Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:59:56 +0100 (BST) From: "Ben J. Cohen" <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root Window under X? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904261958450.252-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904241723320.793-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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Hi! On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Ben J. Cohen wrote: >I recall reading somewhere that it is possible to run Netscape in the root >window under X. (I can't find the original reference.) >Is it possible to run an arbitrary application in the root window? > >For example, I would like to run xconsole in the root window so that I can >see it but it doesn't get in the way too much (as it does at the moment). On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Patrick Seal wrote: >There is a program called roottail that you can display any file you want >superimposed on the root window. It *might* be in the ports collection. It isn't in the ports collection but it is available as an RPM in the SuSE Linux distribution. Does anyone know whether Roottail has a homepage with the source in? (Otherwise I'll have to try and extract the source from SPM and get it to work...) What if I ask the question above, but with say xload, i.e., is it possible to run xload in the root window? (If so is it possible to run two applications (e.g. xload *and* roottail) in the root window?) Thanks, Ben. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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