Re: Conflicting backgrounds

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows brown edu>]

On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 06:47:01PM +0000, Ian Campbell was heard to say:
> 
> Or maybe it is possible for GNOME to set a WM hint so that a GNOME aware
> wm wouldn't touch the background?

  Why is Gnome touching the background anyway?  I realize that you can turn
it off, but this feature is completely redundant with most window managers.
(with the possible exception of fvwm* and twm)

  Daniel

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