Victor Eijkhout wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Is fvwm-root a component of 2.5.* ? I don't find it in 2.4.11.
>
> Using xvirtualroot:
>
> *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk *) Function ChangeDesk
> DestroyFunc ChangeDesk
> AddToFunc ChangeDesk
> + I Exec xvirtualroot -f $[HOME]/.fvwm/$$d.xpm
>
> the problem is that I don't know how to kill a previous root window.
> I get more and more root windows, and they are all hidden behind the
> first.
The point of xvirtualroot is to avoid having to use FvwmBacker. Start
one xvirtualroot window per desktop at startup, with the appropriate
-xrm '*Desk: n' parameter and the appropriate FVWM style settings, and
then the background will be different for each desktop automatically.
Or, just start one xvirtualroot window for all desktops, if you want
the same background on all desktops.
Use "xv -root ..." or equivilent to change the background image if
desired.
Since xvirtualroot is just another X window, the background image that
it provides appears much more quickly than a FvwmBacker-invoked
background when changing desktops. Typically FvwmBacker causes the
image to be reread/recalculated/redrawn on each desktop change, which
makes for a less-than-smooth transition.
Steve
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Received on Mon Oct 21 2002 - 10:20:02 BST