variety - Variety Wallpaper Changer
variety [options] [files or urls]
Passing local files will add them to Variety's queue. Passing
remote URLs will make Variety fetch them to Fetched folder and place them in
the queue.
To set a specific wallpaper: variety --set
/some/local/image.jpg
- --version
- show program's version number and exit
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- --profile=PROFILE
- Profile name or full path to the configuration folder Variety should use.
If not specified, this is ~/.config/variety/. If just a name is used
instead of a full path, the profile folder will be
~/.config/variety-profiles/<name>. Use only when initially starting
Variety - changing the profile path requires restart. Several instances of
Variety can be started when using different profiles, each with its own
separate configuration. This can be used for example to control several
different screens or workspaces under desktop environments like XFCE which
allow this. To pass commands to a running instance, pass the same
--profile argument as the one it was started with in subsequent
commands.
- -v, --verbose
- Show logging messages (-vv to -vvvvv will profile various
parts of Variety with increasing detail
- -q, --quit
- Make the running instance quit
- --get,
--get-wallpaper, --current, --show-current
- Print the current wallpaper location. Used only when the application is
already running.
- --set=SET_WALLPAPER,
--set-wallpaper=SET_WALLPAPER
- Set the given file as wallpaper, absolute path required
- -n, --next
- Show Next wallpaper
- -p,
--previous
- Show Previous wallpaper
- --fast-forward
- Show Next wallpaper, skipping the forward history
- -t, --trash
- Move current wallpaper to Trash. Used only when the application is already
running.
- -f,
--favorite
- Copy current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when the application is
already running.
- --move-to-favorites
- Move current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when the application is
already running.
- --pause
- Pause on current image
- --resume
- Resume regular image changes
- --toggle-pause
- Toggle Pause/Resume state
- --toggle-no-effects
- Toggle "Show Without Effects" for current image
- --quotes-next
- Show Next quote
- --quotes-previous
- Show Previous quote
- --quotes-fast-forward
- Show Next quote, skipping the forward history
- --quotes-toggle-pause
- Toggle Quotes Pause/Resume state
- --quotes-save-favorite
- Save the current quote to Favorites
- --history
- Toggle History display
- --downloads
- Toggle Recent Downloads display
- --preferences,
--show-preferences
- Show Preferences dialog
- --selector,
--show-selector
- Show manual wallpaper selector - the thumbnail bar filled with images from
the active image sources
- --set-option=SET_OPTIONS
- Sets and applies an option. The option names are the same that are used in
Variety's config file ~/.config/variety/variety.conf. Multiple options can
be set in a single command. Example: 'variety --setoption icon Dark
--set-option clock_enabled True'. USE WITH CAUTION: You are
changing the settings file directly in an unguarded way.