xfdesktop and xplanet

[Fridtjof Busse]

* Christian V. J. Brüssow <cvjb at cvjb.de>:
> Hi Fridtjof,
> 
> Try this:
> 
> 1. Get the Id of the xfdesktop root window (e.g. use xwininfo).
> 2. Start xplanet like this (script in Autostart?):
>    xplanet -window-id <the root window-id from step 2>

Thanks for tip with window-id, I'm going to try that as well.
Just for the archives: I'm currently using Didiers way, as I start 
xplanet in .xsession with -output and run "kill -USR1 `pidof xfdesktop`" 
every 5 minutes from cron, so I get the new background. Works very well.

-- 
Fridtjof Busse
"I don't feel like I've got all that much too important to say on the 
kind of
big national issues."

George W. Bush
September 15, 2000
Spoken on ABC's 20/20.