At Thu, 22 May 2025 15:41:36 -0400, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: Subject: Writing to root-window > > I can splash a graphic to X root-window. > > How do I do this with text ? > Especially, how to stick the text on top > of a graphic that is on the root-window? I presume you want an application to do this, not C code, or? You can write the text onto (maybe a copy of) the image with something like magick (from ImageMagick). Then update the root window with the new image (using xli, or xv, or display (from ImageMagick)). -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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