Re: [RP] Viewing the root window

[Ben Leslie]

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Gord Eagle wrote:

> I took some time to set up xplanet to display nicely on my root
> window.  Other window managers (ahem, desktop environments) go out of
> their way to obscure the root window.
> 
> Then, I switched to ratpoison.
> 
> rp is really nice.  So, my question is, how do I look at the root
> window without first killing all my windows.
> 
> Can `remove' be extended to remove a frame even if it's the only one,
> treating the situation as if you didn't have any windows in the first
> place?
> 
> That would be my ideal.
> 
> If none of you want to do the work, I may try to hack it up myself.
> 
> If none of you even like the idea (i.e. won't accept a patch), then I
> guess I can live with running xplanet it in a regular window.  With
> the borders around it.  Yuck.
> 

C-t -

Benno