Ah - sorry. Reread the wmiirc. It uses xsetroot to set the background. Therefore running a program in the root window (examples: xrootconsole, xmoon, xpenguins, or xfireworks) will happen over top of that.
On 22 March 2011 11:08, Sean Howard <sil...@callysto.com> wrote: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrootconsole/ - I don't know if it's > packaged in arch. I personally use the OpenBSD package, but that has > little bearing on any Linux I know. > > The "root window" is a window, however, it is currently likely being > take up by your background. > > On 22 March 2011 10:44, Benjamin Cathey <benja...@apocalypticfail.com> wrote: >> Hey again >> >> Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my background >> image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc). I was wondering if >> there was a way to have a script running and have the output display over >> the background displayed by feh and under the terminator window (or any >> other window really). >> >> I did not think this would be possible as it seems that all programs running >> need a 'window'. >> >> I looked for xrootconsole using yaourt (arch linux) and didn't find any >> matches. >> >> Thanks >> >> B >> >> On 03/22/2011 10:39 AM, Sean Howard wrote: >>> >>> What do you mean by this? >>> >>> If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly >>> updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely >>> you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and >>> out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see >>> what it does. >>> >>> If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do >>> what you want. >>> >>> I personally use "mpc|xrootconsole" inside my dwm loop (it's not >>> great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job). >>> >>> You might simply want to put "watch ps -aux|xrootconsole" as a script >>> running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout >>> available. >>> >>> So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a >>> lot. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Cathey<benja...@apocalypticfail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image >>>> (sort >>>> of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I >>>> thought it couldn't hurt to ask. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Benjamin >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >