settimed(1)

📦 version 5.14.4, in arch rolling

settimed(1) 💅 — User Commands, bestie

Okay so this is settimed(1) from the User Commands corner of the manual universe, and she is lowkey iconic for one specific job: keeping your wallpaper on a schedule. No cap.

💖 NAME 💖

settimed — start an event loop for a timed wallpaper.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

settimed [options] [path to a GNOME timed wallpaper or Simple Timed Wallpaper file]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So settimed starts an event loop that automatically changes the desktop wallpaper according to a timed wallpaper configuration file. That's the whole vibe: it runs, it watches the time, it swaps your wallpaper. 💅

And it's flexible, bestie — it supports both GNOME timed wallpaper XML files and Simple Timed Wallpaper (STW) format files. Two formats, one little event loop doing her thing. 🦋

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -s or --silent — suppresses output messages during operation. Quiet mode activated, she's not gonna yap at you. 🤫
  • -m or --mode — set wallpaper mode: stretch, center, tile, scale, plus modes specific to the currently running desktop environment or window manager. Default is "stretch". Pick your wallpaper's main character energy. ✨
  • -V or --version — show the current version. Just a little “who am I?” moment. 👑

⭐ VERSION ⭐

5.14.3

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

settimed was written by Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>.

xoxo, your settimed(1) page 💖 — version 5.14.3, dated 04 Jun 2026. Periodt. 🎀

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