Re: xterm

[Christopher Splinter <chris@splinter.inka.de>]

* cls--colo spgs <pplaw@pcisys.net> writes:

> is there a way make the xterm "box" a "see-through" (to
> the background or to a background image)?

XTerm doesn't offer this kind of feature but ETerm does; try
Eterm -O --shade 30.

man Eterm:

,----
|        -O, --trans
|               This gives a pseudo-transparent Eterm.   The  image
|               is  taken  directly  from  the  root window, so any
|               requests for changing the pixmap are  ignored.   If
|               you do not use Enlightenment (http://www.enlighten­;
|               ment.org/) as your window manager, you will need to
|               use  the  Esetroot program in the doc/ directory to
|               set your root background image.
| 
|        --shade percentage
|               Darkens the background pixmap (either an image file
|               or  the  transparent  portion  can be shaded).  The
|               amount of shading is controlled  by  the  specified
|               percentage,  which  may or may not be followed by a
|               percent sign.
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