Re: Jwm desktop background image

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>]

On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 14:03 +0000, Kruppt wrote:
> On 2014-01-07, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I found out that setting up a wallpaper does work like this:
> >
> > [...]
> >  <StartupCommand>
> >   Esetroot -m /usr/share/wallpapers/Grass/contents/images/1280x1024.jpg
> >  </StartupCommand>
> > [...]
> >
> > The Debian example file and explanations in the Internet claim that this
> > should work too:
> >
> > [...]
> >    <Desktops width="4" height="1">
> > [...]
> >       <Background type="image">/usr/share/wallpapers/Grass/contents/images/1280x1024.jpg</Background>
> > [...]
> >    </Desktops>
> > [...]
> >
> > This doesn't work on my machine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf
> >
> >
> 
> For a GUI method (Nitrogen) of changing wallpapers quickly.
> 
> Copy the /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc and /etc/jwm/debian-menu
> to the root of your user directory, rename the system.jwmrc that resides
> in your user directory to .jwmrc, change owner of said file
> to your user, and group, then open the ~/.jwmrc file with a text editor
> and edit/replace section as in below example, save changes to file.
> Install Nitrogen:
> apt-get install nitrogen
> Start nitrogen from JWM menu or user term, select the wallpaper of
> your choice, apply,  then restart JWM from menu. For examples see below:
> 
> Terminal Commands:
> root@aptosid-ms-7312:/home/kruppt# cp /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc /home/kruppt
> root@aptosid-ms-7312:/home/kruppt# cp /etc/jwm/debian-menu /home/kruppt
> root@aptosid-ms-7312:/home/kruppt# mv /home/kruppt/system.jwmrc /home/kruppt/.jwmrc
> root@aptosid-ms-7312:/home/kruppt# chown -v kruppt:kruppt /home/kruppt/.jwmrc
> kruppt@aptosid-ms-7312:~$ scite /home/kirkus/.jwmrc
> 
> Section of /home/your-user/.jwmrc that needs to be edited as so:
> 
>    <Desktops width="4" height="1">
>       <!-- Default background. Note that a Background tag can be
>            contained within a Desktop tag to give a specific background
>            for that desktop.
>        -->
>       <Background type="command">nitrogen --restore</Background>
>    </Desktops>

Thank you, but isn't it another workaround, as the workaround I already
use ;)?