On Monday 12 August 2002 21:29, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > There is an option in configure desktop to let program run on the desktop > (such as changing wallpapers, running rootail) - but I didn't play with it > much. > > Hetz > > On Tuesday 13 August 2002 00:13, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002, Eliran wrote about "Re: Change Background in Python": > > > > see xsetroot(1) > > > > > > > > However this won't work in KDE. KDE's desktop includes its own "root > > > > window". This breaks all of the programs that modify the root window. > > > > > > I asked for a python call :-) And yes, it won't work on KDE neither on > > > Gnome2 ( I tested it ). > > > > > > Any other suggestion except using this non-portable way of changing the > > > background ? > > > > Non portable? If anything KDE's attempt at commandeering the root window > > is what is non-portable... >
For kde use a dcop call to change the background. dcop desktop KBackgroundIface setWallpaper <bg_image_path_and_name> <mode> mode is an integer number specifiying different modes (tiled, stretched etc). -- Meir Kriheli MKsoft systems ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
