the root-tail command I posted works. However, it seems to writ text-over-text - as if scrolling the text is turned off. So, no _real_ solution.
Carsten, is there a way to have legacy apps such as root-tatil work in E17? Could E17 catch alternations to the X root-window and display them in a way that makes E17 happy? Sad to see these apps fail as they run in any desktop one knows... Marc * Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> [2011-02-06 23:01:56 +0900]: > On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:29:55 +0100 Marc Koschewski <[email protected]> said: > > the whole point of e making its own background window is so this isn't done - > multiple clients fighting over who draws to root. i highly suggest not to do > this. it WILL break. i guarantee it. there is a proper way to put things on > e's > desktop - and that is via modules which have access to the desktop canvas. > > > * P Purkayastha <[email protected]> [2011-02-06 20:08:35 +0800]: > > > > Hey 'P' :) > > > > That one works: > > > > root-tail .xsession-errors -id `xwininfo -root -tree | grep "Enlightenment > > Background" | awk '{ print $1 }'` > > > > Thanks for the hint! > > > > Marc > > > > > On 02/06/2011 07:17 PM, Marc Koschewski wrote: > > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > > > what just came up again is that I tried to use root-tail with E17 some > > > > time ago but it didn't work. I'd like to use it. I know that there's > > > > 'conky' but that's not what I'd like to run. > > > > > > > > Is there anyone who has root-tail running or has a hint on why E17 > > > > doesn't allow to write into it's root window? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > E17 creates its own root window which is above the "root" of X. If you > > > absolutely must use root-tail then you need to provide it E17's root > > > window, not X's root. That can be done using the -id switch to > > > root-tail. The window id of E17 can be obtained by grep-ing for > > > "Enlightenment Background" in the output of xwininfo -root -tree > > > > > > The end result could be quite ugly though, with lots of flickering :) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > > > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical > > > server's > > > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > > > rules translate into the virtual world? > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Marc Koschewski > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's > > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > > rules translate into the virtual world? > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > -- Marc Koschewski ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
