Subba Rao <subba9_at_cablespeed.com> wrote:
> I tried to set a wall paper using GThumb and that did not work.
> How do I setup a wallpaper when fvwm session begins?
Others have already suggested xv and xloadimage (also known with
its aliases xli and xsetbg).
Some time ago I experimented with loading root images with xv, xsetbg
(from xloadimage package), display (from ImageMagick package) and
Esetroot (from the Eterm package) and made note of strengths and
weakness of each. Here are my observations for whatever they're
worth.
Personally I find xv most suitable for my needs. Its inability
to handle transparent objects can be compensated by applying the
fvwm-root utility. See the fvwm-root man page for explanation.
--- xv ------------------------------
Advantages:
o can handle just about any image
o is pretty stable and bug-free
o commonly available
o high quality smoothing when maximizing image
Disadvantages:
o big and slow
o screen momentarily blanks out when changing root image
o does not handle transparency
--- xli (or its alias xsetbg) -------
Advantages:
o very fast
o handles transparency
o smooth background image transition without screen blanking
Disadvantages:
o does not recognize pgm, xpm, xbm, ...
o too fussy; does not recognize certain types of jpg images
o poor quality smoothing
o buggy: "xsetbg -fillscreen file.jpg" doesn't fill screen for some images
--- display (from ImageMagick) --------
Advantages:
o can handle just about any image
o is pretty stable and bug-free
o commonly available
o handles transparency
Disadvantages:
o syntax cumbersome, setting root image is not one of its strong points
o not sure if it can do everything
o very slow
--- Esetroot (from the Eterm package):
Advantages:
o is fast
o handles transparency
Disadvantages:
o image quality of maximized images is better than xli but not as good as xv
o occasionally messes up transparency
o actually Eterm is supposed to handle pixmaps only, but it manages to work
with jpeg files too
--
Rouben Rostamian <rostamian_at_umbc.edu>
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Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 20:47:20 BST