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| Name: root-tail | Distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Version: 1.2 | Vendor: openSUSE |
| Release: 236.1 | Build date: Sat Feb 24 00:18:02 2024 |
| Group: System/X11/Utilities | Build host: i02-ch1c |
| Size: 35449 | Source RPM: root-tail-1.2-236.1.src.rpm |
| Packager: https://bugs.opensuse.org | |
| Url: http://goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html | |
| Summary: Print Text Directly to the X Window System Root Window | |
Tails a given file anywhere on your X Window System root window with a transparent background. It is customizable with regards to font, color, and more.
GPL-2.0+
* Fri Feb 23 2024 Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
* Tue Dec 05 2017 crrodriguez@opensuse.org
- BuildRequire pkgconfig(x11) and pkgconfig(xext) not
xorg-x11-devel
* Sun Aug 06 2006 cthiel@suse.de
- fix build with X.org 7.1
* Wed Jan 25 2006 mls@suse.de
- converted neededforbuild to BuildRequires
* Mon Aug 09 2004 mmj@suse.de
- Update to 1.2 including:
o replaced default font by "*" to "ensure" some font is found.
o accept hexadecimal window ids, as does everybody else(?).
o made it compile with ansi-89-based compilers again.
o add hack to support nautilus (not very stable, nautilus should
either use extended window manager hints or __SWM_VROOT, as everybody
else does).
o do not initialize the window twice (fixes problems with multiple
visuals).
o new option: -minspace.
o fixed seg fault if geometry is too short to fit a single line
o fix bug which became apparent if -no-filename or null
* Mon May 31 2004 mmj@suse.de
- Add patch to make shading customizable
* Tue Apr 13 2004 mfabian@suse.de
- don't use just "fixed" as the default fontset, specify a proper
fontset by default (keeping the size and style of "fixed").
* Tue Apr 13 2004 mmj@suse.de
- Update to 1.1 with lots of improvements
* Wed Feb 25 2004 mmj@suse.de
- Update to 0.9:
o unsigned/fseek bug
o (root_window): New function. Return the real
root window, or the virtual one if any.
(InitWindow): Use it.
force_refresh): Clear the root-tail area, not the whole window.
(blank_window): Ditto.
(main_loop): Don't forget to redraw () the initial contents.
- Fix type-punning
* Thu Oct 16 2003 mmj@suse.de
- Don't build as root
- Better fix for the fseek unsignedness bug
- Rename to root-tail
/usr/bin/root-tail /usr/share/doc/packages/root-tail /usr/share/doc/packages/root-tail/Changes /usr/share/doc/packages/root-tail/README /usr/share/man/man1/root-tail.1x.gz
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