howto a window fix on background ?

leukozyt · 11-11-2003, 06:24 PM

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

help, im a bloody

leukozyt · 11-12-2003, 03:28 PM

i have it

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.