i3lockcomics

Python script to fetch the newest edition of a comic strip and use it in i3lock. Highly inspired by xkcd-lock by @angs.

Short description

This script gets the latest strip of a comic which is added on top of a pixelated screenshot of your desktop. This image is then used as a background image when running i3lock.

Comics supported:

• Bestis (no) (new)
• Calvin & Hobbes
• CommitStrip
• Dilbert
• Dinosaur Comics
• Fagprat (no)
• Get Fuzzy
• Intet Nytt fra Hjemmefronten (no)
• Lunch (no)
• Nemi (no)
• PvP
• xkcd

Install

Easy peasy: pip install i3lockcomics

How to use

Run i3lockcomics to lock your screen with i3lock and show a random comic strip. You can also chose a specific comic and use a pixellation distort on your lockscreen instead of the blurring. Check out i3lockcomics -h for more info.

If you use multiple displays, the script will only place the comic strip on your primary screen.

If the script can't fetch a comic because of connection issues, it will use a previous strip from the same comic, if it can find one in the strips-folder. If there is no net and no cached comic strip available, the script will use XKCD's password-strip as default.

(This seems to be OK according to Mr. xkcd himself:

"Can we print xkcd in our magazine/newspaper/other publication?"

"You can post xkcd in your blog (whether ad-supported or not) with no need to get my permission."

But Randall, if I'm mistaken, please let me know.)

When using xkcd, it will also get the alt-text for the image and paste it underneath the comic.

Dependencies:

These dependencies are required besides the modules installed by pip:

• i3lock
• maim
• curl (called by the subprocess module)