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From: fgreco@govt.shearson.com (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re:  OpenWindows backgrounds (dammit)
Message-ID: <pl4wkzt@openlook.Unify.Com>
Date: 22 Jan 91 15:06:34 GMT
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> >Is there something that I'm just too blind to see, or is this thing really
> >designed so bass-ackwards that you can't customize your background 
> >automatically (unless of course you like solid "colors")?
> 
> Whats happening is a race condition between the olwm and
> the xsetroot.  I am unaware of any resources that will allow you
> to do this kind of thing, but I've had success by starting 
> olwm first, then, as the very last thing, sleep for a few seconds
> and do the xsetroot.  This will allow time for olwm to do it's background,
> at which point the xsetroot can run and replace it.

	Something that's slightly related but may be useful
	in OpenWindows (X/NeWS with olwm) is that if you use use 
	xloadimage to install a background (xloadimage -onroot...)
	*and* if you have a .startup.ps file (a NeWS-ish thing) 
	modify stuff in your UserProfile dict (e.g., we needed to 
	modify root menu fonts for NeWS apps), you get
	a PacMan-like effect where the movement of the windows 
	"eats" the background.


	Frank G.