Drawing on the root window in Linux?

[David McNab]

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Charlie Lesh wrote:
| Hey all:
|
| Is there any way to draw on the 'root' window? I'm thinking about a
| python screensaver for linux.  I know that there are xlib bindings for
| python, maybe a little outdated, but do they have what I might need?

Try xlib-python (or python-xlib).
And welcome to a whole new world of pain.

|
| Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any answers,
| and Google was coming up empty.
|
| -Charlie
|

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Kind regards
David

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