Transparency

[Wade Smart]

12222005 2035 GMT-5

True transparent being for all apps - then yes. That is what I was 
talking about.

Wade


Peter Garrett wrote:

>On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:24:22 +1100
>David <david at kenpro.com.au> wrote:
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>>On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 12:30:17AM +1100, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Did I misunderstand the point?
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>>thanks..
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>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)
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>True transparency *is* now possible with the new extensions to xorg - but
>it's quite new and isn't configured by default.
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>Peter
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