~/Library/Application Support/Google/TopDraw/Scripts
The application runs as a Status Item, which means that there is no front window or icon in the dock. Instead, there will be a colored shape in the menu bar to indicate the current status (idle or rendering). If you click on the item, it will display a menu similar to this menu:
Menu Item | Description |
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About... | Version and other details |
Render | If you select just the menu item, it will render the currently active script (as shown below this item). Otherwise, you can choose another item from the popup menu list. |
Render... | The name of the currently active script and the remaining time until it is rendered is listed. In this example, the script "Pattern" will be rendered and installed as your desktop in about 4 minutes and 36 seconds. |
Preferences... | Set the script, update interval, etc. as described below. |
Launch Top Draw | Open the Top Draw application. |
Help with Top Draw Viewer | This documentation. |
Quit | Quit Top Draw Viewer. |
Preference | Description |
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Script Folder | The location of the folder on your computer that contains the Top Draw Script (TDS, extension ".tds") files to be used by Top Draw when rendering Desktop images. Only files ending in .tds will be read. Top Draw will not read files from any folders in that directory. |
Script | The chosen script to render. If you've selected the "Randomly chosen" checkbox, one of the scripts contained in your Script Folder will be chosen at random for each rendering. Also, the Script menu will be disabled. Clicking on the "Try it!" button to cause the currently selected (or a random one if configured) script to render. |
Refresh | The desktop can be refreshed at a variety of intervals (seconds, minutes, hours). Additionally, you can have it update when your computer starts up or even every time that you wake it from from sleeping. |
Menu Indicator | The appearance of the image drawing in the menubar can be customized. You may choose the color to be drawn when idle or actively rendering a desktop. You may also choose a pleasing geometric shape: rectangle, square, circle, or triangle. It's up to you! |
~/Library/Application Support/Google/TopDraw/Scripts
If you're not interested in programming, you can visit the Top Draw project Wiki Gallery site and download new script files. You can then copy those files into the Script Folder that you've configured Top Draw to use. If you open the Preferences window, the new script(s) will be available for your selection.
The scripts use the JavaScript programming language, with enhancements, to provide the instructions to render. If you'd like to learn more about these, please see the Top Draw documentation.
The most up-to-date versions can be found at Google's open source repository, as the Top Draw project.
The program is open source and written in Objective-C using Apple's Xcode IDE. It uses the JavaScriptCore, Quartz, and CoreImage frameworks.