---
name: "setrootimage"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "aewm++"
version: "1.0.16-3"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/setrootimage"
---

# setrootimage(1x)

puts a nice diagonal gradient image on the root window

## NAME

setrootimage - puts a nice diagonal gradient image on the root window

## SYNOPSIS

**setrootimage** -display \[display\], -from \[color\], -to \[color\]

**setrootimage** -from 708090 -to cccccc

## DESCRIPTION

**setrootimage** puts a nice diagonal gradient image on the root window.

## OPTIONS

- **-display *display***

  Specifies which display to set the root image on.

-

  - **-from *color*, -to *color***

  Use *color* for the start and end colors of the gradient, respectively.

## AUTHOR

setrootimage is supplied with aewm++ by Frank Hale \<frankhale@yahoo.com\>

This code makes use of a version of the Blackbox image code. Many thanks go out to Brad Hughes the author of the Blackbox window manager.

## WEBSITE

http://sapphire.sourceforge.net/