Long ago I hacked a little script to create complete image series with xplanetFX. It can be downloaded from here: xplanetFX_series.
- Right click, „save as…“
- make the downloaded file executable
- open xplanetFX and stop the daemon
- do you desired settings like theme, resolution effects…
- set the „fixed date“ option and set the date to the start of your series
- don’t forget to save the settings
- run the script
You can run the script with the default settings by simply double clicking it or open a terminal and enter:
[path to script]xplanetFX_series [path to target folder] [interval in seconds] [time range in seconds]
- If no target folder is given, the current working directory is chosen
- if no interval given it is 10 minutes (600 seconds)
- if there’s no duration 24h is used
- you can’t provide an interval without folder (yes it’s quick’n’dirty)
- you can’t provide the time range without interval and target folder (yes it REALLY is quick’n’dirty)
examples:
./xplanetFX_series ~/Backgrounds
Desktop/xplanetFX_series Desktop 1800
A simple double click results in:
[Pfad zum Script]/xplanetFX_series [Pfad zum Script] 600 86400
…and creates a bunch of images in the directory the script is lying over 24 hours with a gap of 10 minutes.
Needs Python and Zenity (or KDialog in KDE), default in Ubuntu. Kdialog can’t do progress bars and I don’t hack dcop-support 😉 so in KDE it’s kind of uncool. Everything else reports to the terminal.
This article is just a translation to english to get linked from the main xplanetFX page.
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Samstag,, 30. Juli 2011 @ 21:51.
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Thank you very much!! You're doing an essential job for the development of open source software! The following points aren't meant as dogmas but as a clue, decide for yourself what you think could be useful in troubleshooting.
- Please...
- ...state name and version of your operating system / desktop environment
- ...state the version of the program you're using
- ...be detailed in what is happening and what you expected to happen
- ...try to provide some deeper information (like xplanetFX logs or the output of the program when started in a terminal window)
- ...speak to me as a human being, don't think I'm a bot.
Herzlichen Dank!! Fehlerberichte sind essentiell für die Entwicklung von Open-Source-Software! Die folgenden Punkte sind keine Dogmen, sondern sollen eher Anhaltspunkte darstellen; entscheide selbst, ob sie für die Fehlersuche hilfreich sein könnten.
- Bitte...
- ...nenne den Namen und die Version Deines Betriebssystems / Deiner Desktopumgebung
- ...nenne die Version des von Dir benutzten Programms
- ...beschreibe möglichst genau, was passiert und was Du erwartest, was passieren sollte
- ...stelle möglichst tiefergehende Informationen zur Verfügung (xplanetFX Logs oder die Ausgabe des Programms im Terminalfenster)
- ...sprich mit mir, wie mit einem Menschen, ich bin kein Automat.
