[ale] running apps in the root window

[aminus at mindspring.com (Alan Bowman)]

>Since the root window is simply another X window, is there a way to cause an
>app to run within it?  I'm interested in getting a terminal to run under it
>so that I can tail -f /var/log/messages and always have the output displayed
>there.  Am I totally off base here or is it possible?

Search on google for roottail.

...alan

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