>DATE: Wed 17 Aug 2022 00:09 By: konsthol@pm.me

# wpgtk is just more convenient

Pywal is a simple KISS principled python application that extracts colors from an image and creates a color pallete to theme different programs

By default there are some templates that are stored in its .cache directory and there is an option to create new templates in its .config directory.

I found it to be simpler to create every template with wpgtk and store it in its templates folder in .config because there it also utilizes symlinks to its respective files and thus you can have every program's file to manage in one place.

Moreover wpgtk conveniently stores each created colorscheme in a schemes folder in .config and along with that every wallpaper used as a symlink to the actual wallpaper in a wallpapers folder.

It also has a gui interface but I never really found a use for it as one can easily perform every needed action using just the cli.

After creating a script to be run after every use of the program to theme application that need third party scripts like telegram and qutebrowser the process of switching colorschemes on the fly becomes easy as pie and fast as fuck 🤫

Just give it a shot! Maybe I'll upload my postWPG script in my gitea instance sometime soon and create an actual tutorial on how to use wpgtk

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