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From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root)
Message-Id: <199605141416.JAA05347@astro.acs.uswest.com>
Subject: Re: Wallpaper in X
To: craig@progroup.com (Craig Shaver)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 09:16:33 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: grag@fssr.ru, questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199605141011.DAA15397@seabass.progroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at May 14, 96 03:11:22 am
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In a previous message, Craig Shaver said:
> 
> > 
> > Hi All!
> > 
> > What can I do to setup wallpaper for X windows in my FreeBSD box ?
> > 
> > Thanks, Grag
> > 
> > 
> 
> I load a nice picture of Pamela Anderson using xv and then pop the
> "root" button and mirror it into the background.  

You can use command line options with xv to do that automatically. 

xv -root -quit  file

I know there are a couple other options (centering, tiling, warp background
that's not part of the picture, etc), but I don't see them in the usage,
off the top of my head. I don't do it currently.

Paul.

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