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Not Nautilus' task

Posted Dec 16, 2004 15:58 UTC (Thu) by erich (subscriber, #7127)
Parent article: Gnome Backgrounds, workspace specific

Hi,
setting the background is NOT nautilus' task.
I don't run nautilus (I hate file managers), and I still do have a background. I think this is handeled by gnome-settings.

You should be able to disable gnome-settings changing your background and instead use a window manager that does this upon switching desktops. I think desktop switching is the window managers task. ;-)

I like the Gnome way as it is, and I also enjoy the possibility of chaning the background by just changing a gconf key.

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Not Nautilus' task

Posted Dec 17, 2004 15:52 UTC (Fri) by dcoutts (guest, #5387) [Link]

When Nautilus is running it also handles the background. That is because it paints the desktop icons and handles select-drag on the desktop too.

When Nautilus is not running, it is handeled differently as you say.

Perhaps when we've got transparent windows in Xorg there could be just one way using a transparent desktop (painted by the file manager) showing the wallpaper underneath.

Who can see the background?

Posted Dec 18, 2004 6:57 UTC (Sat) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

I guess this -- translucent windows -- answers the question as to what good different backgrounds for different workspaces could do when you can't see them anyway. Certainly on all my workspaces very little if any of the desktop background shows. But, if the windows were a bit translucent, the desktop would come through enough to help identify the place.