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macOS Desktop level text (like geektool)

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I would like to write an application that allows me to have text right above the desktop and is constantly updated from the internet. I know obj-c and have some cocoa experience, but I have no idea where to begin on this. Should I make a custom NSWindow class with no visible features and then put text inside that? How do I go about sticking it right above the desktop?

Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks much,
Whit

EDIT!
Found my answer, thanks all 🙂
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSWindowLevel
 
Catfish_Man said:
iirc use -setWindowLevel: to change the z-ordering of a window.
Click to expand...

I've managed to get that to work, but I can't get the window behind the desktop no matter how high I set the negative number.

I have searched and searched to find what level the icon's live at and have had no luck.
 
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