FVWM: Re: XV and FvwmBackground

From: Dave Goldberg <dsg_at_linus.mitre.org>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:30:39 -0400

>> moment I cange desktops, FvwmBackground covers it, and the only way
>> I see to get it back is restart xv. I know in a previous fvwm2
>> configuration, which I have since accidentally deleted, this did
>> not happen...

I have a hard time believing this. If you've got FvwmBacker set up to
put up a root window whenever you switch desks, it's going to do it.
There's no way for it to know you've modified the root window after
doing so (yes, I've tried it and looked at the code before coming to
that conclusion). Perhaps you didn't have your backing command exit
so FvwmBacker hung?

> Basically, I do want the FvwmBacker madule active, as I normally
> don't have backgrounds, but when I do want a background, I like ti
> to stay. One thing I have found to work:

Write a function to toggle FvwmBacker on/off. You could write it so
that you run the function out of a menu that will call xv with
whatever arguments you want to set the root and then do a killModule
on FvwmBacker. You can then turn it back on anytime you want through
another menu item.

Dave Goldberg
Post: The Mitre Corporation\MS B305\202 Burlington Rd.\Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 617-271-3887
Email: dsg_at_mitre.org
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Received on Tue May 28 1996 - 09:37:03 BST

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