variety - Man Page

variety [options] [files or urls]

Variety is an open-source wallpaper changer, downloader, and manager for Linux. It supports a variety of sources for wallpapers, including local files, online services such as Flickr, Wallbase.cc, Wallpapers.net, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, Desktoppr.co, and media RSS feeds (Picasa, deviantART, etc.).

Passing local files will add them to Variety's queue. Passing remote URLs will make Variety fetch them to Fetched folder and place them in the queue.

To set a specific wallpaper: variety /some/local/image.jpg --next

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h,  --help

show this help message and exit

-v,  --verbose

Show logging messages (-vv shows even finer debugging messages, -vvv debugs variety_lib too)

-q,  --quit

Make the running instance quit

--get,  --current,  --show-current

Print the current wallpaper location. Used only when the application is already running.

-n,  --next

Show Next wallpaper

-p,  --previous

Show Previous wallpaper

--fast-forward

Show Next wallpaper, skipping the forward history

-t,  --trash

Move current wallpaper to Trash. Used only when the application is already running.

-f,  --favorite

Copy current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when the application is already running.

--move-to-favorites

Move current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when the application is already running.

--pause

Pause on current image

--resume

Resume regular image changes

--toggle-pause

Toggle Pause/Resume state

--quotes-next

Show Next quote

--quotes-previous

Show Previous quote

--quotes-fast-forward

Show Next quote, skipping the forward history

--quotes-toggle-pause

Toggle Quotes Pause/Resume state

--quotes-save-favorite

Save the current quote to Favorites

--history

Toggle History display

--downloads

Toggle Recent Downloads display

--preferences,  --show-preferences

Show Preferences dialog

--selector,  --show-selector

Show manual wallpaper selector - the thumbnail bar filled with images from the active image sources

--set-option=SET_OPTIONS

Sets and applies an option. The option names are the same that are used in Variety's config file ~/.config/variety/variety.conf. Multiple options can be set in a single command. Example: 'variety --setoption icon Dark --set-option clock_enabled True'. USE WITH CAUTION: You are changing the settings file directly in an unguarded way.

--debug-smart

Debug VRTY.ORG and sync functionality by using local server