Add documentation for displaying different images on different monitors

Gottox · Dec 30, 2012 · 0ccec70 · 0ccec70
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diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
     DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 bgs <image> &
 
 (This will start bgs on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
+
+In order to have a different image on each monitor you can specify
+multiple images (one per monitor), e.g.:
+
+    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 bgs <image1> <image2> &
+
+(This will display image1 on monitor 1 and image2 on monitor 2.)
diff --git a/bgs.1 b/bgs.1
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ centers image rather then scaling it.
 .B \-x
 switches to dynamic mode. bgs will update your background as soon as
 the root window changes.
+.TP
+if multiple images are specified, each image is set for each monitor, in order.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)
 .BR xsetroot (1)