peterli@mis.ucsf.edu (Peter Li) (11/23/88)
As a result of playing with System V IPC, I found a way to change the suntools background by using another process. The fastest update frequency is around one per second on a Sun 3/50. It requires a kernel with IPCSHMEM and IPCSEMAPHORE options compiled. The patch to suntools.c is based on Version 1.7 87/05/04. The background changing program is based on stringart. It is readily modifiable to suit your own needs. Peter Li ARPA: peterli@mis.ucsf.edu UUCP: ucbvax!ucsfmis!peterli [[ The 52482 bytes shar file have been placed in the archives under "sun-source" as "background.shar". It can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the host "titan.rice.edu" or via the archive server. For more information about the archive server, send a mail message containing the word "help" to the address "archive-server@rice.edu". --wnl ]]