Question

如何在C / C ++程序中更改Linux桌面上的壁纸（使用GNOME）？有没有系统API可以做到这一点？

Answer 1

您可以使用gconf库来执行此操作。以下示例是一个更改背景的完整程序：

// bkgmanage.c
#include <glib.h>
#include <gconf/gconf-client.h>
#include <stdio.h>

typedef enum {
    WALLPAPER_ALIGN_TILED     = 0,
    WALLPAPER_ALIGN_CENTERED  = 1,
    WALLPAPER_ALIGN_STRETCHED = 2,
    WALLPAPER_ALIGN_SCALED    = 3,
    WALLPAPER_NONE            = 4
} WallpaperAlign;

gboolean set_as_wallpaper( const gchar *image_path, WallpaperAlign align )
{
    GConfClient *client;
    char        *options = "none";

    client = gconf_client_get_default();

    // TODO: check that image_path is a file
    if ( image_path == NULL ) options = "none";
    else {
        gconf_client_set_string( client, 
            "/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename",
            image_path,
            NULL );
        switch ( align ) {
            case WALLPAPER_ALIGN_TILED: options = "wallpaper"; break;
            case WALLPAPER_ALIGN_CENTERED: options = "centered"; break;
            case WALLPAPER_ALIGN_STRETCHED: options = "stretched"; break;
            case WALLPAPER_ALIGN_SCALED: options = "scaled"; break;
            case WALLPAPER_NONE: options = "none"; break;
        }
    }
    gboolean result = gconf_client_set_string( client, 
        "/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options", 
        options,
        NULL);
    g_object_unref( G_OBJECT(client) );

    return result;
}

int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
  if ( argc > 1 ) {
    printf( "Setting %s as wallpaper... ", argv[1] );
    if ( set_as_wallpaper( argv[1], WALLPAPER_ALIGN_STRETCHED ) ) printf( "Ok\n" );
    else printf( "Failed\n" );
  } else printf( "Usage: ./bkgmanage <filename>\n" );

  return 0;
}

上述来源基于gthumb项目。它可以使用以下字符串进行编译：

gcc -Wall -g `pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0 gconf-2.0` bkgmanage.c -o bkgmanage

Answer 2

虽然问题是gnome特定的，但也有一种方法可以处理更高层工具包上不依赖的壁纸。你应该能够通过研究xsetroot.c的来源来处理根窗口（实际上是壁纸），{{3}}是我在这里最有趣的部分：

static void
SetBackgroundToBitmap(Pixmap bitmap, unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
{
    Pixmap pix;
    GC gc;
    XGCValues gc_init;

    gc_init.foreground = NameToPixel(fore_color, BlackPixel(dpy, screen));
    gc_init.background = NameToPixel(back_color, WhitePixel(dpy, screen));
    if (reverse) {
        unsigned long temp=gc_init.foreground;
        gc_init.foreground=gc_init.background;
        gc_init.background=temp;
    }
    gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, GCForeground|GCBackground, &gc_init);
    pix = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, width, height,
                        (unsigned int)DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
    XCopyPlane(dpy, bitmap, pix, gc, 0, 0, width, height, 0, 0, (unsigned long)1);
    XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap(dpy, root, pix);
    XFreeGC(dpy, gc);
    XFreePixmap(dpy, bitmap);
    if (save_colors)
        save_pixmap = pix;
    else
        XFreePixmap(dpy, pix);
    XClearWindow(dpy, root);
    unsave_past = 1;
}

Answer 3

如果没有别的，你可以使用system()来调用这里建议的命令行之一：

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/change-background-via-command-line-350936/

以编程方式更改Linux上的壁纸

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