Re: Set different wallpaper for each virtual desktop

Duke Normandin <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:29:28 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.icewm.user
Message-ID <20120201172928.5d942e32.dukeofperl_lavabit.com@select-man>
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:53:43 -0500
Frank McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 01/02/12 04:33 PM, Jonathan Hooverman wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > unfortunately I do not have a solution for your request. But
> > here you will find lots of useful information about setting up
> > icewm:
> >
> > celettu.wordpress.com/icewm-guide/
> >
> > Jon.
> >
> > Sent from my mobile device, please excuse for typos
> >
> > Am 31.01.2012 um 22:00 schrieb Pascal Bernhard -
> > SCI<[email protected]>:
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> being a pretty new and certainly inexperienced user of IceWM,
> >> I have a question regarding the wallpaper settings. Is it
> >> possible to have a different desktop background
> >>(or wallpaper if you prefer) for each of the virtual desktops
> >>on my machine(I have six). I have come to appreciate this
> >>feature from other desktop environments and window managers
> >>like GNOME, KDE or Enlightenment. So I was wondering whether
> >>this was possible with IceWM too. I couldn't find an answer in
> >>the FAQ and IceWM's website seems to be mostly down, at least I
> >>could not get to a forum to ask my question there.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Be forewarned...that's a pretty old guide. Some of the advice
> is relevant but some is outdated, such as the recommendation to
> run icewmbg. There is no need to anymore as icewm-session runs it
> automatically.

BTW, speaking of "old" and "outdated", is IceWM still being
developed/supported, or is it pretty a done deal? Maybe it's mature
and stable enough that it doesn't need too much attention?
-- 
Duke
Alberta, Canada


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