drawing on the root window

[Peter Jay Salzman <p belial ucdavis edu>]

hi there,

the program oneko has always fascinated me.   it uses xlib to draw a cat on
the root window which runs all over the root window, following the mouse
pointer.

is it possible to write such a program using gtk?  in other words, using the
gtk library, is it possible to draw directly onto the root window and have
the drawing move around the entire screen?

thanks!
pete

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