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Offline bigpcman

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tc2.3 - Replace desktop logo with blank space
« on: September 20, 2009, 09:23:20 AM »
I'm not sure if this was explained anywhere or if this is the best approach but to replace the tc logo on the desktop with blank space I simply edited .setbackground in "/home/tc" to use the "/usr/share/xmp/empty.xmp" image.
« Last Edit: September 20, 2009, 10:38:25 AM by bigpcman »
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Offline baz

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Re: tc2.3 - Replace desktop logo with blank space
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2009, 01:52:06 AM »
That removed my selected background color too. There must be a better way.

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Re: tc2.3 - Replace desktop logo with blank space
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2009, 01:57:41 PM »
esetroot -b <color>

EDIT:  sorry I didn't notice Esetroot apparently requires an image.. I've been using xsri exclusively for years and just went by a guess.

If you want a solid color, you could make a 1x1 1-color pixmap and set that.

Or you could install an application that doesn't require an image.  Xsetroot is included in Xorg, so you might already have it installed.
« Last Edit: December 18, 2009, 02:05:55 PM by mikshaw »

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Re: tc2.3 - Replace desktop logo with blank space
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 03:46:08 PM »
empty.xpm :)
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2009, 09:09:30 PM »
empty.xpm :)
Obviously empty.xpm is a solution.

A similar solution would be to 'empty' the original /home/tc/.logo.xpm file.

Both isn't trivial, as just creating a 0-Byte-File doesn't work.

Seemingly you have to create a real 'xpm' file faking kind of zero content.

I used gimp to create an 1x1 pixel image with the same #4f5f82 color
used by /home/tc/.setbackground and stored the result in xpm format as empty.xpm.

If you are a registered member logged into this forum,
you'll find this file attached for download at the end of this posting.

Download empty.xpm
copy it into the /home/tc directory
rename it to .logo.xmp
and you'll get a plain desktop.

Enjoy

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Re: tc2.3 - Replace desktop logo with blank space
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2009, 01:28:13 AM »
Was something that you didn't like about using the empty.xpm already provided?
/usr/share/xpm/empty.xpm
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Re: tc2.3 - Replace desktop logo with blank space
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2009, 01:45:48 AM »
Was something that you didn't like about using the empty.xpm already provided?
/usr/share/xpm/empty.xpm
Oh, it's already there, great, thanks for the hint, roberts.

Would I have known I needn't create my own one.

Actuall I read only the last post
empty.xpm :)
and oversaw what's mentioned in the first one.

Naturally, using
/usr/share/xpm/empty.xpm
is fine.