--- rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2007/08/03 22:40:10	1.239
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2007/08/15 22:41:52	1.242
@@ -506,14 +506,55 @@
   if (option (Opt_scrollBar))
     resize_scrollbar ();      /* create and map scrollbar */
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_BG_PIXMAP
+  {
+    bool changed = false;
+    bgPixmap.set_target (this);
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_TRANSPARENCY
-  if (option (Opt_transparent))
-    {
-      XSelectInput (dpy, display->root, PropertyChangeMask);
-      check_our_parents ();
-      rootwin_ev.start (display, display->root);
-    }
+    if (option (Opt_transparent))
+      {
+        bgPixmap.set_transparent ();
+#ifdef HAVE_AFTERIMAGE        
+        if (rs [Rs_blurradius])
+          bgPixmap.set_blur_radius (rs [Rs_blurradius]);
+#endif          
+        if (ISSET_PIXCOLOR (Color_tint))
+          bgPixmap.set_tint (pix_colors_focused [Color_tint]);
+        if (rs [Rs_shade])
+          bgPixmap.set_shade (rs [Rs_shade]);
+        changed = true;
+
+        bgPixmap.set_root_pixmap ();
+        XSelectInput (dpy, display->root, PropertyChangeMask);
+        rootwin_ev.start (display, display->root);
+      }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef XPM_BACKGROUND
+    if (rs[Rs_backgroundPixmap] != NULL)
+      {
+        const char *p = rs[Rs_backgroundPixmap];
+
+        if ((p = strchr (p, ';')) != NULL)
+          {
+            p++;
+            bgPixmap.set_geometry (p);
+          }
+        else
+          bgPixmap.set_defaultGeometry ();
+
+        changed = bgPixmap.set_file (rs[Rs_backgroundPixmap]);
+      }
 #endif
+    if (changed)
+      {
+        bgPixmap.render ();
+        scr_touch (true);
+      }
+  }
+#endif
+
 #if ENABLE_PERL
   rootwin_ev.start (display, display->root);
 #endif
@@ -1110,10 +1151,13 @@
                          window_vt_x, window_vt_y,
                          width, height);
 
-      scr_clear ();
 #ifdef XPM_BACKGROUND
-      resize_pixmap ();
+                /* TODO: replace with update_pixmap() that should unify transparency and bg image handling ! */
+      if (bgPixmap.window_size_sensitive ())
+          bgPixmap.render ();
 #endif
+
+      scr_clear ();
     }
 
   if (fix_screen || old_height == 0)
@@ -1123,8 +1167,9 @@
   //scr_touch (false);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_PIXMAP
-  if (bgPixmap.pixmap)
-    scr_touch (false);
+//  TODO: this don't seem to have any effect - do we still need it ? If so - in which case exactly ?
+//  if (bgPixmap.pixmap)
+//    scr_touch (false);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_XIM