Transparency

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:24:22 +1100
David <david at kenpro.com.au> wrote:

> 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..

Sounds like you are expecting "true" transparency - this method only gives
" pseudo transparency" ( you see the background, but not icons, other
windows behind the terminal etc)

True transparency *is* now possible with the new extensions to xorg - but
it's quite new and isn't configured by default.

Peter


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