Re: FVWM: Setting up Wallpaper in fvwm

From: Cameron Simpson <cs_at_zip.com.au>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:07:46 +1000

On 21:44 17 Jun 2003, Rouben Rostamian <rostamian_at_umbc.edu> wrote:
| 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).

And of course fvwm-root, from the fvwm package itself. I tend to size
backgrounds with a separate tool (if they're not the right size already)
and then call fvwm-root with the resized image. This lets one separate
the "set the wallpaper" from the image composition.

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Received on Wed Jun 18 2003 - 00:09:49 BST