Transparency

[David]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 12:30:17AM +1100, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> You can mak terminal windows transparent. Open a terminal. Then click 
> Edit => Current Profile and select the effects tab. The last option is 
> "transparent background". Select it and move the slider to select how 
> transparent you want the window to be.
> 

I just tried this... .and I assumed that I would be able to see through the 
terminal window to any icons beneath.. unfortunately that doesn't appear to 
be the case.

Did I misunderstand the point?

thanks..

David.