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From: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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Subject: X Backgrounds -> NeXT Backrounds?
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Date: 4 Aug 90 01:10:00 GMT
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I have a lot ( about 50 ) digitized images that I
use as  backgounds in X windows (via the ``xsetroot -bitmap'' command).

Any idea how to convert them so that they can be used as NeXTStep backgrounds?
(and, any idea how to convert the NeXT backgrounds (like the Eye) to X form?)

Ideally, I'd like to have some analog of the xsetroot command, that would tile
the NeXT background with the images, if they don't fill it completely.

If I can get them converted and displayable, I would post them 
to archive for general distribution. ( Though some, like the nude shot of
Marilyn Monroe, are rather racy. Could the Internet
get hit with an obscinity charge? Sorry, no nude males available.) 
In compressed form, they consume a
total of about 2 MB. (Also, they display fine under XNeXT).


Barry Merriman