Changing background programatically

[Andrew Conkling]

On 18/01/05 17:16:59, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> Alberto Manuel Brandao Simoes wrote:
> 
>> I would like to have a way to change the background of xfce using  
>> another program.
> 
> There's a post about this that I made some time ago; I'm not sure if it  
> was on xfce4-dev or xfce.  Please search the archives.  The short summary  
> is that you want to create a backdrop list, and put just the single  
> backdrop in it that you want.  Then change backdrops by using a script to  
> modify the backdrop list file, and then run 'xfdesktop -reload'.  Note  
> that the list file *must* have the comment on the first line, otherwise  
> it won't be recognised as a backdrop list.

FWIW, I was involved in that thread, so you could search for my name/ 
address. :)

Cheers,
Andrew