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Re: [SLE] Conversion of image files
  • From: bernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bernd Felsche)
  • Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:11:57 +0800 (WST)
  • Message-id: <200012150113.JAA09140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

From: Bernd Felsche <bernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <200012150113.JAA09140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:11:57 +0800 (WST)
Subject: Re: [SLE] Conversion of image files



Rouvas Stathis tapped away at the keyboard with:

> How about:
>
> xv -root -random -wait 300 -wloop -ico -vie -fl xv.files &
>
> where:
> 300 is frequency in seconds that background will change
> xv.files is a beforehand prepared file with the full path of the
> images
>
> just put it in the Autostart (KDE.1.1.2)
> It should work with KDE2
> -Stathis.

> "W.D. McKinne
> > There is an excellent app named XV on the distribution that will
> > accomodate your need.

> > Hal Schlicht <schlicht@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello all:
> > >
> > > KDE 2.0.1 won't accept .jpg files as Wallpaper, but it
> > > does accept .png files for this purpose. Can anyone
> > > point me to a utilty thtat will do this conversion, or
> > > possibly to a library file that is needed by KDE 2?

Or you could use
djpeg < file.jpg | pnmtopng > file.png
for a once-off conversion. If you do it often (i.e. more than 1.5
times), then create a shell alias, function or script containing the
commands as a core.

See the respective manual pages for conversion options.


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