How do i put the script autostart in i3 wm

[ahloiscreamo]

Hi there,

Thanks for the awesome tool.
i have a question,

i want to make the script autostart in i3 login.

i put the script on bin and try to exec it on i3 conf.
but its not working,
Do you know how to.

[ahloiscreamo]

I see youre looking for feh alt.
This lightweight image program (recommended for tiling wm)
can open gif by default
would you like to implement it ?

[thomas10-10]

i will search for the best solution for autostart, thanks i will look that

[thomas10-10]

for autostart, in your i3 config , append :
exec_always --no-startup-id killall back4.sh
exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/back4.sh 0.03 Downloads/beautycity.gif

[ahloiscreamo]

Hi there,
thanks for the guide, work like a charm!
i'll close the issues,

[Deleted user]

for autostart, in your i3 config , append : exec_always --no-startup-id killall back4.sh exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/back4.sh 0.03 Downloads/beautycity.gif

Hello. These commands doesn't work for me, example when i restart i3 the gif gets faster and faster. So I created a launch script inspired by polybar's launch script and it works. It doesn't get faster and faster when restarting i3.

Here is launch script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

kill -9 `pgrep -f back4.sh`

echo "---" | tee -a /tmp/back4-1.log
$HOME/.local/bin/back4.sh auto $HOME/.gifs/6.gif | tee -a /tmp/back4-1.log & disown

echo "Must be fine!"

In i3 config, I added that command below to run back4.sh:

exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/.local/bin/launch.sh &

In this way the gif doesn't get faster and faster.

Thank you for your time.