Re: X Background

1998-09-09 Thread Michael Beattie
On 8 Sep 1998, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: [snip] > First xsetroot is run. The script will wait until it has finished. > that shouldn't take long time and afterwards it continues to put > xemacs and kvt in the background. Then icewm is run in the > background. Weird, shouldn't we wait for that. Oh yes, w

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
*-"E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | > xsetroot -solid black | > xemacs& | > kvt& | > icewm& | > wait $! | > run_my_logout_cleaner | | so what do we gain from this compared to | | xsetroot -solid black | xemacs& | kvt& | icewm | run_my_logout_cleaner | | ? In other words, what use h

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> A couple of examples: [snip] > > xsetroot -solid black > xemacs& > kvt& > icewm& > wait $! > run_my_logout_cleaner > > First xsetroot is run. The script will wait until it has finished. > that shouldn't take long time and afterwards it continues to put > xemacs and kvt in the background. Then

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
[Sorry if you get this twice] *-Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: | | > On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 04:33:53PM -0500, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: | > > xsetroot -solid [color] & is just fine for one color. For a little | > | > xsetroot runs and terminates;

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
*-Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: | | > On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 04:33:53PM -0500, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: | > > xsetroot -solid [color] & is just fine for one color. For a little | > | > xsetroot runs and terminates; no need for the & as far as I

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 06:27:58PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 04:33:53PM -0500, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > > > xsetroot -solid [color] & is just fine for one color. For a little > > > > xsetroot runs and terminates; no ne

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread Michael Beattie
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 04:33:53PM -0500, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > > xsetroot -solid [color] & is just fine for one color. For a little > > xsetroot runs and terminates; no need for the & as far as I can tell. Isn't that an .xsession issue though? I h

Re: X Background

1998-09-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 04:33:53PM -0500, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > xsetroot -solid [color] & is just fine for one color. For a little xsetroot runs and terminates; no need for the & as far as I can tell. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest D

Re: X Background

1998-09-07 Thread D. W. Wieboldt
On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 12:45:43PM +, David Warnock wrote: > I am using XFree86 with icewm. The desktop background is a distracting > pattern. So far I clear this (which has sort of difraction patterns at > high res) by using the fishtank application. I am quite a boring person > and wondered h

Re: X Background

1998-09-05 Thread David Warnock
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 12:45:43PM +, David Warnock wrote: > > I am quite a boring person and wondered how to clear [the X background] to > > a single colour. Nils, Great thanks, just what I wanted. Dave

Re: X Background

1998-09-05 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 12:45:43PM +, David Warnock wrote: > I am quite a boring person and wondered how to clear [the X background] to > a single colour. xsetroot -solid Nils -- *-* | Quotes from the net: L> Linus