On Fri 26 May 2017 at 17:57:40 -0500, Michael Milliman wrote: > On 05/25/2017 05:56 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > If I had read the man page more slowly that using the menu to set the > > image as wallpaper was unnecessary. Use: > > feh --no-xinerama --bg-fill > > /usr/share/backgrounds/mate/desktop/GreenTraditional.jpg > > > > > And actually, the --no-xinerama flag is not needed, at least on my > system. I use feh --bg-fill ... and it works just fine. Of course, > that is a very limited (and safe) usage of feh. I don't think it wise > to use it for anything much more (IMHO).
Surprising after all these years that feh is now revealed as an unsafe image viewer. I use it to look at an image prior to printing it from feh and see that as quick, reliable and convenient but not as unwise. -- Brian.