Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: Nautilus background patch

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Ian McKellar <ian mckellar org> writes: 
> The panel (1.x - I haven't ported to 2.x yet) monitors the root window
> property.
> 
> Whats the Right Way to do it in  GNOME2? Monitor gconf and use
> libbackground, or should I keep using the pixmap property thing?
> 

I think the property is right. If you monitored gconf you'd have to
re-render the whole background to a new pixmap yourself, which would
be sort of wasteful. Plus it's nice if everyone does this the same
way.

Havoc