Re: Timelapsed backgrounds

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On 9/26/07, Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> wrote:
> <quote who="Soeren Sandmann">
>
> > The idea is that the background gradually fades between a number of images
> > over the course of a day. One example would be a set of images taken at
> > the same location at different times of the day.
>
> It would be rad if that fade could be used for background switching in other
> situations. For instance:
>
>  * Whenever the gconf key changes, fade fairly quickly (it could be user
>    prompting, or it could be something else automating the change).

Sounds like a nice idea, and should not be hard to do.

>  * Provide a way to have a set of backgrounds and fade between them at
>    regular intervals.

This is exactly what the xml file does, unless you mean something like pointing
at a directory and saying "use all the images in there, randomly".