Re: Re: xglobe as background
John Gruenenfelder (johng@bach.as.arizona.edu)
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 21:41:36 -0700
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 08:41:13PM -0500, turnerjw2@netscape.net wrote:
>I use "xplanet" for my background, and all I have to do is include
>the following in my "autoexec" file:
>
> Exec "I" exec xplanetbg -nice 19 -wait 1800 -night_image earth_night.jpg -cloud_image newclouds0_1600.jpg -observer -98,32.5 -markerfile ~/.xearth
>
>Try something similar for "xglobe" The above command works from the
>command-line, I just remove the "Exec "I" exec " part.
I believe this works so well for you because xplanet actually knows about
asetroot. xglobe does not. xplanet behaves very well with AfterStep and is
in general a nicer and more featureful program, though it does take a little
longer to render the images (but they sure look nice).
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