transparency - the real thing

[Net Llama!]

On 08/04/03 21:46, Biju Chacko wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:25:20 -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
>>A coworker just got a sexy new Mac Powerbook, and had me drooling over
>>how gorgeous the entire OSX UI is.  But what really blew me away was
>>the fact that OSX can do _real_ window transparency, like this:
>>
>>http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Showcase/screen_shots/03.28.CocoaNTerminal.jpg
> 
> 
> Gee, it looks like XFce. :)

Well, not quite.  But i wish.

>>That means that every window can be transparent to whatever is behind
>>it. Not just the (now) cheap hacks that we see with linux terms, where
>>you get the background image, and nothing else.
>>
>>Or maybe someone can prove me wrong.  Is there linux functionality
>>that will give me true transparency?
> 
> 
> What a waste of CPU cycles :)

No argument there.  But its still damn sexy.  And since i'm not paying by 
the cpu cycle, i can afford to waste a few on some eye candy.

> I think X has got some level of support for alpha blending (ie
> transparency). I think KDE 3 has transparent menus. I guess the toolkits
> need to support it or something.

ick KDE.  I ditched KDE nearly 3 years ago, and never looked back.  Surely 
this is doable without KDE.

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