Comment 4 for bug 1232601

On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:01:30 -0000
Alex Solanos <email address hidden> wrote:

> No, there isn't any mailing list, but you can check out our site
> regularly: http://wall-changer.sourceforge.net/
>
> It will be updated once Wallch 4.0 is ready. Working on different DEs
> will be mentioned too, for sure.
>
> We've aimed Wallch 4.0 for 14.04 (although it is almost ready we want
> to be sure it is bug free for the LTS release of Ubuntu), so you may
> expect it around that time. Testing versions for other DEs may come
> earlier, though, as it has been done with GNOME.
>

Just wanted to let you know that Xfce4.8 has a feature in Desktop
settings to change wallpaper at custom intervals.

But it does not display anywhere the name of the file being displayed,
a feature I really want because I sometimes want to Google the image
for more information. I always had to go through the directory and
identify visually the image, so I wrote a very small program to show
the image name. Not that it is anything near as sophisticated or with as
many features as Wallch, still my favorite.

Here it is:
run in terminal to see names

#!/bin/bash
# Display name of image being displayed and change background wallpaper.
# display duration in seconds
Wait=180
FILES=/home/pan/Downloads/images/*
for f in $FILES
do
  # $f display current file name
  echo "Displaying $f "
  # change wallpaper
  xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path -s $f
  # duration of background image
  sleep $Wait
done

Thanks for your rapid response!!!

Pan