please help: xv on FC6 x86_64 won't set root window
Cameron Simpson
cs at zip.com.au
Thu Mar 15 22:40:48 UTC 2007
On 15Mar2007 15:50, Phil Meyer <pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com> wrote:
| Aaron Konstam wrote:
| >On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 13:04 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:
| >>Correct, xv is not relevant any more.
| >>And yes, I was a fan of xv for years, but that was many years ago,
| >>now. :)
| >>
| >I don't know why xv is not relevant. It works more easily to display
| >images, change image coding, manipulate sizes, crop, etc that anything
| >else I have seen.
|
| As you stated, there has been no development on xv for years now. That
| alone makes it irrelevant.
That is a non sequitur. I use xv routinely to view images. It is fast to
load, VERY easy to use, has the nice shnauser tool etc. "cat" doesn't
get much development either.
| But here are some more reasons:
| 1. No support for 'Desktop' controls. Only supports the X root window.
Not everyone uses a "desktop" tool. I don't.
I use fvwm-root to set wallpaper images though, as it sets the property a
lot of pseudo-transparent terminals honour.
| 2. Antiquated user interface.
Yet faster and _easier_ than many recent tools.
| 3. Newer tools may be superior, although not as comprehensive; ie:
Hmm, an oxymoron too! Yay.
| 4. xv is not maintained as an rpm (that I know of)
It's shareware, not freeware or GPL. The standard repositories won't
carry it. It's easy to build and has several handy patches.
| xv had its day, and I regret its passing, but in my most humble opinion,
| it has surely passed.
I trust you've abandoned the command line too then.
Cheers,
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