On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 1:53 PM Cindy Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/9/20, Dan Hitt <dan.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > With the xfce desktop, there's an application that lets you set the > desktop > > background. > > > > Applications > Settings > Desktop > > > > In the "Background" tab, it lets you set a few items, including a Style, > > such as "Scaled", a Color, such as "Horizontal gradient", as well as a > > picture that goes in the center of the desktop, with a couple of colors > for > > the left and right, or top and down, depending on the aspect ratio of the > > desktop and the aspect ratio of the picture. > > > > I would like some way to save the settings, because sometimes it's tricky > > to get the colors just right. If i could save the settings, then i could > > change the picture and the colors, and then at some time in the future, > > revert to just what i had before. > > > > Perhaps it would be possible to take a screenshot and use it, but that is > > less desirable because the information is not in any parsed form (so, > e.g., > > you could not tweak the panels to the left and right of the image, as > they > > would be frozen by a screen shot). > > > > I guess i could keep a text file and copy all the settings to it, > including > > the color names as 6 character strings like D3D5D0. > > > > Is there some better way to save the background info? > > > I found a start, if nothing else! 'Cause I certainly "feel your pain" > on finding a perfect custom match that needs saved... for posterity. > :) > > I changed mine then ran grep on ".* -r". This is what I got: > > .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml > > You could make your changes then save a backup copy of that XML file > somewhere, even there in that same directory *IF* you trust you'll > never accidentally delete those.. *NOT* hidden files. Ask tomas, I > think it was, who once explained why they're not really "hidden", per > se.. > > I did see some fields for colors so here's hoping it's an all-in-one > package, which it really should be based on its name. > > Cindy :) > -- > Cindy-Sue Causey > Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA > > * runs with... a FROST ADVISORY in the middle of May?! runs... and > covers up the pretty green bouncing baby grapevines. * > > Awesome, thanks Cindy! I think this will work perfectly for my need. dan
