> I recently spent some time figuring out how to do this, and now
> know of two methods. The first, which works for a number of file formats
> (including XPM, incidentally), is
>
> % xv -root -quit [image filename]
>
> Another that'll work for files in XPM format only is
>
> % xpmroot [image filename]
>
> Does anyone know if either method is better than the other, or if
> there's a still-better method I don't know about?
neither method is inherently "better" ... if all you want to do is tile an
XPM, then xpmroot is probably better ... xv provides for not only more
image formats, but also several different "modes" of wallpapering, so if
you want to do a non-XPM, or something besides repeated tiling, xv is
better ... you can see these different modes under the Root menu in xv,
and invoke them on the command line with -rmode # ...
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