Re: Where's my root window?!

Terry Hancock wrote:

> I had a cool background rotator which used xloadimage
> and had a custom setup for each background (i.e. set
> the background, center, scale, or tile as appropriate for
> each image).  Naturally it used "xloadimage -onroot"
> to deliver the images, but that doesn't seem to work with
> KDE!
> 
> So obviously the "root window" concept doesn't work
> the same way with KDE. Is there a way to get it back?

No, implementing icons on the desktop is very difficult if you do not use 
the root window.

> Or, alternatively, is there an alternative to xloadimage
> that can draw the KDE background? 

In KDE3: 

dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface setWallpaper(QString wallpaper,int mode)

I don't remember if KDE2 already had this dcop interface.

> I would imagine
> this would also be a problem for "animated desktops",
> though I don't use them personally.

They don't work without adaptations. [You can use xplanet]
 
> The "random wallpaper" in the KDE preferences is nice,
> but it falls short of what I had before.

I think it has improved a lot in KDE-3, check out KDE-3.1 when it is 
released in a month.

-- 
Moritz Moeller-Herrmann mmh@xxxxxxx wiss. Mitarbeiter, IMGB
        La loi, dans un grand souci d'égalité, interdit aux riches comme aux
        pauvres de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler
        du pain. 
        (ANATOLE FRANCE)
 


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