Drawing on the root window in Linux?

[Charlie Lesh]

Hey all:

Is there any way to draw on the 'root' window? I'm thinking about a
python screensaver for linux. I know that there are xlib bindings for
python, maybe a little outdated, but do they have what I might need?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any answers,
and Google was coming up empty.

-Charlie

[David McNab]

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Charlie Lesh wrote:
| Hey all:
|
| Is there any way to draw on the 'root' window? I'm thinking about a
| python screensaver for linux. I know that there are xlib bindings for
| python, maybe a little outdated, but do they have what I might need?

Try xlib-python (or python-xlib).
And welcome to a whole new world of pain.

|
| Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any answers,
| and Google was coming up empty.
|
| -Charlie
|

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Kind regards
David

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[Diez B. Roggisch]

> Is there any way to draw on the 'root' window? I'm thinking about a

python screensaver for linux. I know that there are xlib bindings for
python, maybe a little outdated, but do they have what I might need?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any answers,
and Google was coming up empty.

Did you check superkaramba? That does python-enriched interactive backround
content. So they gotta somehow manipulate root :)

Regards,

Diez

[Fredrik Lundh]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any answers,
and Google was coming up empty.

Did you check superkaramba? That does python-enriched interactive backround
content. So they gotta somehow manipulate root :)

they're using shaped windows, don't they? see

http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/?pa...+a+Widget+Mask

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[Simon Burton]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:42:25 +1300, David McNab wrote:

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Charlie Lesh wrote:
| Hey all:
|
| Is there any way to draw on the 'root' window? I'm thinking about a
| python screensaver for linux. I know that there are xlib bindings for
| python, maybe a little outdated, but do they have what I might need?

Try xlib-python (or python-xlib).
And welcome to a whole new world of pain.

Yeah, but it's cool and it does everything, i think.
Let me know if you head down this path.

Simon.