Re: About xterm

Andrew Sullivan (ajsulliv@sprint.ca)
Mon, 06 Jul 98 18:04:50 +0200


On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Jono wrote:

> How do I put a picture in the background of an xterm window?
> 
> I have xv and a bunch of .xpms I would like to use. I am
> assuming that is all I need.

Sorry, no.  Plain xterm cannot display a background image.  There's a
section in the new FAQ (see below) on how to do this with xiterm.  I
understand that rxvt works more or less the same way.

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