http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrootconsole/ - I don't know if it's packaged in arch. I personally use the OpenBSD package, but that has little bearing on any Linux I know.
The "root window" is a window, however, it is currently likely being take up by your background. On 22 March 2011 10:44, Benjamin Cathey <benja...@apocalypticfail.com> wrote: > Hey again > > Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my background > image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc). I was wondering if > there was a way to have a script running and have the output display over > the background displayed by feh and under the terminator window (or any > other window really). > > I did not think this would be possible as it seems that all programs running > need a 'window'. > > I looked for xrootconsole using yaourt (arch linux) and didn't find any > matches. > > Thanks > > B > > On 03/22/2011 10:39 AM, Sean Howard wrote: >> >> What do you mean by this? >> >> If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly >> updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely >> you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and >> out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see >> what it does. >> >> If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do >> what you want. >> >> I personally use "mpc|xrootconsole" inside my dwm loop (it's not >> great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job). >> >> You might simply want to put "watch ps -aux|xrootconsole" as a script >> running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout >> available. >> >> So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a >> lot. >> >> >> >> On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Cathey<benja...@apocalypticfail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image >>> (sort >>> of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I >>> thought it couldn't hurt to ask. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Benjamin >>> >>> >> > >
