stuff/tileset

tileset

An image viewer and background setter, with a focus on small tileable images

Get a better impression of tiled images while browsing through folders full of them, recursively.
Change the background color (for partly transparent tiles).
Apply effects to a screen-sized canvas created from the current tile.
All results can be set as the desktop background with feh (TODO: include other background setters).

Example screenshot

tileset in action (the background was also created with tileset).

Usage

tileset [path/to/folder]

You may pass a different path as an argument, otherwise the current folder will be searched for images, recursively.

Hidden files and folders are excluded by default.
Can be overridden by setting the parse_hidden variable to 1.

You can add a symlink to your $HOME/bin (if it's in your $PATH):
cd ~/bin; ln -s /path/to/git/tileset/tileset

Single image mode:
tileset [path/to/folder/image.ext]
This way you can open a single image with tileset, e.g. from your filemanager.
Copy tileset.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/. Requires tileset to be in your $PATH.

Dependencies

• imagemagick
• feh
• yad
• find shuf which

Optional but recommended

• wmctrl
• /tmp has to be user writable. Otherwise, adjust the tmpdir variable in the script.
• ncurses for nicer user interaction

Also see

this blog post on how to obtain a nice collection of transparent tiles.