HMMMMMM, need to try that. This will be a first for me...
On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM Greg A. Woods <wo...@planix.ca> wrote: > > At Thu, 22 May 2025 15:41:36 -0400, Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Subject: Writing to root-window > > > > I can splash a graphic to X root-window. > > > > How do I do this with text ? > > Especially, how to stick the text on top > > of a graphic that is on the root-window? > > I presume you want an application to do this, not C code, or? > > You can write the text onto (maybe a copy of) the image with something > like magick (from ImageMagick). > > Then update the root window with the new image (using xli, or xv, or > display (from ImageMagick)). > > -- > Greg A. Woods <gwo...@acm.org> > > Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <wo...@robohack.ca> > Planix, Inc. <wo...@planix.com> Avoncote Farms <wo...@avoncote.ca>
