tags 470863 + patch Hey LJ, attached is a diff that should take care of #470863. I'll be happy to NMU this if you like, your call, just let me know.
-- Jon Bernard
diff --git a/feh.1 b/feh.1 index 254949e..e56b46a 100644 --- a/feh.1 +++ b/feh.1 @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ it, or will fall back to X methods. Feh stores the commandline necessary to restore the background you chose in ~/.fehbg. So to have feh-set backgrounds restored when you restart X, -add the line "eval `cat $HOME/.fehbg`" to your +add the contents of ~/.fehbg to your X startup script (e.g. ~/.xsession). Note that you only need to do this for non E window managers. diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c index d9d803d..cf6a896 100644 --- a/src/options.c +++ b/src/options.c @@ -985,10 +985,9 @@ show_usage(void) " Feh stores the commandline necessary to restore\n" " the background you chose in ~/.fehbg. So to have\n" " feh-set backgrounds restored when you restart X,\n" -" add the line \"eval `cat $HOME/.fehbg`\" to your\n" -" X startup script (e.g. ~/.xsession). Note that\n" -" you only need to do this for non E window\n" -" managers.\n" +" add the contents of ~/.fehbg to your X startup\n" +" script (e.g. ~/.xsession). Note that you only\n" +" need to do this for non E window managers.\n" " --fontpath PATH Specify an extra directory to look in for fonts,\n" " can be used multiple times to add multiple paths.\n" " -M, --menu-font FONT Use FONT for the font in menus.\n"
