Use feh for managing wallpaper

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Instead of grouping changes by tag, they are grouped by the date they are releas
 
 ### Added
 
+* Add `feh` to automatically select a random wallpaper and link it with i3 and autorandr.
 * Add Telescope keymaps to find the current word under the cursor within the open project.
 
 ## 4th January 2024

system/nixos/home-manager/desktop.nix

@@ -34,8 +34,5 @@
     };
   };
 
-  xdg.configFile.wallpaper = {
+  programs.feh.enable = true;
-    source = ../../../config/wallpaper;
-    recursive = true;
-  };
 }

system/nixos/home-manager/modules/autorandr.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
+{ username, ... }:
+
 {
   services.autorandr.enable = true;
 
+  xdg.configFile."autorandr/postswitch" = {
+    executable = true;
+    text = ''
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+      feh --randomize --bg-scale /home/${username}/Pictures/Wallpaper/*;
+    '';
+  };
+
   programs.autorandr = {
     enable = true;
 

system/nixos/home-manager/modules/i3.nix

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-{ config, inputs, self, ... }:
+{ config, inputs, self, username, ... }:
 
 let
   modifier = "Mod4";
 in
 {
-  home.file.".background-image".source = ../../../../config/wallpaper/wallpaper.jpg;
-
   xsession.windowManager.i3 = {
     enable = true;
 
@@ -60,6 +58,8 @@ in
       bindswitch --reload --locked lid:on output $laptop disable
       bindswitch --reload --locked lid:off output $laptop enable
 
+      exec --no-startup-id feh --randomize --bg-scale /home/${username}/Pictures/Wallpaper/*;
+
       default_border none
       default_floating_border none
       smart_borders on