port = 7999
[xsetbg]
-database = ~/lib/xsetbg/xsetbg.db
+; database = ~/.cache/xsetbg.db
; minimum time in seconds between background image changes
min_pause = 300 ; (5 minutes)
+#! /usr/bin/env python
"""XSetBg database
"""
import shelve
from xsetbg_conf import xsetbg_conf
-xsetbg_db_path = os.path.expanduser(xsetbg_conf.get('xsetbg', 'database'))
+db_dirs = []
+try:
+ db_file = xsetbg_conf.get('xsetbg', 'database')
+except:
+ db_file = None
+
+if not db_file:
+ if 'XDG_CACHE_HOME' in os.environ:
+ db_dirs.append(os.environ['XDG_CACHE_HOME'])
+ home_cache = os.path.expanduser('~/.cache')
+ if home_cache not in db_dirs:
+ db_dirs.append(home_cache)
+ db_dirs.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+ for d in db_dirs:
+ db_file = os.path.join(d, 'xsetbg.db')
+ if os.path.exists(db_file):
+ break
+ else:
+ raise RuntimeError("Cannot find xsetbg.db; searched %s", db_dirs)
+
+xsetbg_db_path = db_file
try:
xsetbg_db = shelve.open(xsetbg_db_path, 'r')
except anydbm.error:
xsetbg_db = None
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ print "DB dirs:", db_dirs
+ print "DB file:", db_file