Root-tail 1.2 review

Root-tail is a program that allows printing of text directly to the X11 root window wherever you choose, much like running rxvt with

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 20K Developer: Mike Baker

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Root-tail is a program that allows printing of text directly to the X11 root window wherever you choose, much like running rxvt with a pixmap background but without the hassle and with more features.

Install:

xmkmf -a
make
make install
make install.man

What's New in This Release:
replaced default font by "*" to "ensure" some font is found.
accept hexadecimal window ids, as does everybody else(?).
made it compile with ansi-89-based compilers again.
add hack to support nautilus (not very stable, nautilus should either use extended window manager hints or __SWM_VROOT, as everybody else does).
do not initialize the window twice (fixes problems with multiple visuals).
new option: -minspace.
fixed seg fault if geometry is too short to fit a single line
fix bug which became apparent if -no-filename or null