xsetroot
root window parameter setting utility for X
see also :
X - xset - xrdb
Synopsis
xsetroot
[-help] [-def] [-display display] [-cursor
cursorfile maskfile] [-cursor_name cursorname]
[-xcf cursorfile cursorsize] [-bitmap
filename] [-mod x y] [-gray] [-grey] [-fg
color] [-bg color] [-rv] [-solid color]
[-name string]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
xsetroot -solid grey
fluxbox
source
xsetroot -solid black
dropbox start
source
uxterm &
xsetroot -solid '#102040'
source
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
exec xmonad
source
source $WMII_PATH/environ
xsetroot -solid $WMII_BACKGROUND
description
The
xsetroot program allows you to tailor the appearance
of the background ("root") window on a workstation
display running X. Normally, you experiment with
xsetroot until you find a personalized look that you
like, then put the xsetroot command that produces it
into your X startup file. If no options are specified, or if
-def is specified, the window is reset to its default
state. The -def option can be specified along with
other options and only the non-specified characteristics
will be reset to the default state.
Only one of the
background color/tiling changing options (-solid, -gray,
-grey, -bitmap, and -mod) may be specified at a time.
options
The various
options are as follows:
-help
Print a usage message and exit.
-def
Reset unspecified attributes to the default values.
(Restores the background to the familiar gray mesh and the
cursor to the hollow x shape.)
-cursor cursorfile
maskfile
This lets you change the
pointer cursor to whatever you want when the pointer cursor
is outside of any window. Cursor and mask files are bitmaps
(little pictures), and can be made with the bitmap(1)
program. You probably want the mask file to be all black
until you get used to the way masks work.
-cursor_name
cursorname
This lets you change the
pointer cursor to one of the standard cursors from the
cursor font. Refer to appendix B of the X protocol for the
names (except that the XC_ prefix is elided for this
option).
-xcf cursorfile
cursorsize
This lets you change the
pointer cursor to one loaded from an Xcursor file as defined
by libXcursor, at the specified size.
-bitmap
filename
Use the bitmap specified in the
file to set the window pattern. You can make your own bitmap
files (little pictures) using the bitmap(1) program.
The entire background will be made up of repeated
"tiles" of the bitmap.
-mod x y
This is used if you want a
plaid-like grid pattern on your screen. x and y are integers
ranging from 1 to 16. Try the different combinations. Zero
and negative numbers are taken as 1.
-gray
Make the entire background gray. (Easier on the
eyes.)
-grey
Make the entire background grey.
-fg color
Use
’’color’’ as the foreground color.
Foreground and background colors are meaningful only in
combination with -cursor, -bitmap, or -mod.
-bg color
Use
’’color’’ as the background
color.
-rv
This exchanges the foreground and background colors.
Normally the foreground color is black and the background
color is white.
-solid color
This sets the background of the
root window to the specified color. This option is only
useful on color servers.
-name string
Set the name of the root window
to ’’string’’. There is no default
value. Usually a name is assigned to a window so that the
window manager can use a text representation when the window
is iconified. This option is unused since you can’t
iconify the background.
-display
display
Specifies the server to connect
to; see X(7).
see also
X , xset ,
xrdb , Xcursor
author
Mark
Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena