Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Dr Rainer Woitok <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:57:17 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Klaus,

On Thursday, 2021-02-18 10:44:03 +0100, you wrote:

> ...
> Both just get the current visible desktop; with all windows ans other
> stuff that is ontop of the root window.

That's something you can do with "xwd":

   $ xwd -root | convert xwd:- file.png

> I want to get the content of the root window itself; the one that was
> set by display/xsetbg or others.

Hmmm,  must be burried somewhere  in your personal X11 configuration ...
sorry, no idea.

Sincerely,
  Rainer