Xfce-dev Digest, Vol 4, Issue 2

[Norman V. Bauer]

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>   1. Re: new to development (Jasper Huijsmans)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 19:48:14 +0100
>From: Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at xfce.org>
>Subject: Re: new to development
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>Op vr 05-03-2004, om 00:29 schreef Norman V. Bauer:
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>>Hello List,
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>>I am new to development. I've done the Scripting thing, shell scripting 
>>and java that is. Now I am looking to get a grip on C, as it pertains to 
>>XFCE4.
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>>One of the things I want to do (for my personal system) is change the 
>>XFCE panel so that it can be transparent. Similar to OS X. What I really 
>>want to know is if this is at all possible in C? And am I correct, XFCE 
>>is written in C not C++?
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>X can't do true transparency, you'll have to 'fake' it. Try looking at
>the code for the gnome panel. Basically you have to find the background
>image (using the _XROOTPMAP_ID property on the X root window) and set
>the background for the panel window accordingly.
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>I'm not sure it will work, perhaps the plugins will need to be changed
>as well.
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>	Jasper
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Thanks Jasper,

I noticed your name all over the comments in the source, so you are the 
right person to ask this. If you could summerize it in a paragraph, why 
can't X do it? I'm heading over to the Xfree86 CVS now.

Thanks for the reply. Your answer was extremely helpful.

Norm