Re: xplanet with gnome (root window in general)

[David Fokkema <dfokkema@ileos.nl>]

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 14:35, James Strandboge wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 03:33, David Fokkema wrote:
> 
> > This is becoming painful. I think I will submit a wishlist bug or
> > something...
> 
> This is what I do to change the root window with all of gnome enabled
> (nautilus, etc):
> gconftool -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename ~/bg.jpg
> 
> Therefore, you can do something like this for xplanet:
> xplanet -blend -output ~/bg.jpg -geometry 1024x768
> gconftool -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename ~/bg.jpg
> 
> Another useful option is:
> gconftool -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_options
> "centered|scaled|stretched|wallpaper"
> 
> where you pick oe of centered, scaled, stretched or wallpaper.
> 
> Jamie

I'll try that out, thanks!

But why can't you just tell gnome not to cover the root window?
WindowMaker works perfectly, <sigh>

David

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