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Article #721Re: Putting text on the workspace background
From: Mike Henry
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 12:12
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 12:12
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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.
1) Use Icon to draw the picture you want or load the TIFF file you want.
2) Save the picture in EPS format from Icon.
3) Get the 'background' shell script from cs.orst.edu
(under /pub/next/sources/{graphics or screen}/ I think)
4) Run the command 'background imagefile' at the shell prompt to display it.
I currently have my favorite Hagar picture as my background...
Good Luck!
-Mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!majestix.cs.uoregon.edu!mikhe From: mikhe@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu (Mike Henry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Putting text on the workspace background Message-ID: <1992Apr16.121233.16167@cs.uoregon.edu> Date: 16 Apr 92 12:12:33 GMT References: <1992Apr14.173900.5059@socrates.umd.edu> Sender: news@cs.uoregon.edu (Netnews Owner) Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept. Lines: 21