It seems that this only allows me to write to my desktop, not "above" everything. is this the case, as that's what im trying to achieve.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Robert Ladyman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:it@file-away.co.uk">it@file-away.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">> > Hey guys,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > this is somewhat complicated (and very much above my paygrade) but out of<br>
> > interest im trying out some X11 programming in C.<br>
> ><br>
> > I've managed to attach to the running X11 Display, and am able to probe<br>
> > it for information using the following code:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > #include<X11/Xlib.h><br>
> > #include<X11/Xutil.h><br>
> > #include<stdio.h><br>
><br>
> Nick,<br>
><br>
> Have a look at the source-code for root-tail, here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://oldhome.schmorp.de/marc/root-tail.html" target="_blank">http://oldhome.schmorp.de/marc/root-tail.html</a><br>
><br>
> root-tail.c is the code to look at, particularly the refresh() function.<br>
><br>
</div>I meant to add, it might not be possible in the latest KDE (or Krappy Desktop<br>
Environment) - plasma controls the whole thing and, I think, rejects attempts<br>
to do what is documented.<br>
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