franco@bbn.com (Frank A. Lonigro) (08/01/89)
Hi: What are some of the ways for taking an X11 bitmap file and using that as my root window background picture? I looked at xsetroot, but the man page says that it will use the bitmap to "tile" the background, which is not what I want. There used to be a program called xback for x10, but that used the authors own bitmap format. I know there must be something out there that does what I want. I have a DECstation3100 running DECwindows. Thanks in advance, -franco ################################### ### ######### ##################### # Frank A. Lonigro # ### ######### ##################### # franco@bbn.com # ### ### ### ### # franco%bbn.com@relay.cs.net # ### ### ### ### ### ### ### # ...!harvard!bbn!franco # ### ### ### ### ### ### ### # BBN Inc., Cambridge, Mass. # ### ### ### ### ### ################################### ####################################### # "I think we need more violins on TV and less game shows!" - Gilda Radner #
argv%eureka@Sun.COM (Dan Heller) (08/02/89)
In article <43595@bbn.COM> franco@bbn.com (Frank A. Lonigro) writes: > What are some of the ways for taking an X11 bitmap file and using > that as my root window background picture? I looked at xsetroot, but the > man page says that it will use the bitmap to "tile" the background, which > is not what I want. If your bitmap "tile" is as big as the root window, and then you tile the root window... dan <island!argv@sun.com> ----- My postings reflect my opinion only -- not the opinion of any company.
yakker@ucrmath.UCR.EDU (The Rastafari Yakker) (08/04/89)
>In article <43595@bbn.COM> franco@bbn.com (Frank A. Lonigro) writes: > What are some of the ways for taking an X11 bitmap file and using > that as my root window background picture? I looked at xsetroot, but the > man page says that it will use the bitmap to "tile" the background, which > is not what I want. If you want to put a large (1152x900)bitmap into the background, and it is for a Sun console workstation, I would suggest using xbgsun, a little program written to put Sun rasterfiles into the background. It can be obtained from gatekeeper.dec.com, in /pub/comp.sources.x/xbgsun directory. It's really handy to use. ---------------------------------------*-------------------------------------- "Behold, God, is my salvation, I | Internet: yakker@ucrmath.ucr.edu will trust, and not be afraid.." |+| UUCP: ...ucsd!ucrmath!yakker |+|+| "What lies behind you and what lies |+|+| The University of California before you pales insignificant when |+| at Riverside compared to what lies within you.." | Department of Computer Science ---------------------------------------*--------------------------------------
Frank.A..Lonigro@mamab.FIDONET.ORG (Frank A. Lonigro) (08/05/89)
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