xsetroot Command
  
  
  Purpose
  
  Sets the root window parameters for the X command.
  
   Syntax
  
  xsetroot [ -bg Color] [ -bitmap FileName] [ -cursor CursorFile
  MaskFile] [ -cursor_name CursorName] [ -def] [ -display Display]
  [ -fg Color] [ -gray] [ -grey] [ -help] [ -mod X Y] [ -name
  String] [ -rv] [ -solid Color]
  
  Description
  
  The xsetroot command allows you to tailor the appearance of the
  background (root) window on a workstation display running X. Nor-
  mally, you experiment with the xsetroot command until you find a
  personalized look that you like, then put the xsetroot command
  that  produces it into your X startup file.  If  no  options  are
  specified or if the -def flag is specified, the window is reset
  to its default state.  The -def flag can be specified with other
  flags and only the unspecified characteristics are  reset  to the
  default state.
  
  Only one of the background color (tiling) changing flags
  (-bitmap, -solid, -gray, -grey, or -mod) can be specified at a
  time.
  
  Flags
  
  -bg Color	Uses the Color parameter as the background color.
  
  -bitmap FileName	Uses the bitmap specified in the file to set the
  window pattern.  You can make your  own bitmap files (little pic-
  tures) using the bitmap program.  The entire background is made
  of repeated tiles of the bitmap.
  
  -cursor CursorFile MaskFile	Changes the pointer cursor to what
  you want when it is outside of any window.  Cursor and mask files
  are bitmaps (little pictures) that can be made with the bitmap
  program.  You probably  want  the mask file to be all black until
  you get used to the way masks work.
  
  -cursor_name CursorName	Changes the pointer cursor to one of the
  standard cursors from the cursor font.
  
  -def	Resets unspecified attributes to the default values.  (Re-
  stores the background to the familiar gray mesh and the cursor to
  the hollow x shape.)
  
  -display Display	Specifies the server connection.  See the X com-
  mand.
  
  -fg Color	Uses the Color parameter as the foreground color.
  Foreground  and background colors are meaningful  only  with  the
  -cursor, -bitmap, or -mod flags.
  
  -gray	Makes the entire background gray.
  
  -grey	Makes the entire background grey.
  
  -help	Prints a usage message and exits.
  
  -mod X Y	Makes a plaid-like grid pattern on your screen.  The X
  and Y parameters are integers ranging from 1 to 16.  Zero and
  negative numbers are taken as 1.
  
  -name String	Sets the name of the root window to the String
  parameter.  There is no default value.    Usually  a  name is as-
  signed to a window so that  the  window  manager  can  use a text
  representation when the window  is  iconified.   This flag is not
  used because you cannot iconify the background.
  
  -rv	Exchanges the foreground and background colors.  Normally the
  foreground color is black and the background color is white.
  
  -solid Color	Sets the background of the root window to the speci-
  fied color.  This flag is only used on color servers.
  
  Implementation Specifics
  
  This command is part of AIXwindows Run Time Environment in
  AIXwindows Environment/6000.
  
  Related Information
  
  The  X command,  xset command,  xrdb command in Commands Refer-
  ence.
  
   Enhanced X-Windows Commands Overview in User Interface Program-
  ming Concepts Volume 1.
  
   Enhanced X-Windows Overview in User Interface Programming Con-
  cepts Volume 1.