Re: Brainstorm: Desktop

[raster redhat com]

On  8 Apr, Derek Simkowiak shouted:
->  > Yes. There is . Xresources. they've been round ever-since. X should be
->  > used to transport ot at least negotiate a connection bewteen app and
->  > config database - since X is the thing both will have in common - since
->  > wer are talking desktops here... X IS your desktop.
->  
->  	Unfortunately, the X resource database can't contain background
->  XPMs (or icon XPMs), or allow someone to drag a directory onto the desktop

actually it can.. :) you can attach an arbitary amount of data per
resource.. like for properties.

->  and have the "folder" reside in the desktop, or hold a directory tree
->  containing all of the user's "theme" files.  It could certainly point to
->  those items, which may be the way GNOME apps should handle their

this si the better way - so POINt to the file for the backgorudn image
+ setting s(ie scaled to fix, tield at size x, integer tiled etc. etc.
etc.)

->  configuration, but it doesn't give the apps a standard place to look for
->  that stuff in.

yes it can:


.gnome.desktop.background.image.filename: /home/user/images/fluffy.png
.gnome.desktop.background.image.fit_type: scaled_to_fit

etc.

I'm not sayign it's the best method.. but it IS possible.
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