Re: [MiNT] Background

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Jo Even Skarstein wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:43:11 +0200, Helmut Karlowski
> <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> wrote:
>
> >> This is an interesting option to have the same background for all
> >> applications with background, there is in this less blink.
> >
> > Not only interesting but mandatory!
>
> That's a matter of taste.

Sure, if you want a different background for different desktops, the AES-image cannot be used.

> >> Now it is simple to have this feature as an option in the config file.
> >
> > But why? If a user never touches it he will get the default behavior,
> > and if he does he knows how to switch it off.
>
> I repeat my opinion:
>
> Hotkeys are good for quick access to features, but it's not a good way to
> configure anything. There are currently several existing methods of
> configuring stuff in XaAES:
>
> 1. In xaaes.cnf
> 2. By copying certain files to certain folders (e.g. IMG-files with
> specific names in $sysdir\xaaes\img\).
> 3. At compilation time.
>
> We don't need another one. Also, when hotkeys is the only way to set
> desktop image it's impossible to include desktop images as a part of a
> theme. The desktop image should either be specified in xaaes.cnf or by

Do you have an elaborated concept for this? Or even better: a patch?

> copying desk.img to the texture-folder.

You can do that already.

> Besides, how is the state of the background image (and the image itself)
> saved?

It's a screen-capture.


-Helmut