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      xsetroot - root window parameter setting utility for X
      

Contents 1 SYNOPSIS 2 DESCRIPTION 3 OPTIONS 4 RELATED 5 CATEGORY

SYNOPSIS

      xsetroot [-help] [-def] [-display display] [-cursor cursorfile maskfile] [-cursor_name cursorname] [-bitmap file-
      name] [-mod x y] [-gray] [-grey] [-fg color] [-bg color] [-rv] [-solid color] [-name string]

DESCRIPTION

      The setroot program allows you to tailor the appearance of the background ("root") window on a  workstation  dis-
      play  running  X.   Normally, you experiment with xsetroot until you find a personalized look that you like, then
      put the xsetroot command that produces it into your X startup file.  If no options are specified, or if  -def  is
      specified,  the  window is reset to its default state.  The -def option can be specified along with other options
      and only the non-specified characteristics will be reset to the default state.
 
      Only one of the background color/tiling changing options (-solid, -gray, -grey, -bitmap, and -mod) may be  speci-
      fied at a time.

OPTIONS

      The various options are as follows:
 
      -help  Print a usage message and exit.
 
      -def   Reset  unspecified  attributes  to the default values.  (Restores the background to the familiar gray mesh
             and the cursor to the hollow x shape.)
 
      -cursor cursorfile maskfile
             This lets you change the pointer cursor to whatever you want when the pointer cursor  is  outside  of  any
             window.   Cursor and mask files are bitmaps (little pictures), and can be made with the bitmap(1) program.
             You probably want the mask file to be all black until you get used to the way masks work.
 
      -cursor_name cursorname
             This lets you change the pointer cursor to one of the standard cursors from the  cursor  font.   Refer  to
             appendix B of the X protocol for the names (except that the XC_ prefix is elided for this option).
 
      -bitmap filename
             Use  the bitmap specified in the file to set the window pattern.  You can make your own bitmap files (lit-
             tle pictures) using the bitmap(1) program.  The entire background will be made up of repeated  "tiles"  of
             the bitmap.
 
      -mod x y
             This is used if you want a plaid-like grid pattern on your screen.  x and y are integers ranging from 1 to
             16.  Try the different combinations.  Zero and negative numbers are taken as 1.
 
      -gray  Make the entire background gray.  (Easier on the eyes.)
 
      -grey  Make the entire background grey.
 
      -fg color
             Use ``color as the foreground color.  Foreground and background colors are meaningful only  in  combina-
             tion with -cursor, -bitmap, or -mod.
 
      -bg color
             Use ``color as the background color.
 
      -rv    This exchanges the foreground and background colors.  Normally the foreground color is black and the back-
             ground color is white.
 
      -solid color
             This sets the background of the root window to the specified color.  This option is only useful  on  color
             servers.
 
      -name string
             Set  the name of the root window to ``string.  There is no default value.  Usually a name is assigned to
             a window so that the window manager can use a text representation when  the  window  is  iconified.   This
             option is unused since you can't iconify the background.
 
      -display display
             Specifies the server to connect to; see X(7).

RELATED

      X(7), xset(1), xrdb(1)

CATEGORY