* P Purkayastha <ppu...@gmail.com> [2011-02-06 20:08:35 +0800]:
Hey 'P' :)
That one works:
root-tail .xsession-errors -id `xwininfo -root -tree | grep "Enlightenment
Background" | awk '{ print $1 }'`
Thanks for the hint!
Marc
> On 02/06/2011 07:17 PM, Marc Koschewski wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > what just came up again is that I tried to use root-tail with E17 some time
> > ago
> > but it didn't work. I'd like to use it. I know that there's 'conky' but
> > that's
> > not what I'd like to run.
> >
> > Is there anyone who has root-tail running or has a hint on why E17 doesn't
> > allow
> > to write into it's root window?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marc
> >
>
> E17 creates its own root window which is above the "root" of X. If you
> absolutely must use root-tail then you need to provide it E17's root
> window, not X's root. That can be done using the -id switch to
> root-tail. The window id of E17 can be obtained by grep-ing for
> "Enlightenment Background" in the output of xwininfo -root -tree
>
> The end result could be quite ugly though, with lots of flickering :)
>
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