shortened and imo improved Readme (#26)

related to #25 and adds documentation for #21
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## Screenshots
Screenshots or it didnt happen... :P
![scrot1](https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen.demo/raw/master/scrots/scrot1.png "scrot1.png")
![scrot2](https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen.demo/raw/master/scrots/scrot2.png "scrot2.png")
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* [Demonstration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ng5FZwnn6M&feature=youtu.be) - youtube.com
## Getting Started
## Features
```
# Lock screen
betterlockscreen -l | --lock [modifier]
# 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 <resolution>] [-b | --blur <factor>]
Modifiers:
dim
blur
dimblur
Example update image cache:
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
```
## 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.
```
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 (use development branch while building from source for arch use i3lock-color-git from AUR)
* [imagemagick](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) - to apply effects to images
* [feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) - used to set custom wallpaper
* [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
* [background.jpg](https://unsplash.com/) - find your fav background image
* [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.*
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To install required packages
Install feh and imagemagick
```
pacman -S imagemagick feh
```
Install xrandr and xdpyinfo (currently used to find screenresolution)
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 xorg-xrandr xorg-xdpyinfo
pacman -S imagemagick feh xorg-xrandr xorg-xdpyinfo
```
Install i3lock-color-git from AUR
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```
yaourt -S i3lock-color-git
```
### How to get started
#### Clone this repo
```
git clone https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/betterlockscreen
```
navigate to cloned repository
```
cd betterlockscreen
```
---
#### 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
```
---
### Load/Update the image cache
*Grab your favourite image for lockscreen background*
```
betterlockscreen -u path/to/image.img
```
*if you want to use random image from specific directory*
```
betterlockscreen -u path/to/imagedir
```
*set random image as desktop background too*
```
betterlockscreen -u path/to/imagedir && betterlockscreen -w
```
---
### To lockscreen
Original image as background
```
betterlockscreen -l
```
Use dimmed image as lockscreen background
```
betterlockscreen -l dim
```
Use blurred image as lockscreen background
```
betterlockscreen -l blur
```
Use dim + blurred image as lockscreen background
```
betterlockscreen -l dimblur
```
---
### To suspend system with lockscreen
Original image as background
```
betterlockscreen -s
```
Use dimmed image as lockscreen background
```
betterlockscreen -s dim
```
Use blurred image as lockscreen background
```
betterlockscreen -s blur
```
Use dim + blurred image as lockscreen background
```
betterlockscreen -s dimblur
```
---
### To set wallpaper
Original Image
```
betterlockscreen -w
```
Use dimmed image as desktop background
```
betterlockscreen -w dim
```
Use blurred image as desktop background
```
betterlockscreen -w blur
```
Use dim + blurred image as desktop background
```
betterlockscreen -w dimblur
```
---
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
```
# below line no longer needed as cached images are now permanently stored
# exec betterlockscreen -u ~/.wall.png &
exec betterlockscreen -w
```
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bindsym $mod+shift+x exec betterlockscreen --lock
```
*update image cache and set last cached image as desktop background*
*set last cached image as desktop background*
```
# Update image cache
# no longer required as cached images are permanently stored
# exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -u ~/.wall.png
# Set last used image as desktop background
# comment out below line if you use different desktop background utility
exec --no-startup-id betterlockscreen -w
```
**OR**
*use following if you would like to be surprised by random wallpaper from directory of your choice on each startup*
*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 (you might want to)
# 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
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* Hat tip to anyone who's code was used
* Thanks to those who contributed to make it better
* Inspiration - r/unixporn
* etc