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Fri Dec 25 05:52:59 PM CET 2020

My current Arch Linux install's xorg default background is solid black. I
have memories that this used not to be the case, some woven-like mesh
was the standard. I looked around and found no info about it. Then I
looked for bitmap screenshots, png rather than jpg, with this background
on them and then restored it. Below, I doubled it up to look more like
it used to on low end displays from the 1990s.

xeo% cat xmesh.pbm
P1
4 4
1 0 1 1
0 1 1 1
1 1 0 1
1 1 1 0
xeo% convert xmesh.pbm -filter box -resize 8x8 xmesh.xbm
xeo% cat xmesh.xbm
#define xmesh_width 8
#define xmesh_height 8
static char xmesh_bits[] = {
  0xF3, 0xF3, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0x3F, 0x3F, };
xeo% xsetroot -bitmap xmesh.xbm
xeo%