On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 09:19:26AM -0800, bruce m beach wrote: > Hello Everybody > > I would like to put a configurable grid on the root window to > help in the manual placement and sizing of windows. The simplest > arrangement might be something like a horizontal line and a > vertical line bisecting the screeen in each direction. fvwm-root > would work, I think, but could involve drawing large pictures and > in addition if the screen resolution changed then the various > ratios would change. Do you have any suggestions?
Stroke support in fvwm is as good as you'll get to doing this. -- Thomas Adam Thanks for the reply. I can see using "stroke support" to control the grid but how can I draw the vector orientated grid (as opposed to bit-mapped) on the root window in the first place? I suppose I'll have write something but then the question is "Where do I put it?, What subsystem does it come under?" I thought maybe the window manager would be a natural place, specifically in fvwm-root. Bruce
