On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:23:40 -0600 "Jason DeWitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, I've got a question. Okay, shoot. :) > On many screenshots of linux desktops that I've seen it looks like they have > a terminal set as part of their background. as seen in this picture > http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock/linux/images/desktop-20010102-01.png Notice what the "terminal" is doing: it's monitoring one of the system logs. i.e. it's running "tail -f /var/log/messages" (or syslog perhaps). The basic app to do this is called root-tail. Essentially it's a version of the "tail" command that writes characters to the root window. There's an improved version called moRT (my own root-tail) that adds the capability of monitoring multiple logs in different sections of the screen with only one instance of the program running. There's also root-portal... ( http://root-portal.sourceforge.net )...also based on root-tail, which seems to be more integrated with GNOME. From the screenshots, it has a nice graphical configurator. I'd bet that guy is using root-portal, because his log is colorized (there are seperate programs that'll do that), but I dont think basic old root-tail handles ANSI color escape sequences. Also note that the screenshot is helixcode GNOME. -- Mark Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
