[ale] running apps in the root window

[jb at sourceillustrated.com (John Wells)]

Exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks for the suggestion...


John

---------  Original message --------
From: Alan Bowman <aminus at mindspring.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: John Wells <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
CC: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] running apps in the root window
Date: 03-31-02 04:37

> &gt;Since the root window is simply another X window, is there a way to
cause an
&gt;app to run within it?  I'm interested in getting a terminal to run under
it
&gt;so that I can tail -f /var/log/messages and always have the output
displayed
&gt;there.  Am I totally off base here or is it possible?

Search on google for roottail.

....alan

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