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From: dhsu@Neon.Stanford.EDU (David Hsu)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: background pictures?
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.212315.8879@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 15 Aug 90 21:23:15 GMT
Sender: dhsu@Neon.Stanford.EDU (David Hsu)
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Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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Hi. I am kinda new to X windows, so excuse me if I muff this up, but
I am working on a HP370 using x, and I was wondering if it is possible to put
a picture in the background.  I vaguely recall hearing something about bitmaps,
and i have one here called earth1.sr.Z, which i uncompressed.  What do I need
to do from here to be able to mount this in as a background screen?  if I can't
do this using a bitmap, can I using gif's? if so, how?
Please email replies since you all probably have hashed this over several times
already, and thanks in advance.

Dave Hsu
dhsu@neon.stanford.edu