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Re: [desktop] debian backgrounds package



On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:28:10AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 03:47:36PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 08:27:08AM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > > On 12-Jan-03, 14:55 (CST), Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be> wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > Frank (who uses ion as his wm , which does not support background images)
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > $ sudo apt-get install xloadimage
> > > $ man xsetbg
> > 
> > Ion does not leave the root window visible. It fills the screen with
> > 'frames', which can contain windows. So it does not even have the
> > concept of foreground vs background.
> 
> Sure.  But I have used Esetroot + Eterm with ion before.  Looks purty.  (I'm
> sure there's a more "minimal" transparent term, maybe aterm, that would do
> just as well and be better suited the typical ion user's tastes.)

I didn't think of that... I'm an xterm user, and I never felt the need
to have a picture mixed up with my ls -l output.

Frank
> 
> Ben
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