8r2y5 / blurme

Blurme v.1.0 Codename MEH (My Eyes Hurt)

blurme

blurme v1.0 Codename MEH (My Eyes Hurt) is a small script which will blur your feh set background if any window, or rofi is open. Furthermore there are some options, which allow you to change the default behaviour a bit. Read more about the options down below.

Please feel free to fork it, make pull requests and use it in your own projects.

This is my first project i publish. Please be gentle on me :)

How to start

Requirements

1. wmctrl: This script makes use of wmctrl to get the current workspace number and to clarify, whether any window is open. It's essential!
2. feh: Furthermore you'll need feh to set your background image(s).
3. imagemagick: And last but not least imagemagick is mandatory to blur the images

Download and ...

1. Place it anywhere you like (e.g. ~/.scripts)
2. Make it executable (chmod +x ~/.scripts/blurme)

How to run it

Manual start

Run it once in a terminal of your choice with ~/.scripts/blurme

Autostart

i3

Add the line "exec --no-startup-id ~/.scripts/blurme &" to your i3 config.

bspwm

Add the line "sh ~/.scripts/blurme &" to ~/.xinitrc

openbox

Add the line "sh ~/.scripts/blurme &" to ~/.config/openbox/autostart

Options

There are several optional arguments provided that may be used. These include:

• -a: Add another program (process name), which will start the blur effect
• -c: set custom directory for transition images (default: ~/.cache/blurme)
• -d: Set custom directory (defaul ~/.local/share/blurme)
• -t: Set custom transition time in sec (default: 0.01)
• -v: Show additional output (verbose)
• -h: Show all these parameters