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alexandrite

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Registered: 2009-03-27

Posts: 326

Awesome WM global wallpaper setting

Is there something like Fluxbox's Overlay file for Awesome?  I'd like to be able to set a wallpaper that is independent of the theme awesome is using.  Is that even possible?

normman

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Registered: 2009-04-07

Posts: 26

Re: Awesome WM global wallpaper setting

You could use feh --bg-scale

alexandrite

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Registered: 2009-03-27

Posts: 326

Re: Awesome WM global wallpaper setting

Well yes, but is there a way to have a wallpaper set automatically, regardless of theme?

normman

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Registered: 2009-04-07

Posts: 26

Re: Awesome WM global wallpaper setting

If I understand your question correctly, that you want to set the wallpaper when you start awesome, you could do that in your rc.lua or in your .xinitrc

suicideducky

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 57

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Re: Awesome WM global wallpaper setting

You can use feh --bg-scale <img> and then just add feh & to .xinitrc can you not?
That will always load the same image, regardless of any theme you use... unless the theme overwrites the current wallpaper....

Shoe_

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Registered: 2008-12-05

Posts: 6

Re: Awesome WM global wallpaper setting

Set a wallpaper with feh (use the full path from your home directory) and add "sh .fehbg &" to .xinitrc