-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roy Wright wrote:
> Devon Miller wrote: >> KStars (http://edu.kde.org/kstars/) has a command line mode for image >> generation. >> It should not be difficult to script that to generate an image, then >> set it as the background. >> >> dcm >> > You can do the scripting using DCOP to change the background. > Here's an intro: I recall of a wall paper/screen saver, which would fetch satellite images of the globe and update your desktop (almost) in real time. I think it used this link. http://meteosat.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/meteosat/index-latest.html The same script with a satellite that captures and feeds images away from Earth as opposed towards it should come close enough to what you're after. Not sure if this helps. If it does, unlike a simulator like Kstars it will of course show all the latest supernova and eclipses of planets, more or less as they occur in Earth time. - -- Regards, Mick -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEkHVD5Fp0QerLYPcRAiGIAJ9NBsGl8Px/Mllf1AD+dVzQ749caQCfWlKv kLhueHwWaoL+5mPJ9y0eFog= =V96j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
