FVWM: "Transparent" rxvt and FvwmBacker

From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell_at_ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:54:30 -0400 (EDT)

First, thanks to all at fvwm for a great WM.

I've used 1.2X for several years with pleasure. Recently I
installed 2.2.2, and I like many of the new features. One
little problem I've run into. I'm using FvwmBacker for a
little visual variety, putting a background xpm onto one of my
desks (the rest have solid color backgrounds). And into the
bargain I've compiled rxvt for "transparency" to let the pixmap
shine through. So I have an rxvt window sitting on the xpm'd
desk, and other stuff going on elsewhere. Now when I shift to
the xpm'd desk the xpm turns on OK, but the rxvt background
remains with the solid color of the desktop I just left. I
suppose this is because of the slight delay in the xpm
appearing: the rxvt background has already been set.

I can get the rxvt bg to show the pixmap by doing a manual
"Refresh", or a "clear", but obviously it would be nicer to have
it happen automatically. So I'm wondering what I could put into
the "*FvwmBackerDesk N" command to make this happen. (I've
tried appending "Refresh" after "xpmroot" but that doesn't work,
I suppose because fvwm doesn't wait for the xpmroot to finish
before doing the refresh.)

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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Received on Tue Jun 22 1999 - 16:56:14 BST

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