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I've been using this on 3.01 an love it! I am now trying to employ it in a 'laptop to digital frame' conversion. I've written a few scripts to automate starting 'slideshow' with it's various options.

The issue I'm now facing is that 'slideshow' ends when it gets to the end of the file list or the end of the directory it is showing. I thought about just writing 'slideshow' into a loop but I'm not sure how to tackle it.

I have tried 'qiv' to accomplish this photo frame idea as well, but to my knowledge, it doesn't use any transitions, so it is less elegant for this project.

Any ideas?

Yes, it would be awesome to have slideshow work in a loop. That would make up a great yet tiny screensaver.

Hello,
@Muggins,
Works great.. One question?
I am using this module in a screensaver, calling it with a script that sets the param`s..
When the slideshow completes the directory, it stops..
I can loop the slideshow, but I dont want it to restart every time...
So Is there a "-repeat" param???

@edit..just read the above posts, sorry to be redundant...

To do looping, just simply follow these 2 steps

1. Create a relative link of the folder inside itself.

For example, if the folder is named "pics", you need to create a relative link of the "pics" folder inside itself. Therefore, when you click on the "pics" folder, you will see a shortcut that link to itself which you can click on it forever.

2. use -recurse

-recurse will make the slideshow call its folder when all image had been displayed. This means if the folder is the link to itself, it will loop the slideshow.

Example of the script

Perigee Slideshow 1.2 binary available, see:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 537#414537

Mark