Hi Rainer, Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 11:57 schrieb Dr Rainer Woitok: > On Thursday, 2021-02-18 10:44:03 +0100, you wrote: > > > ... > > Both just get the current visible desktop; with all windows ans other > > stuff that is ontop of the root window. > > That's something you can do with "xwd": > > $ xwd -root | convert xwd:- file.png
I already tried that but it only gives me the current desktop with all windows above the background. > > I want to get the content of the root window itself; the one that was > > set by display/xsetbg or others. > > Hmmm, must be burried somewhere in your personal X11 configuration ... > sorry, no idea. Well, you misunderstood. I know, where the image is coming from. But I want to readout the image from the current state to use it, for example, as pseudo transparency or to draw something additional on the root image. Regards Klaus -- Klaus Ethgen http://www.ethgen.ch/ pub 4096R/4E20AF1C 2011-05-16 Klaus Ethgen <kl...@ethgen.ch> Fingerprint: 85D4 CA42 952C 949B 1753 62B3 79D0 B06F 4E20 AF1C
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