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Article #38258Re: BACKGROUND PICTURES for the DESKTOP
From: Bob Breum
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 18:57
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 18:57
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In article <890423.16451544.059213@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes:
>"Easel/ST is a small, slightly-hard-to-find program that will do just that.
>You give it DEGAS pictures for whatever resolution you'd like to boot up in,
>and Easel will load it as your Desktop image."
>
> Might also mention that NeoDesk gives the option for desktop
>pictures. They can be for either RGB or MONOCHROME configuration.
Yes, but NeoDesk is a replacement for the real GEM Desktop. As such, it
runs as an application under GEM, and it simply uses the wind_set call
to set its own desktop while it is active. EASEL/ST actually alters the
appearance of the native ROM-resident GEM Desktop.
--
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!unisoft!hoptoad!peora!cmpfen!bob From: bob@cmpfen.UUCP (Bob Breum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: BACKGROUND PICTURES for the DESKTOP Message-ID: <199@cmpfen.UUCP> Date: 25 Apr 89 18:57:45 GMT References: <890423.16451544.059213@SFA.CP6> Reply-To: bob@cmpfen.UUCP (Bob Breum) Organization: Computer Fenestrations, Lake Monroe, Florida, USA Lines: 20