Re: live wallpaper

[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan ubuntu com>]

On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 01:32 +0900, matsuo wrote:
> (2010年01月17日 01:09), Shane Fagan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 01:07 +0900, matsuo wrote:
> >   
> >> (2010年01月17日 00:04), Shane Fagan wrote: 
> >>     
> >>> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 23:51 +0900, matsuo wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> hi i am new to gnome-shell mailing list
> >>>>
> >>>> i recently saw a video about the new android OS and it has a cool
> >>>> feature that ins't available in any desktop environment as far as i know.
> >>>>
> >>>> it is called live wallpaper and it is really simple. the wallpaper of
> >>>> your desktop become interactive(if you click on a button in the desktop,
> >>>> the wallpaper shows some form of effect.
> >>>>
> >>>> here is a video showing live wallpaper
> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1YBcYw_qE
> >>>>
> >>>> what do you think about implementing this in gnome shell
> >>>>
> >>>> i would like to hear your feedback
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Well you can use gifs or svgs with animation so it can be done already. 
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> Shane Fagan
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> I know that it is possible, i wanted to hear about actually making
> >> this a 
> >>
> >> default or something which can be done with a few click.
> >>
> >>     
> > It can be done with a single click at the moment. You just have to have
> > an animated image and it is part of the default. 
> >
> > Shane
> >
> >   
> of course if you are a programmer and have experience, it will be easy,
> but if you are a newbie which i think a lot of ubuntu user are now, it
> isn't that easy i think.

It shouldnt take too much programming, just detect the click event get x
and y then do what you want with that info to the svg. I dont really see
the point in actually doing it but it wouldnt be too hard for anyone
(with a little googling).


Shane