Re: Writing to root-window

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

HMMMMMM, need to try that.
This will be a first for me...

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM Greg A. Woods <woods%planix.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
> 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)).
>
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