From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 6 5:16:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls20.mediaone.net (chmls20.mediaone.net [24.147.1.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B4437B403 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 05:16:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leblanc@smtp.ne.mediaone.net) Received: from canada.acadia.ne.mediaone.net (acadia.ne.mediaone.net [65.96.185.189]) by chmls20.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f76CGkB06450 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:16:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by canada.acadia.ne.mediaone.net (8.11.5/8.11.5) id f76CD1F80286 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:13:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:13:00 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: Freebsd-Questions Subject: Re: stupid questions on setting background image in XF86 Message-ID: <20010806081259.B76146@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: Freebsd-Questions References: <20010806012816.E7758@toldme.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20010806012816.E7758@toldme.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i X-bright-idea: Lets abolish HTML mail! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 08/06/01 01:28 AM, dannyman sat at the `puter and typed: > On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 07:10:20PM +0200, Xeon wrote: > > hello everybody > > > > I would like to make windows trannsparent (such as aterm or xchat). I use > > blackbox on XFree86 4.X. it seems like the tool bsetbg doesne't work for > > transparency support in xchat. it says i should use Esetroot instead. > > but where can I find that? > > My favorite, from ports/graphics/ImageMagick: > > /usr/local/bin/display -window root -backdrop But that has a bigger footprint than my choice: xv. Use exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xv -root -rbg '#553366' -rfg '#111111' -rmode 6 \ -perfect -dither -quit ~/image01.jpg This puts an image centered on the root with a starburst pattern, purple with black lines, as the background. And it's in the ports too. This particular syntax doesn't scale, but the manpage can tell you how. > This will scale the image to your backdrop, too. I have no idea whather > this works on X4. Ditto, but I see no reason why either wouldn't. L -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ QOTD: "I used to be lost in the shuffle, now I just shuffle along with the lost." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message