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Article #713Re: Putting text on the workspace background
From: simsong Simson L. Garfinkel
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:41
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:41
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In article <1992Apr14.173900.5059@socrates.umd.edu> ice@socrates.umd.edu (Fredrik Nyman) writes: > Is there an easy way to write text across the workspace background? > I'd like to have a cheerful "Don't Panic!" written in 72 point > Times-Roman on the grey desktop background. Try a magic marker. But seriously, look at Backspace. What, you don't have Backspace? I know, it's not on the Servers. Get it from a friend. Or, better yet, just open a transparent window, move it to the back of the window list, and draw in it... -- ................................................................simson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!next.cambridge.ma.us!simsong From: simsong (Simson L. Garfinkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Putting text on the workspace background Message-ID: <1992Apr15.224120.4258@next.cambridge.ma.us> Date: 15 Apr 92 22:41:20 GMT Article-I.D.: next.1992Apr15.224120.4258 References: <1992Apr14.173900.5059@socrates.umd.edu> Sender: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us Reply-To: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us Organization: NeXTWORLD Magazine Lines: 16