Putting text on the workspace background

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4 total messages Started by Fredrik Nyman Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:39

#686

Author: Fredrik Nyman
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:39

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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.

Re: Putting text on the workspace background

#713

Author: simsong Simson L. Garfinkel
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

Re: Putting text on the workspace background

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Author: Mike Henry
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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Re: Putting text on the workspace background

#725

Author: Kent L Shephard
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


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