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Re: Setting transparent xterms



G'day,

>	Some people once told me that they saw a "xterm" window in X that had a
>transparent -background so you could easily see the wallpaper in the back.
 How
>is this possible?  (So basically it is like me calling an xterm window and
>seeing my nice background and I will look like I am typing directly into the
>background.)  Thanks in advance.

Last I heard, transparent backgrounds were not possible (but this may or
may not be true now, as I'm using X less and less...) But RxVT, which is an
X-Term like program, will let you use a pixmap as a background image. Great
way to make a totally unreadable X-Term <grin>.

There are some AfterStep screenshots I have seen where a guy uses the same
pixmap as his background and RxVT background, which results in an effect
similar to a transparent X-Term. I suspect that's as close as you'll get.

damon


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