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# wal-telegram

> Generate themes for Telegram based the colors generated by pywal/wal.
> More information: <https://github.com/guillaumeboehm/wal-telegram>.

- Generate with wal's palette and the current wallpaper (feh only):

`wal-telegram`

- Generate with wal's palette and a specified background image:

`wal-telegram --background={{path/to/image}}`

- Generate with wal's palette and a colored background based on the palette:

`wal-telegram --tiled`

- Apply a gaussian blur on the background image:

`wal-telegram -g`

- Specify a location for the generated theme (default is `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/wal-telegram` or `~/.cache/wal-telegram`):

`wal-telegram --destination={{path/to/destination}}`

- Restart the telegram app after generation:

`wal-telegram --restart`
