XSETROOT(1X11) COMMAND REFERENCE XSETROOT(1X11)
NAME
xsetroot - root window parameter setting utility for X
SYNOPSIS
xsetroot [-help] [-def] [-display display] [-cursor
cursorfile maskfile] [-bitmap filename] [-mod x y]
[-gray] [-grey] [-fg color] [-bg color] [-rv] [-solid color]
[-name string]
This is a user-contributed client.
DESCRIPTION
The xsetroot program allows you to tailor the appearance of
the background ("root") window on a workstation display
running X. Normally, you experiment with xsetroot until you
find a personalized look that you like, then put the
xsetroot command that produces it into your X startup file.
If no options are specified, or if -def is specified, the
window is reset to its default state. The -def option can
be specified along with other options and only the non-
specified characteristics will be reset to the default
state.
Only one of the background color/tiling changing options (-
solid, -gray, -grey, -bitmap, and -mod) may be specified at
a time.
OPTIONS
The various options are as follows:
-help Print a usage message and exit.
-def Reset unspecified attributes to the
default values. (Restores the
background to the familiar gray mesh and
the cursor to the hollow x shape.)
-cursor cursorfile maskfile
This lets you change the pointer cursor
to whatever you want when the pointer
cursor is outside of any window. Cursor
and mask files are bitmaps (little
pictures), and can be made with the
bitmap(1x11) program. You probably want
the mask file to be all black until you
get used to the way masks work.
-bitmap filename Use the bitmap specified in the file to
set the window pattern. You can make
your own bitmap files (little pictures)
using the bitmap(1x11) program. The
entire background will be made up of
Printed 3/22/89 1
XSETROOT(1X11) COMMAND REFERENCE XSETROOT(1X11)
repeated "tiles" of the bitmap.
-mod x y This is used if you want a plaid-like
grid pattern on your screen; x and y are
integers ranging from 1 to 16. Try the
different combinations. Zero and
negative numbers are taken as 1.
-gray Make the entire background gray.
-grey Make the entire background grey.
-fg color Use ``color'' as the foreground color.
Foreground and background colors are
meaningful only in combination with
-cursor, -bitmap, or -mod.
-bg color Use ``color'' as the background color.
-rv This exchanges the foreground and
background colors. Normally the
foreground color is black and the
background color is white.
-solid color Set the window color to ``color''.
-name string Set the name of the root window to
``string''. There is no default value.
Usually a name is assigned to a window
so that the window manager can use a
text representation when the window is
iconified. This option is unused since
you can't iconify the background.
-display display Specifies the server to connect to; see
X(1x11).
SEE ALSO
X(1x11), xrdb(1x11), xset(1x11).
AUTHOR
Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena
Printed 3/22/89 2
%%index%%
na:408,106;
sy:514,522;
de:1036,1138;
op:2174,1598;4252,2143;
se:6395,279;
%%index%%000000000108