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List:       fvwm
Subject:    Re: FVWM: How to make forune output to my backgound
From:       Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt () gmx ! de>
Date:       2008-08-29 12:44:38
Message-ID: 20080829124438.GA27789 () gmx ! de
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:57:37AM +0800, for.register for.register wrote:
> I have tried several ways to make fortune output
> to my background, noway. I think fortune is just like
> the scell command such as "ls", "echo" , how can
> I display that on destop backgrounds?

If you have xlock, you could run

  $ xlock -nolock -inroot -mode nose

This paints some character with a big nose, spitting out random
fortunes.

Or you can use the root-tail program, e.g.

  $ fortune | root-tail -

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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Dominik Vogt

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