Andre Bonhote <andre.bonhote_at_linux.ch> writes:
> hi out there!
>
> recently, i found an image on a nasa site which i really like much [1].
> the problem is, that it's ~ 1800x3700 pixels. when i set it as
> background (yes, i know, resources ... don't mind, it's still fast
> enough ;) ), i can only see a small part of it.
>
> i am using fvwm 2.3.28 with one desktop, with a 4x3 DeskTopSize. is it
> possible to split the background image into pieces to kinda scroll
> around in the image by switching desktops?
If you want to use FvwmBacker, you'd want to cut the image into pieces
beforehand. You might be able to crop the image during display but it
would just slow down the process.
You can get xv to scale down the image. As I remember xv does some
kind of autocrop on large images, but its possible to override that
from the command line.
> was this a dumb question?
I don't think so. Is this a dumb answer?
> [1] http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/data/ev27/ev2729_S2000235113956.jpg
Pretty neat image.
Its interesting that even at this magnification you can't see any sign
that the planet is inhabited.
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Received on Wed Feb 07 2001 - 07:33:01 GMT
