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Article #725Re: Putting text on the workspace background
From: Kent L Shephard
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:49
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:49
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In article <1992Apr15.224120.4258@next.cambridge.ma.us> simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us writes: >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... Launch draw and crate the graphic there. Save it as a tiff. Then use scene to put it back there. Scene and draw are two things everyone should have. >-- > >................................................................simson -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Putting text on the workspace background Message-ID: <4dEd02wD10eJ01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 16 Apr 92 15:49:33 GMT References: <1992Apr14.173900.5059@socrates.umd.edu> <1992Apr15.224120.4258@next.cambridge.ma.us> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 31