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Wallpaper stretch across VWM Desks? Thread last updated on 2003-05-16 16:33:26

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-15 16:57:03

Is it possible to have a wallpaper stretch across multiple VWM desktops? Not multi-moniter support, just a single wallpaper across say, two desktops right next to eachother. Is it do'able?

Posted by member 15023 on 2003-05-15 17:02:47 link

All I can think of is make a wallpaper that you want to stretch. Crop it in half, then make the first part wallpaper of window 1, and the second part the wallpaper of window 2.
Example:
vwmDeskWallpaper1 firstpart.bmp
vwmDeskWallpaper2 secondpart.bmp

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-15 17:03:59 link

Will this work with RabidVWM?

Posted by member 15023 on 2003-05-15 17:04:58 link

For RabidVWM:
You need to load something like LSWallpaper. Then do something like this:
Desk1Paper "c:\path\wallpaper1.bmp"
Desk2Paper "c:\somewhere\else\another.bmp"
VWMOnSwitchTo !ChangeWallPaper "^@#d^Desk^@dc^Paper^@#d^"

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-15 17:19:14 link

Hmm, I will try that, thanks.

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-15 17:53:11 link

Ok, I'm trying it this way:

VWMOnSwitchTo !ChangeWallPaper wallpaper^@dc^.bmp


But it isn't working. I have the module loaded but I get nothin. Any idea?

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-15 18:51:20 link

maybe !ChangeWallPaper needs a full path?

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-15 20:42:00 link

with lswchanger you have to do it like such:
VWMOnSwitchTo !ChangeWallpaper .stretch c:\path\^@dc^.bmp

but I still can't get it to work. Now what happens is I get a gray background(default windows bg color).. but on my vwm I have .snapshot set for the background, and it still shows that I have my same background on both vwm desks instead of being different. Still lost.. argh..

Posted by member 15023 on 2003-05-15 20:52:12 link

Did you try doing it the way I said?

Posted by member 7223 on 2003-05-15 20:54:42 link

Humm, with LSWChanger, I guess it's something like:
VWMOnSwitchTo !Wallpapaer .change $wallpaperdir$^@dc^.bmp (or .jpg)

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-15 23:35:17 link

.snapshot for the background will always show the same background on all desktops. You'll have to manually shrink the combined background do use in the VWM if you want that. (this *might* change in the future, but I wouldn't count on it)

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-16 16:10:41 link

Yeah, I tried it your way Mr. White, but it gave me grey backgrounds.

Posted by member 700 on 2003-05-16 16:33:26 link

Smirth, I tried it your way, that works, I just wasn't writing it out correctly, thanks for that though.. But argh.. it reaks Havoc on the VWM. I think having a snapshot as the background on it and having the backgrounds change is a little too much for it... It makes a strip along the bottom of the screen where I have the VWM and it gets distorted, on my screen it kept a dropdown shadow on it and such, looked kinda crazy, hard to explain.. but maybe I will just have to settle for 1 background.. argh..