* Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH [2008-04-01 20:04:38-0400]

On Apr 1, 2008, at 20:01 , Roman Cheplyaka wrote:

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So, how can I do better? Does X renders jpeg itself, or qiv converts jpeg to some other format? Then preliminary converting would also save the time.

X11 doesn't speak any file-based format. There are some formats which are close to the wire protocol: xbm for fonts, cursors, and depth-1 windows, and xpm for other bit depths. But when it comes down to it, the program has to read whatever format you give it and populate a Pixmap, then blit that to the window.

Pretty close to what I expected. So, are there programs capable of converting jpegs to pixmaps and saving to file? qiv doesn't seem to have such option. -- Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ ...being in love is totally punk rock...

Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 02.04.2008, 02:53 -0500 schrieb Spencer Janssen:

Crazy idea: gnome-desktop and kdesktop support separate backgrounds for each desktop, maybe you could just use one of those plus EwmhDesktops?

Another crazy idea: Running nautilus to show the desktop icons. Works just fine, it seems, I guess this section can be removed, or marked optional: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Disable_the_Naut... BTW, are you sure regular Gnome supports different backgrounds on different workspaces? Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner e-Mail: mail@joachim-breitner.de Homepage: http://www.joachim-breitner.de ICQ#: 74513189 Jabber-ID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de

Another crazy idea: Running nautilus to show the desktop icons. Works just fine, it seems, I guess this section can be removed, or marked optional: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Disable_the_Naut...

I think the section already implies that it is optional? Anyway, I'd prefer the latter if you take any action on the wiki. I use Nautilus for the file-management, not the desktoppy environment, and it's infuriating every time I've forgotten to configure it appropriately and it tries ungracefully to commandeer my desktop.