Thread: Image set requirements?
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Bingley Joe is offline Bingley Joe
2010-08-13 , 13:06
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Originally Posted by Berserk View Post
I'm currently developing "Image Set Maker" as my first C++/Qt application (for N900), which allows users to make .desktop files easily (for wallpapers), in stead of having to type everything..
Sounds great! Have you had a look at Wallpaper Creator? It does this to some extent, although seems to be limited to chopping up panoramas and doesn't allow the user to specify where they want the images placed.. but you might find it useful to contact the developer of that app for specific help with this.

I'd like to know 2 things about this:
- Do all the pictures have to be in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/ ? Or is any folder suitable?
Since .desktop files feature full paths, I think they could go anywhere, but I'm not sure. In other words, is it 'legal' to use one image from DCIM, one from .documents and two from .images, for example?
I've never tried pulling images from multiple directories, but I don't see why it wouldn't work -- in my case, I keep all my desktop images in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/Desktops/

I point the .desktop files to that directory and it works just fine, so I don't see why the path to each image you specify couldn't be different.

- Does the .desktop file always need to be saved in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/ ? Or is any folder suitable?
I reckon .images is the default place where the N900 looks..

Many thanks for any help you can give
This is something I've been wondering as well, but I've never bothered to experiment..

Anyway, good luck with this! Having a bit of control and automation over the creation of image sets will definitely be welcome
 

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