Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:20:11 +0200 Wim Borremans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > babbled: > > >>On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 18:32 +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:22:55 +0200 Wim Borremans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>babbled: >>> >>>>yep. that's what i mean. but when i try this, nothing happens. (i see >>>>that the program is grabbing pictures, but i don't see them on my >>>>background. >>>>does e blocks these? >>> >>>well - more like it hides their output. you won't see it. >> >>and there's no way to go around this? so that you can see the output? > > > if you modify the code - yes, and that means you lose: > > 1. root menus > 2. ibar, ibox, engage, pager, clock, battery meter, start module, cpufreq and > temperature moudles - weatehr module etc. ie everything that creates a gadget > on your desktop. > > basically there is no ORGANISED way to draw to the root window - it's a free > for all. if a screensaver draws to it - then it will draw OVEr anytgin e draw > - > bg, gagdtes etc. e has no idea when it draws and what it draws and how much. > this is why e overlays the root window another window it uses for the desktop > to end the whole "who draws on root" war. > Just wondering is there a way to tell other apps to draw to this window? Or maybe let me rephrase, is there a way that e's "root window" accepts changing input sent from another program ? Is that even possible? Cheers
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