Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com> writes:
> On 14 Oct 2002 20:34:08 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> >
> > Steve Talley <stephen.talley_at_sun.com> writes:
> > > Victor Eijkhout wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 10:35 -0600 2002/10/10, Steve Talley wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > on each desktop, with different background images) at startup.
> > > >
> > > > I've compiled your xvirtualroot program and it works as advertised.
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > How do you start different pictures on different desktops
> > > > _at_startup_? I can do something complicated with FvwmBacker, but it
> > > > sounds like you have a better solution.
> > >
> > > I use Xt resource-setting arguments, like "-xrm '*Desk: 1'". See the
> > > FVWM man page for details.
> >
> > An argument like "-xrm '*Desk: 1'" will cause an application
> > to start on a different desk, but it won't put a different picture
> > on the background for each desktop. For that, you need FvwmBacker.
> > Try it, I don't think its that complicated.
>
> Well, "xvirtualroot -xrm '*Desk: 2 0 1' -f bg.xpm &" does what is needed.
Oops. Sorry, looking back thru the archive, I can see that I
wasn't paying attention to this xvirtualroot thingie.
> Not that I advocate setting a background using permanent xvirtualroot
> windows instead of FvwmBacker module together with fvwm-root or
> fvwm-themes-images utilities. But this is an acceptable solution.
>
> I see one advantage to xvirtualroot, it may be a bit faster as compared to
> FvwmBacker that always recalculates the image. One of disadvantages is
> that half transparent png icons look not very good on such virtual root
> and are slow. (This is only relevant for fvwm-2.5.x, of course.)
I used these options:
Style XVirtualRoot CirculateSkip, StaysOnBottom, NeverFocus, NoTitle, NoHandles
Style XVirtualRoot WindowListSkip, BorderWidth 0, StartsLowered
Style XVirtualRoot SkipMapping, FixedPosition, FixedSize
but I still got a placement outline. Did I miss an option?
I couldn't move or resize the window. My root mouse and keybindings
worked. But I could Delete, Destroy, or windowshade the window by selecting
the command from a menu. Thats sort of odd, since I can't
focus it, but I guess that makes some sense.
It doesn't cooperate with xaniroc.
The mouse pointer doesn't change to the root pointer either
(makes sense).
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Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Mon Oct 14 2002 - 22:33:53 BST