Some hints on using Xplaid.xpm.Z

Here's the command I use to make this my background:

xloadimage -onroot -foreground #ff8400 -clip 0,0,219,236 Xplaid.xpm &

The clipping is necessary because the file is actually a whole lot
of plaids...enough to cover a 13" Mac screen, but not enough for
my Sun display.  I'm too lazy to remake it with just one plaid.
So this clip spec will ensure that we only grab one plaid and tile it.

The foreground spec is for the shade of orange you want.  So far, the
best 8-bit combo I've found is red=ff, green=84, blue=00.  Let me know
if you find another that's truer to the plaid.

If your xloadimage doesn't know how to recogize compressed files and
pipe them through uncompress, then you'll want to uncompress the file
first.

If your xloadimage has trouble finding the file, try a complete
pathname, or try setting up a ~/.xloadimagerc file.