[openbox] theme suggestion

[Dale K Dicks]

I have to agree with the Openbox devs on this one.  I don't think that
the WM should be setting the background.  That is a user task.  IMHO,
the theme is the WM theme, not the background.  I hope that they leave
it as is because the rootCommand function was one of the things I really
disliked about the *box WMs.

On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 12:54, Tomas Hellstr|m wrote:
> 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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DKD
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