wallpaper

[Brian J. Tarricone]

Luo Hei wrote:
> 
> Stephan Arts escribió:
 >>
>> Start a cron-job which periodically calls xfdesktop --reload.
 >
> Can be done also with an script included in autostarted apps. The big 
> problem with this solution is that when you log out, the script or the 
> cron job still keep trying to run xfdesktop.
> So, I also join the petition of native multiple wallpaper support.

Petition?  Heh.  File an enhancement request on Bugzilla.  If I think it 
fits, it'll go in.  If not, it won't.  If someone wants to work up a 
patch (against svn trunk, not 4.4.x), the chances of it getting in go up.

	-brian

P.S. Here's a script you can run from autorun that will terminate on its 
own when your session exits:

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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

my $timeout = 30;  # minutes

use Gtk2;
use strict;

Gtk2->init;

while(1) {
     sleep($timeout * 60);
     system("xfdesktop --reload");
}
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It's a little heavy-weight for what it does, but it'll work. 
(Obviously, it requires gtk2-perl to be installed.)

(For the curious: Gtk2->init asks gtk to make a connection to your X 
display.  When your X display goes away, gtk will automatically 
terminate the application.)