On XFCE, IceWM and WindowMaker one can use wmsetbg (from windowmaker) to do the dirty job. The same wallpaper will be set for all workspaces.
I don't know if it works for other window managers Marcos Diez --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > Send xdg mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of xdg digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [PATCH] Fix generic case for xdg-terminal (Dan Nicholson) > 2. Any standard for setting Desktop Background? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 3. Re: Any standard for setting Desktop Background? > (Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:02:42 -0800 > From: "Dan Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PATCH] Fix generic case for xdg-terminal > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > xdg-terminal has a couple issues in the generic (xterm) case. First, > the `which' command setting terminal_exec will always be empty because > stdout is being redirected to /dev/null. Second, the command is never > actually attempted to be executed. > > Attached patch fixed this issue with xterm, at least for a simple > functional test. -e is needed for the argument passing case. This > works on xterm, but I don't know about other terminal emulators. > Perhaps xterm should just be hard-coded for the generic case. > > -- > Dan > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: generic-term.diff > Type: text/x-patch > Size: 776 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/attachments/20061212/485ca6e0/generic-term-0001.bin > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:36:57 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Any standard for setting Desktop Background? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi i'm developing an app for setting desktop background from a bash > script. Do I need to resort to hacks to get it to work with all the major > DE's or does it exist a standard like xdg-set-desktop-background to do it? > > Thank you. > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:55:55 +0900 > From: Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Any standard for setting Desktop Background? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:36:57 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: > > > Hi i'm developing an app for setting desktop background from a bash > > script. Do I need to resort to hacks to get it to work with all the major > > DE's or does it exist a standard like xdg-set-desktop-background to do it? > > there is no standard. the thing is a wm or de may even have different > wallpapers > for different parts of the screen (eg xinerama with 2 or 3 heads or more > viewing 1 root), different wallpapers per virtual desktop (and per screen) or > per root (in multihead where you have multiple root windows) etc. etc. > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > _______________________________________________ > > xdg mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg > > > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > è£¸å¥½å¤ > Tokyo, Japan (æ±äº¬ æ¥æ¬) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > xdg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg > > > End of xdg Digest, Vol 33, Issue 11 > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
