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From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Color background for X-windows
Message-ID: <34@ftms.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 91 15:56:43 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.163036.28305@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
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In article <1991Mar20.163036.28305@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> williams@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Gus Williams) writes:
<Is X11R4 able to display color bitmaps in the xsetroot commmand?
<or any other way to display color bitmaps in the background?
<
<If so what format should the pictures be in and how do I display them?

I've recently been through a minor problem with this and things are working
A-OK now.

With xsetroot you use xbm files.  These can be created many ways, one of which
is to use bitmap.  When putting up the filee to the root display, do:

	xsetroot -bitmap filename.xbm -fg #color_number -bg #color_number

The fg (foreground) and bg (background) colors can be the hex (#nnnnnn) for
named (blue) types.  If putting this line in a startup shell and using the
hex syntax, place a \ in front of the # to escape the comment meaning within
the shell.

To put up color pictures, there are two user contibuted programs around, xv
and xloadimage.  Both can display many types of files, one of which being the
popular GIF format.  The xloadimage program allows the MinimalDecor operation,
so that a file can be displayed without the title bar.  Go find them, you will
be impressed.

BTW, the root cursor can also be changed to what you want.  It too is an xbm
file and created with bitmap.  That is called doing:

	xsetroot -cursor filename.xbm filename_mask.xbm

Disclaimer: The above information pertains to OpenWindows 2.0, so your
	    mileage may vary.
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