From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 16:21:53 +0200

Re: LibGGI app in X11 root window?

becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> 
> > > How can one run libGGI apps in the root window of X11?
> > > This is especially nice for demos and screensavers.
> > That's not possible currently. But it's a nice idea which I'll add
> > to my "would-be-nice hacks todo for ggi" list. ;)
> 
> Yep. I'd suggest some option for the display-string ...

Or even a hotkey to change it during runtime. I'm not sure what
would happen if you simply replaced xhook->window with the
root window, but afaik it could be that simple.

On a related note I've been thinking about a "vidmode" target
that would use the XF86 vidmode extension, but not DGA.
It would give the same performance as the X-target, but apps
would run fullscreen without the requiring the program to run as
root.

//Marcus
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