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Re: xsetroot -bitmap???



On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 12:51:55PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > ============================================
> > xucaen@whitestar:~$ ls
> > aim.xpm  new.bmp  test  test.xpm
> > xucaen@whitestar:~$ xsetroot -bitmap ~/new.bmp
> > xsetroot: bad bitmap format file:
> > /home/xucaen/new.bmp
> > xucaen@whitestar:~$
> > ============================================
> > I made new.bmp using gimp.
> > any clues?
> 
> Why not use something like "jpeg" instead ??

    xsetroot doesn't take anything but a bitmap. 

    I use xv myself...

# Set up the background image with xv.
image=/home/msoulier/wdmc1.jpg
if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xv ] && [ -e $image ]
then
    /usr/bin/X11/xv -maxp -quit -root $image
fi

    Are you sure that bmp is correct? That's a windoze format, is it not? I
was thinking xpm myself...

    Mike

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