Re: FVWM: xpmroot

From: Martin Cartwright <M.Cartwright_at_Queens-Belfast.AC.UK>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:02:11 +0100 (BST)

On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Charles Hines wrote:

->>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Cartwright <M.Cartwright_at_Queens-Belfast.AC.UK> writes:
->
->Martin> I have a program for my Windows 3.1 machine at home that sets the root
->Martin> window to an image chosen randomly from a preset list. I was just
->Martin> wondering if anyone had thought of adding something like this to
->Martin> xpmroot.
->
->Martin> Just an idea ;)
->
->Actually, XV can do this, I believe.
->
->Chuck
->

Aha yes.. I can't find any xv documentation here you see. Still, half
an hours investigation proves Chuck right. Cheers.

xv -random -root image1.xpm image2.gif image3.tif image4.jpg ... -quit

for those who are wondering.. I always found xv to be a bit slow
compared to xpmroot tho'.


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