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leukozyt

11-11-2003 06:24 PM

howto a window fix on background ?

i want to have a console session (like eterm) as the root window of the desktop.
how can i do this :Pengy:

help, im a bloody :newbie:

leukozyt

11-12-2003 03:28 PM

i have it :study:

Code:

###!/bin/sh

# This scripts runs Eterm on background (like the root-window)

# 2003-11-12

#

WINDOW_NAME="Eterm_on_Background"

AUSRICHTUNG="120x58+0+0" # WxH+X+Y

Eterm --title "$WINDOW_NAME" --trans --buttonbar 0 --scrollbar 0 --geometry "$AUSRICHTUNG" &

sleep 1

sawfish-client -e "(set-window-depth (get-window-by-name \"$WINDOW_NAME\") -50)"

Thymox

11-13-2003 04:41 AM

If this is so that you can have information scrolling on your 'desktop', such as tailing the output of a log file, then check out root-tail.

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