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

Ah - sorry. Reread the wmiirc. It uses xsetroot to set the background.
Therefore running a program in the root window (examples:
xrootconsole, xmoon, xpenguins, or xfireworks) will happen over top of
that.

On 22 March 2011 11:08, Sean Howard <silver_AT_callysto.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Received on Tue Mar 22 2011 - 16:16:57 CET