fvwmwiki/ Tips/ GradientBackgrounds

Fast and small gradient backgrounds on different desktops

  1. Create the gradients
  2. Using this gradient automatically when changing the desktop

This descibes how to get nice gradients on different fvwm desktops or pages.

Create the gradients

Say you have got a picture directory where you want to store the gradient pics. You can create xpm pictures having a width of 1 using commands like

bggen -w 1 black green | convert ppm:- gradient\_green.xpm
bggen -w 1 black blue black | convert ppm:- gradient\_blue.xpm
bggen -w 1 black red black | convert ppm:- gradient\_red.xpm

Using this gradient automatically when changing the desktop

Configure FvwmBacker in your .fvwmrc:

*FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 0) Exec fvwm-root -r $[HOME]/pictures/gradient_green.xpm
*FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 1) Exec fvwm-root -r $[HOME]/pictures/gradient_blue.xpm
*FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 2) Exec fvwm-root -r $[HOME]/pictures/gradient_red.xpm

Start FvwmBacker Module on start and restart:

AddToFunc StartFunction  I Module FvwmBacker

After restarting fvwm your desktops having different gradient backgrounds. Which are small and changes quite fast when changing the desktop. The same can be achieved using pages instead of desktops.