Re: Set different wallpaper for each virtual desktop

On 01/02/12 07:29 PM, Duke Normandin wrote:
> 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/
>>>

>>>
>>> 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 is relevant but some is outdated, such as the recommendation to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 BTW, speaking of "old" and "outdated", is IceWM still being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?


    AFAIK it is being developed, but the developer(s) are hard to get 
answers from. There are a few people on this list who are IceWm 
"experts" but for the most part users have to muddle through.

It is mature..and stable...maybe that's why it's so quiet in here.

-- 
nil illegitemi carborundum
Cheers
Frank

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