[openbox] theme suggestion
    Tomas Hellstr|m 
    heltom at dtek.chalmers.se
       
    Sun Aug 31 14:54:35 EDT 2003
    
    
  
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Robert Upshall wrote:
[big snip]
> I guess all of this said, I am just wondering if there is a way to make 
> something work for both types of users, standalone and desktop 
> enviroment users.  Maybe something like this directive in the rc3 file:
> 
> 	<standalone>
> 		<enabled>yes</enabled>
> 		<bgcmd>wmsetbg</bgcmd>
> 	</standalone>
> 
> I have no idea what might be involved in something like this, I just 
> wanted to throw the idea into the mix.
> 
> Don't flame me to much,
> Robert
>
This was exactly what I had in mind and it shouldn't be hard to implement.
However, a lot of people seems to think that the window manager shouldn't
mess with the background at all, while I personally think that the 
background is the single most important part of a theme (and fonts/colors
should be set to blend in nicely with the background).
Just my $0.02 :)
/Thomas "Turbofish" Hellstroem
"At the very least it's perfect and complete"
    
    
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