Apply Custom Icon

Nemo action to apply a custom composed icon based on images contained in the selected folder(s).

INSTALLATION

The script requires: xdotool zenity yad convert montage rsvg-convert
On Linux Mint (I have latest 21.1 Vera) and similar distros, you can verify that you have all the dependencies with: sudo apt install zenity yad graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat librsvg2-bin

To install, open a terminal and do:

cd ~/.local/share/nemo/actions/
curl -OO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dentex/apply_custom_icon/main/scripts/apply_custom_icon.{nemo_action,sh}

OPERATIONS

7 types of operation are available, that can be divided into 3 categories:

Multiple images:

• Montage (1st four images)
  Picks the first four images found in the selected folder(s).
• Montage (four random images)
  Picks the four random images found in the selected folder(s).

Single image:

• 1st image
  Picks the first image available into the folder(s)
• Single random image
  Picks a random image from the folder(s)
• Choose an image
  Uses a file selector for manually picking the image to be composed, for every selected folder.

Other operations:

• Restore default
  Restore the default theme's folder icon for every selected folder.

	==>

• Refresh base icon
  Updates the already composed icon(s) with the current theme's default folder as background.

	==>

TO-DO

• Better refresh procedure
• Custom background color
• Transparent background (now WIP)
• ...