Variety should support having different profiles, which can be chosen at startup with an option "variety --profile profile_folder".
We should also allow running multiple instances simultaneously when they are in different profiles. Controlling a running instance form the terminal will happen by passing --profile profile_folder_of_running_instance to the command.
This would make it possible to have several instances and profiles of Variety control the different workspaces in environements that support changing the wallpapers separately by workspace (e.g. XFCE).
It would also allow for some fancy scheduling using cron jobs - for example a profile that uses only light or energizing pictures can be used during the day, and another profile that uses dark or soothing pictures during the evening. (This is actually possible even now using folder renaming).
And it should be possible to switch profiles easily from the UI and via a terminal command.
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