#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# This little program sets my background image
# randomly in blackbox (and now openbox).
# It's called when I startx.

$isxrunning = `ps -C startx | grep "startx"`;

if ($isxrunning =~ "startx") {
    changebackdrop();
} else {
    exit;
}

sub changebackdrop {
    if (!defined $ARGV[0]) {
        $backdrop_directory = "/home/willyyam/misc/bmps/";
        # Set this to your backdrop files directory.

        opendir(BD, "$backdrop_directory") or die;
        # Normally we'd report errors, but since we will be
        # running this via script and discarding the STDOUT
        # that it generates, that would be a waste of time.

        @backdrops = readdir(BD);
        # Grab the contents of the backdrop directory.

        @spordkcab = reverse(@backdrops);
        pop(@spordkcab);
        pop(@spordkcab);
        # The first two entries readdir() finds are
        # . and  ..  We don't want to hand these
        # entries to bsetbg, so I reverse the array
        # and do away with them.  There is a smooth,
        # tidy way to do this.  I don't care :-)

        $randpic = $spordkcab[ rand @spordkcab];
        $randpic = $backdrop_directory . $randpic;
        `/usr/bin/Esetroot -display :0.0 $randpic`;
        #`/usr/bin/X11/xli -display :0.0 -onroot $randpic > /dev/null &`;

        exit;
    } else {
        # If backdrop is called with an argument, use the argument
        # as the backdrop.
        `/usr/bin/Esetroot -display :0.0 $ARGV[0]`;
        #`/usr/bin/X11/xli -display :0.0 -onroot $ARGV[0] > /dev/null &`;
        exit;
    }
}

# William O'Higgins yam@nerd.cx