[ale] Weather Satellite Image on X Background

[Josh Freeman]

I'm not seeing a way to set the  background image to transparent, but 
KDE does provide an interface to use a random JPG from a directory.I can 
handle it that way if I can't figure out a way to make xv display it for 
me. Thanks.


Michelangelo Grigni wrote:
>>Forgive me  if I am missing something completely obvious,but this 
>>doesn't seem to work for me, running KDE 2.0.
>>
>>If I execute the following statement:
>>
>>xv -root -quit -geometry 1280x975 ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg
>>
>>Nothing seems to happen. If I execute this:
>>
>>xv +root -quit -geometry 1280x975 ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg
>>
>>A window the size of my screen pops up containing ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg
>>
> 
> I am not familiar with KDE, but in CDE I get the same
> behavior because the background image is actually a
> full-screen sized application window, managed by the
> window manager.
> 
> Perhaps KDE has some option to reset the image on this
> root window, or to let you see the real X root image.
> Within CDE, I can ask for a "transparent" background, and
> then xv/xsetroot works as expected.
> 
> 
> 


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Josh Freeman
Technical Manager
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

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