used to set custom wallpaper
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*Note: systemd is required for the suspend feature.*
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To install required packages
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Install feh and imagemagick
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```
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pacman -S imagemagick feh
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```
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Install xrandr and xdpyinfo (currently used to find screenresolution)
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Install feh, imagemagick, xrandr and xdpyinfo (currently used to find screenresolution)
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If anyone knows better way so that these dependencies could be minimized, please open issue.
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```
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pacman -S xorg-xrandr xorg-xdpyinfo
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pacman -S imagemagick feh xorg-xrandr xorg-xdpyinfo
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```
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Install i3lock-color-git from AUR
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```
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yaourt -S i3lock-color-git
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```
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### How to get started
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#### Clone this repo
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```
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git clone https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen
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```
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navigate to cloned repository
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```
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cd betterlockscreen
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```
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#### If you dont want to clone the repo and save some bandwidth and diskspace you can do the following
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```
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen/master/betterlockscreen
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chmod u+x betterlockscreen
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```
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---
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### Load/Update the image cache
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*Grab your favourite image for lockscreen background*
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```
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betterlockscreen -u path/to/image.img
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```
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*if you want to use random image from specific directory*
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```
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betterlockscreen -u path/to/imagedir
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```
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*set random image as desktop background too*
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```
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betterlockscreen -u path/to/imagedir && betterlockscreen -w
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```
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---
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### To lockscreen
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Original image as background
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```
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betterlockscreen -l
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```
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Use dimmed image as lockscreen background
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```
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betterlockscreen -l dim
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```
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Use blurred image as lockscreen background
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```
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betterlockscreen -l blur
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```
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Use dim + blurred image as lockscreen background
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```
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betterlockscreen -l dimblur
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```
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---
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### To suspend system with lockscreen
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Original image as background
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```
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betterlockscreen -s
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```
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Use dimmed image as lockscreen background
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```
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betterlockscreen -s dim
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```
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Use blurred image as lockscreen background
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```
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betterlockscreen -s blur
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```
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Use dim + blurred image as lockscreen background
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```
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betterlockscreen -s dimblur
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```
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---
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### To set wallpaper
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Original Image
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```
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betterlockscreen -w
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```
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Use dimmed image as desktop background
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```
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betterlockscreen -w dim
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```
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Use blurred image as desktop background
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```
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betterlockscreen -w blur
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```
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Use dim + blurred image as desktop background
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```
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betterlockscreen -w dimblur
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```
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---
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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
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```
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# below line no longer needed as cached images are now permanently stored
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# exec betterlockscreen -u ~/.wall.png &
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exec betterlockscreen -w
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```
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bindsym $mod+shift+x exec betterlockscreen --lock
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```
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*update image cache and set last cached image as desktop background*
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*set last cached image as desktop background*
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```
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# Update image cache
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# no longer required as cached images are permanently stored
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# exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -u ~/.wall.png
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# Set last used image as desktop background
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# comment out below line if you use different desktop background utility
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exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w
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```
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**OR**
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*use following if you would like to be surprised by random wallpaper from directory of your choice on each startup*
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*set the image cache to a random image from a directory of your choice on each startup*
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```
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# where Pictures/Wallpapers is the directory you would want to get random wallpapers from
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exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -u ~/Pictures/Wallpapers
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# add this only if you want to use same random image as desktop background too (you might want to)
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# add this only if you want to use same random image as desktop background too
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# it might not work as it takes few seconds for images to be cached,
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# try adding delay of 5 seconds if thats the case
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exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w
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* Hat tip to anyone who's code was used
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* Thanks to those who contributed to make it better
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* Inspiration - r/unixporn
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* etc
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