some changes (also have pretty fast hyprland animations now!)

.scripts/random_swww.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash --norc
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # ╭───────────────╮
 # │ SWWW-settings │
 # ╰───────────────╯
@@ -17,70 +17,108 @@ export SWWW_TRANSITION=center
 _swww() {
   if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     # ─< random wallpaper selection >─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    local wall_dir="$HOME/.wallpapers"
+    local wall_dir="$HOME/.wallpaper"
 
     # ─< Create an array of directories to exclude >──────────────────────────────────────────
     IFS=',' read -ra EXCLUDED_DIRS <<<"$SWWW_EXCLUDED_DIRS"
 
-    # ─< Build the find command with exclusions >─────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # # ─< Build the find command with exclusions >─────────────────────────────────────────────
-    local find_cmd="find \"$wall_dir\" -type f \( -iname \"*.png\" -o -iname \"*.jpg\" -o -iname \"*.gif\" -o -iname \"*.PNG\" -o -iname \"*.JPG\" -o -iname \"*.GIF\" \) -not -path \"*/\.git/*\""
+    # local find_cmd="find \"$wall_dir\" -type f \( -iname \"*.png\" -o -iname \"*.jpg\" -o -iname \"*.jpeg\" -o -iname \"*.gif\" \)"
-
+    #
+    # # Add directory exclusions
+    # for dir in "${EXCLUDED_DIRS[@]}"; do
+    #   find_cmd+=" -not \( -path \"$wall_dir/$dir/*\" -prune \)"
+    # done
+    #
+    # # Add final exclusions
+    # find_cmd+=" -not -path \"*/\.git/*\""
+    #
+    # # ─< Select a random picture >────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # local pic=$(eval "$find_cmd" | shuf -n 1)
+    # Alternative approach using shopt
+    shopt -s globstar nullglob
+    local pics=()
+    for pic in "$wall_dir"/**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}; do
+      # Skip excluded directories
       for dir in "${EXCLUDED_DIRS[@]}"; do
-      find_cmd+=" -not -path \"$wall_dir/$dir/*\""
+        [[ $pic == "$wall_dir/$dir/"* ]] && continue 2
+      done
+      pics+=("$pic")
     done
 
-    # ─< Select a random picture >────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    local pic=$(printf "%s\n" "${pics[@]}" | shuf -n 1)
-    local pic=$(eval $find_cmd | shuf -n 1)
+    # Check if we found any picture
+    # notify-send "pic" "$pic"
+    if [ -z "$pic" ]; then
+      notify-send "ERROR" "No wallpapers found in $wall_dir (excluding: $SWWW_EXCLUDED_DIRS)"
+      return 1
+    fi
 
+    # swww img "$pic" --transition-fps "$SWWW_TRANSITION_FPS" --transition-step "$SWWW_TRANSITION_STEP" --transition-type "$SWWW_TRANSITION"
     # ─< checking for swww >──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    if command -v swww >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! command -v swww >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      notify-send "ERROR" "swww was not found on the system"
+      return 1
+    fi
+
     # ─< Check if swww daemon is running, start if not >─────────────────────────────────────
-      if ! pgrep -x "swww" >/dev/null; then
+    if ! pgrep -x "swww-daemon" >/dev/null; then
       notify-send "SWWW" "swww not running - starting it now"
       swww-daemon
       sleep 1 # Give the daemon a second to start
-        if pgrep -x "swww" >/dev/null; then
+      if ! pgrep -x "swww" >/dev/null; then
-          notify-send "SWWW" "started successfully"
+        notify-send "ERROR" "seems like swww didn't start as expected"
-        else
+        return 0
-          notify-send "ERROR" "seems like swww didn't come up as exspected"
       fi
+      notify-send "SWWW" "started successfully"
     fi
 
     # ─< checking the wall_dir variable >─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-      if [[ -d "$wall_dir" ]]; then
+    # if [[ ! -d "$wall_dir" ]]; then
+    #   notify-send "ERROR" "$wall_dir path not found"
+    #   return 1
+    # fi
+
     # ─< executing swww with the random $pic >────────────────────────────────────────────────
-        swww img "$pic"
+    if swww img "$pic" --transition-fps "$SWWW_TRANSITION_FPS" --transition-step "$SWWW_TRANSITION_STEP" --transition-type "$SWWW_TRANSITION"; then
-        # --transition-fps "$SWWW_TRANSITION_FPS" --transition-step "$SWWW_TRANSITION_STEP" --transition-type "$SWWW_TRANSITION"
+      notify-send "󰸉 " "Changed wallpaper to ${pic##*/}"
-        notify-send "󰸉 " "Changed wallpaper to $pic"
       notify-send " " "Not sourcing from: $SWWW_EXCLUDED_DIRS"
     else
-        notify-send "ERROR" "$wall_dir path not found"
+      notify-send "ERROR" "Failed to set wallpaper: $pic"
+      return 1
     fi
   else
+    if ! command -v swww >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       notify-send "ERROR" "swww was not found on the system"
+      return 1
     fi
-  else
+
-    if command -v swww >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # ─< Check if swww daemon is running, start if not >─────────────────────────────────────
-      if ! pgrep -x "swww" >/dev/null; then
+    if ! pgrep -x "swww-daemon" >/dev/null; then
       notify-send "SWWW" "swww not running - starting it now"
       swww-daemon
       sleep 1 # Give the daemon a second to start
-        if pgrep -x "swww" >/dev/null; then
+      if ! pgrep -x "swww-daemon" >/dev/null; then
+        notify-send "ERROR" "seems like swww didn't start as expected"
+        return 1
+      fi
       notify-send "SWWW" "started successfully"
-        else
-          notify-send "ERROR" "seems like swww didn't come up as exspected"
-        fi
-      fi
-      # ─< executing swww with the random $pic >────────────────────────────────────────────────
-      swww img "$1"
-      # --transition-fps "$SWWW_TRANSITION_FPS" --transition-step "$SWWW_TRANSITION_STEP" --transition-type "$SWWW_TRANSITION"
-      notify-send "󰸉 " "Changed wallpaper to $1"
-    else
-      notify-send "ERROR" "$1 not found"
-    fi
     fi
 
+    # Check if file exists
+    if [[ ! -f "$1" ]]; then
+      notify-send "ERROR" "File not found: $1"
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    # ─< executing swww with the random $pic >────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    if swww img "$1" --transition-fps "$SWWW_TRANSITION_FPS" --transition-step "$SWWW_TRANSITION_STEP" --transition-type "$SWWW_TRANSITION"; then
+      notify-send "󰸉 " "Changed wallpaper to ${1##*/}"
+    else
+      notify-send "ERROR" "Failed to set wallpaper: $1"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
 _swww "$@"

hyprland.conf

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 #                     │         and setup my hyprland environment         │
 #                     ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
 
-
+# ╭──────────╮
+# │ security │
+# ╰──────────╯
+# permission = /usr/(lib|libexec|lib64)/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland, screencopy, allow
 #                                     ╭──────────────╮
 #                                     │ Source files │
 #                                     ╰──────────────╯
@@ -17,6 +20,10 @@ $h_conf = ~/.config/hypr
 #│ > $main <- this should contain the main monitor (e.g. DP-1 or HDMI-A-1..) │
 #│ > $secondary <- This is just the second monitor                           │
 #╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
+
+# ─< source hotkeys file for hyprland >──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+source = $h_conf/hotkeys.conf
+
 source = $HOME/.monitors.conf
  # variable for specialworkspace (has to be configured in .monitors.conf like -> 'workspace = name:x, on-created-empty:$terminal')
 $terminal = foot
@@ -38,9 +45,6 @@ workspace = 69, monitor:$main, persistent:true, allow-tearing:true, gapsin:0, ga
 # ────────────────────────────────────────< specials >────────────────────────────────────────
 workspace = special:magic, monitor:$main, on-created-empty:$terminal, border:0
 
-# ─< source hotkeys file for hyprland >──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-source = $h_conf/hotkeys.conf
-
 # ─< initialisation script >─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 exec-once = $h_conf/.scripts/init.sh