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Root-tail - Prints text directly to the X11 root window

'root-tail' is a program that allows printing of text directly to the X11 root window wherever you choose, much like running rxvt with a pixmap background but without the hassle and with more features.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html
Source tarballhttp://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/data/root-tail-1.1.tar.gz
Version 1.1 (stable) released on 2004-04-12
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation
User manpage included and available in HTML format from http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html#manpage
Support contacts

Help List<pcg@goof.com>
Developer List<pcg@goof.com>
Bug List<pcg@goof.com>

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
Contributors
  • Mike Baker
  • Ivo van der Wijk

Related information

InterfacesX Window System
Source languagesC
Related programsrxvt

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2004-02-25
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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