README
1bgs - back ground setter
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3bgs is an extremely fast and small background setter for X.
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6Requirements
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8In order to build bgs you need the Xlib and Imlib2 header files.
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11Installation
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13Edit config.mk to match your local setup (bgs is installed into
14the /usr/local namespace by default).
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16Afterwards enter the following command to build and install bgs (if
17necessary as root):
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19 make clean install
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22Running bgs
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24Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start bgs using startx:
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26 bgs <image> &
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28In order to connect bgs to a specific display, make sure that
29the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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31 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 bgs <image> &
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33(This will start bgs on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
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35In order to have a different image on each monitor you can specify
36multiple images (one per monitor), e.g.:
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38 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 bgs <image1> <image2> &
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40(This will display image1 on monitor 1 and image2 on monitor 2.)
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