Am Monday 17 August 2009 01:21:45 schrieben Sie: [...] > >> > I'd like to have a background with a color gradient from white > >> > (#FFFFFF) above to black (#000000) below. Do I have to create a > >> > wallpaper image and insert that or is there another way? > > > > Hello Thomas, hello Eduardo. > > Where'd Eduardo come from all of a sudden?
Eduardo sent me advice, but I did not check that he sent it to my email address only, and not to the list, obviously to keep the list bulge slim. Excuse me, I'll be more mindful from now on. > > Following your hints I had to realize that I should learn some basics > > first, so I opted for a very quick and directly ;) solution - I [...] > Shame, as you're then not learning anything. Here's your answer: This is true - I postponed it, aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben i.e. postponed is not forgotten, because I thought at the time that learning more basics is more important. In those cases I normally seek a quick solution and come back to the problem when I think that I learned enough. > Colorset 7 VGradient 70 2 white 50 grey 50 black > DestroyModuleConfig FvwmBacker:* > *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 0, Page * *) Colorset 7 > > AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmBacker I inserted this into my .fvwm2rc, then into ConfigFvwmBacker, then into the system-wide ConfigFvwmBacker (of course the AddToFunc... into .fvwm2rc) and I tried to use a .fvwm2rc containing only those lines with always the same result of a very smooth, eye-friendly, grey background. No gradient. On the contrary the line (without the > of course) > MenuStyle * MenuFace VGradient 70 2 white 50 grey 50 black gives a perfect presentation of the gradient effect in the menus. My problem is, how to port that to the background. I must be missing something too obvious, and did not want to complain "it does not work". If I understand correctly, the lines: > Colorset 7 VGradient 70 2 white 50 grey 50 black > *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 0) Colorset 7 inserted into ConfigFvwmBacker should be enough to generate the effect. Because, when I insert > *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 1, Page * *) -solid steelblue and say > read ConfigFvwmBacker Quiet. > AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmBacker in .fvwm2rc, then Desk 1 is solid steel blue. > (Note that all I did from my previous reply was change the colours and > up the gradient fill -- YMMV. Change as needed. Read the manpage, > experiment, do some learning, whatever it takes.) I experimented and read - the different types of DGradient, SGradient &c with all the colours of /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt are quite fun to try out, but I only get them to work on window titels and menus. As I said, I must be missing something too obvious. Perhaps you see that though I can't get ConfigFvwmBacker to work with VGradient, I'm not sitting back doing nothing. Cheers, Erich
