[openbox] wmsetbg alternative

[Jesper Noehr]

On ons, 2004-12-15 at 09:54 -0500, David Courtney wrote:
> > >Awesome.  Thanks Holly.  I already had feh installed.  I wasn't aware
> > >I could use it to set my background.  But I checked the man page and
> > >found the option I needed.  Works like a champ!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Glad to help. I think feh is pretty cool too-- one of the little-known
> > treasures you learn about by hanging around on lists like this ;-) .
> 
> I've been looking over the page for feh and checked the
> /usr/share/docs/feh-{version} documentation, but I'm not seeing a way
> to set the background to a solid color.  Is that possible?

You can use the "xsetroot" utility, that - as far as I know - comes with
X. E.g. xsetroot -solid #000000 would set the backgroundcolor to solid
black.

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