taskbar panel transparency

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi

I can't tell, you need to check the log on the configure script so see
what is missing on your system.

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 15:35 -0500, Ajit Datar wrote:
> I have compiled it with the compositing option. I am running FC3 so it
> has X.org > 6.8
> I also created a transparency file as mentioned in the manual with
> panel=90 (for 90% transparency) and I still can't see my panel
> translucent.
> 
> What could be the problem? I have a dell 700m laptop with intel
> i8255GM graphics controller.
> 
> Thanks
> Ajit
> 
> On 5/2/05, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
>         On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 01:33 +0800, brandon wrote:
>         > So, how do i check whether i already have the embedded
>         compositing
>         > manager is compiled in already or not?
>         
>         If you had it compiled it, you'd know because you would see
>         shadows 
>         under the windows and a translucent Xfce panel.
>         
>         > if not, can i just install it over my xfce or do i have to
>         recompile
>         > it?
>         
>         You have to recompile xfwm4 and specify "--enable-compositor"
>         among 
>         the ./configure parameters.
>         
>         Please see the documentation (a copy is available online here
>         http://www.loculus.nl/xfce/documentation/docs-4.2/xfwm4.html )
>         
>         > and if it is, how to i alter the settings for it to make the
>         panel
>         > transparent?
>         
>         Please see the documentation (a copy is available online here
>         http://www.loculus.nl/xfce/documentation/docs-4.2/xfce4-
>         panel.html#panel-transparency )
>         
>         HTH
>         Olivier.
>         
>         >  thanks
>         >
>         > Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>         > > Hi
>         > >
>         > > xcompmgr is a compositing manager, and xfwm4 already
>         includes one (but 
>         > > it's not compiled in by default), so xcompmgr is not
>         needed. A
>         > > compositing manager is a complex tool in charge of
>         "composing" the
>         > > screen from the different windows that are supposed to be
>         seen, applying 
>         > > transparency between them and their overlapping areas.
>         > >
>         > > "transset" is just a simple tool that instructs the
>         compositing manager
>         > > to force an opacity on an existing window. "transset" uses
>         virtually not 
>         > > resource by itself.
>         > >
>         > > The Xfce panel doesn't need transset and is able to change
>         its opacity
>         > > on the fly when the mouse pointer enter/leave the panel.
>         This works only
>         > > when a compositing manager is running, either the embedded
>         one or an 
>         > > external compositing manager such as xcompmgr.
>         > >
>         > > HTH
>         > > Olivier.
>         > >
>         > > On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 23:41 +0800, brandon wrote:
>         > >
>         > > > ouch.... was hoping that i could do that with some xfce
>         without xcompmgr 
>         > > > and transet like in gnome or kde... ok then is there
>         anyway to edit the
>         > > > colour of the taskbar? other than changing the theme
>         entirely?
>         > > >
>         > > > Patrick Yavitz wrote: 
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > > > brandon wrote:
>         > > > >
>         > > > >
>         > > > > > Hi, is it possible to make the taskbar panel
>         transparent, like in
>         > > > > > gnome? if so how do i do it? thanks 
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>         > > > > using transset or transset-df it is...
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