Re: need pointer to using MagickXDisplayBackgroundImage, MagickXResourceInfo *

On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 11:22:49AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> As I'm exploring the API/functionality, writing to the root joined my
>> wish-list. All the work I'm doing so far is in C, so I wanted to keep
>> this work in C too; I use (and have used for years) "gm display -root",
>> so I knew the functionality existed. Currently, I've punted and do just
>> exec() gm to get this effect. The wm grabbing windows is a seperate
>> problem that I'll deal with case-by-case. If there's some targetted
>> GMDisplayToRoot()-style call I'm missing, or pointers for working w/
>> what I've started with, I'll take any hints I can get :)
>
> It has been quite a while since I have been embroiled in this old X11  
> code in order to improve operation and fix (the many) memory leaks so I 
> don't remember how it works any more.  You have the option of looking at 
> magick/display.c code to see how it works, or even punting and using 
> high-level utility-style command functions from magick/command.h (e.g. 
> GMCommand() or DisplayImageCommand()).  I am not sure if there are any 
> ill-effects from using these high-level functions in the same context as 
> other code which uses lower-level API functions.  Only testing will prove 
> if it works well.

Thanks for the insight!

I'll try them out and see what I can see, and try to remember to post
impressions/experience back here.

Cheers,

-bch

> Bob
> -- 
> Bob Friesenhahn
> [email protected], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
> GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/

-- 
Brad Harder
Method Logic Digital Consulting
http://methodlogic.net/
http://twitter.com/bcharder


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