Re: [dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrootconsole/ - I don't know if it's
packaged in arch. I personally use the OpenBSD package, but that has
little bearing on any Linux I know.

The "root window" is a window, however, it is currently likely being
take up by your background.

On 22 March 2011 10:44, Benjamin Cathey <benjamin_AT_apocalypticfail.com> wrote:
> Hey again
>
> Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my background
> image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc).  I was wondering if
> there was a way to have a script running and have the output display over
> the background displayed by feh and under the terminator window (or any
> other window really).
>
> I did not think this would be possible as it seems that all programs running
> need a 'window'.
>
> I looked for xrootconsole using yaourt (arch linux) and didn't find any
> matches.
>
> Thanks
>
> B
>
> On 03/22/2011 10:39 AM, Sean Howard wrote:
>>
>> What do you mean by this?
>>
>> If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly
>> updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely
>> you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and
>> out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see
>> what it does.
>>
>> If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do
>> what you want.
>>
>> I personally use "mpc|xrootconsole" inside my dwm loop (it's not
>> great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job).
>>
>> You might simply want to put "watch ps -aux|xrootconsole" as a script
>> running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout
>> available.
>>
>> So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a
>> lot.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Cathey<benjamin_AT_apocalypticfail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image
>>> (sort
>>> of conky-ish)?  I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I
>>> thought it couldn't hurt to ask.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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