Version 1.0
Platform: Windows
Imagine that you have folder with wallpaper images, e.g.
- Mountain 1.jpg
- Mountain 2.jpg
- Mountain 3.jpg
- Mountain 4.jpg
- Mountain 5.jpg
- Ocean 1.jpg
- Ocean 2.jpg
If you use standard system slideshow with random image selection,
you will see much more mountain images than the ocean images because
each image has the same probability. That means that there is
5/7 = 71 % probability of showing mountain image and only 2/7 = 29 %
probability of showing the ocean.
Weighted Wallpaper Changer will use the first word in image name
as a name of a group (category). When there is time to change the image
it will first select the category and then an image from the category.
So each group of images has the same probability. It means that in the
given example, there is 50/50 probability of showing either mountain
or the ocean image.
The app runs minimized in the tray. Also the minimize and close button actually minimizes the app into the tray.
Double click on the tray icon to open GUI where you can select folder with images.
Right click on the tray icon to open popup many where you can completely close the application (possible also from the GUI).
Only file names ending with .jpg or .jpeg (case insensitive) are
considered.
Name of a group consists of all characters from the filename from the beginning to either first whitespace (space, tab etc.) or the dot (.).
Mountain 1.jpg ==> group is Mountain
Mountain1.jpg ==> group is Mountain1 !
So don't forget the put e.g. space after group.
It is OK for a group to have a single image.
Names of groups are case sensitive, i.e. Mountain and mountain are
different group.
Only for Windows.
The interval for changing the images is hardcoded to 1 minute :)