From b503fe7df50b324905013ff5d531ec435d93d054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Rivera <137088692+Totorile1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:00:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added wallpaper with swww

---
 hosts/laptop/configuration.nix    |  2 ++
 hosts/laptop/home.nix             |  1 +
 modules/home-manager/hyprland.nix |  1 +
 modules/scripts/wallpaper.nix     | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/scripts/wallpaper.nix

diff --git a/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix b/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
index 24e5afc..919bb38 100755
--- a/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ services.upower.enable = true;
     hyprkeys # keybind helper
     cowsay
     cmatrix
+    swww #wallpaper daemon
+    socat # Utility for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels (used to communicate between hyprland and swww to change wallpapers dinamically)
 #we need to install gnome and kde utils individually as we dont use gnome
     gnome-calculator
     snapshot
diff --git a/hosts/laptop/home.nix b/hosts/laptop/home.nix
index 4a92fe1..e64c49e 100755
--- a/hosts/laptop/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/laptop/home.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ home.packages = [
 (pkgs.callPackage ../../modules/scripts/batterynotify.nix {})
 (pkgs.callPackage ../../modules/scripts/weather.nix {})
 (pkgs.callPackage ../../modules/scripts/cowsay.nix {})
+(pkgs.callPackage ../../modules/scripts/wallpaper.nix {})
 # # Adds the 'hello' command to your environment. It prints a friendly
 # # "Hello, world!" when run.
 # pkgs.hello
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/hyprland.nix b/modules/home-manager/hyprland.nix
index 130eabc..e4f30d6 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/hyprland.nix
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 			"wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store" # clipboard store text data
 			"wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store" # clipboard store image data
 			"custom-batterynotify"
+			"custom-wallpaper"
 		];
 # █░░ ▄▀█ █▄█ █▀█ █░█ ▀█▀ █▀
 # █▄▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▄█ ░█░ ▄█
diff --git a/modules/scripts/wallpaper.nix b/modules/scripts/wallpaper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92b421f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripts/wallpaper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ writeShellApplication, socat, swww, ... }:
+
+writeShellApplication {
+	name = "custom-wallpaper";
+	runtimeInputs = [
+		socat
+		swww
+	];
+	text = ''
+handle() {
+  case $1 in
+    workspace*)
+      str=$1
+      i=$((''${#str}-1))
+      workspace="''${str:$i:1}"
+      case $workspace in
+        1 | 6)
+          swww img -t none ../../assets/wallpaper1.jpg
+          ;;
+        2 | 7)
+          swww img  -t none ../../assets/wallpaper2.jpg
+          ;;
+        3 | 8)
+          swww img  -t none ../../assets/wallpaper3.jpg
+          ;;
+        4 | 9)
+          swww img  -t none ../../assets/wallpaper4.jpg
+          ;;
+        5 | 10)
+          swww img  -t none ../../assets/wallpaper5.jpg
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+socat -U - UNIX-CONNECT:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock | while read -r line; do handle "$line"; done	
+	'';
+}