My fork of xwinwrap.
Xwinwrap allows you to stick most of the apps to your desktop background.
My use case - can use gif as a background
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev build-essential libx11-dev x11proto-xext-dev libxrender-dev libxext-dev
git clone https://github.com/takase1121/xwinwrap
cd xwinwrap
make
sudo make install
make clean
Usage: xwinwrap [-g {w}x{h} {x} {y}] [-ni] [-argb] [-fdt] [-fs] [-s] [-st] [-sp] [-a] [-d] [-b] [-nf] [-o OPACITY] [-sh SHAPE] [-ov] -- COMMAND ARG1 ...
Options:
-g - Specify Geometry (w=width, h=height, x=x-coord, y=y-coord. ex: -g 640x480 100 100)
-ni - Ignore Input
-argb - RGB
-fdt - force WID window a desktop type window
-sub - Set WID placeholder (default is %WID)
-fs - Full Screen
-un - Undecorated
-s - Sticky
-st - Skip Taskbar
-sp - Skip Pager
-a - Above
-b - Below
-nf - No Focus
-o - Opacity value between 0 to 1 (ex: -o 0.20)
-sh - Shape of window (choose between rectangle, circle or triangle. Default is rectangle)
-ov - Set override_redirect flag (For seamless desktop background integration in non-fullscreenmode)
-d - Daemonize
-debug - Enable debug messages
Example
xwinwrap -g 400x400 -ni -s -nf -b -un -argb -sh circle -- gifview -w %WID mygif.gif -a
- Added ability to make undecorated window
- Changed how desktop window is found
- Refactored window hints
- Refactored code style
- Allows WID to be passed within an argument (allows
--wid=%WIDinstead of-wid WID)
Check
xwinwrap.cfor detailed changelogs.
Original source - https://launchpad.net/xwinwrap