Re: aterm feature suggestion

Ethan (allanon@crystaltokyo.com)
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:51:29 -0700 (PDT) 

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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Sasha Vasko wrote:

> Ethan wrote:
> > 
> > My suggestion: allow shading of aterm background pixmaps.  This allows
> > normally light backgrounds to be used within an aterm, plus it's a really
> > easy change to implement.  I've attached the patch to 0.3.4 that I use.
> 
> Dammit! I meant to implement it !

:)

> Ethan - please resend me your patch if you have one - 
> I did not get anything the first time.

Doh!  I guess I didn't send the patch the first time. ::kicks himself::  
Hopefully I've got it included in this post.

> > I also created a nifty script to display a slideshow of images in an
> > aterm background.  If anyone would like this script, I'd be glad to post
> > or private email it.
> 
> Send it my way - I'll include it in the distro in the next
> version.

Here 'tis - it also does root background slideshows (via ascommand.pl).  
Do a 

slideshow --help

... for more info on using it.

----
Ethan Fischer
allanon@crystaltokyo.com
http://members.xoom.com/allanon1

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