Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:23:26 +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.4.05.9904262122370.252-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904261958450.252-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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On Mon, 26 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? >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...) Ah, for the record the home page is: http://208.240.253.47/root-tail/ (Search for "root tail" not "roottail" on freshmeat.) Thanks, Ben. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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