many improvements

modules/home-manager/hypr/hyprpaper.nix

@@ -3,37 +3,40 @@
   lib,
  ...
 }:
-with lib; let
-  # # load the wallpapers from the wallpapers directory - this gives a set with the folder content
-  # dirContent = builtins.readDir ../../../wallpapers;
-  # wallpaperString = lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: " " + x) wallpapers;
-  # # # load each wallpaper and keep its path (now in the nix store) as an array
-  # # wallpapers = map (x: builtins.readDir "${../../../wallpapers}/${x.value}") dirContent;
-  # # wallpaperString = lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: " " + x) wallpapers;
+let
 
-  # # script that picks a random wallpaper from the array and sets it as the desktop background
-  # monitor = ""; # leave empty to set the wallpaper on all monitors
+  wallpapers = [
+    ../../../wallpapers/codioful-formerly-gradienta-lweK7Wme_jo-unsplash.jpg
+    ../../../wallpapers/codioful-formerly-gradienta-n2XqPm7Bqhk-unsplash.jpg
+    ../../../wallpapers/luke-chesser-eICUFSeirc0-unsplash.jpg
+    ../../../wallpapers/luke-chesser-pJadQetzTkI-unsplash.jpg
+    ../../../wallpapers/magicpattern-87PP9Zd7MNo-unsplash.jpg
+  ];
 
-  # wallpaperRandomizer = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "wallpaperRandomizer" ''
-  #   wallpaper=$(shuf -n 1 -e ${wallpaperString})
-  #   hyprctl hyprpaper unload all
-  #   hyprctl hyprpaper preload $wallpaper
-  #   hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper "${monitor},$wallpaper"
-  # '';
+  monitor = ""; # leave empty to set the wallpaper on all monitors
+
+  wallpaperPicker = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "wallpaper-picker" ''
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    # use an array of wallpapers to randomly select one
+    wallpapers=(${pkgs.lib.concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "${p}") wallpapers)})
+    # select a random wallpaper from the array
+    index=$((RANDOM % ${toString (builtins.length wallpapers)}))
+    wallpaper="''${wallpapers[index]}"
+    echo "Setting wallpaper to: $wallpaper"
+
+    hyprctl hyprpaper unload all
+    hyprctl hyprpaper reload "${monitor},$wallpaper"
+  '';
 
 in {
-  # home.packages = [wallpaperRandomizer];
-
-
+  home.packages = [wallpaperPicker];
 
   services.hyprpaper = {
     enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      ipc = "on";
+    };
   };
-  #   settings = {
-  #     ipc = "off";
-  #     splash = false;
-  #   };
-  # };
 
   # systemd.user = {
   #   services.wallpaperRandomizer = {