Transparent Panels

[Mike Massonnet]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 07:01:00AM -0500, JoeHill wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:47:50 +0100
> Mike Massonnet got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
> > Now, to set the transparency of a panel, make sure you have Composite
> > enabled.  For Xfce 4.4 go to Settings > Window Manager Tweaks, and
> > enable Compositor (last tab).  If you don't have this tab, type xfwm4
> > --version
> 
> [joehill at node1:~>$]xfwm4 --version
>         This is xfwm4 version 4.3.99.1 (revision 23062) for Xfce 4.3.99.1
>         Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>         Compiled against GTK+-2.8.3, using GTK+-2.8.3.
> 
>         Build configuration and supported features:
>         - Startup notification support:                 Yes
>         - Render support:                               Yes
>         - Xrandr support:                               Yes
>         - Embedded compositor:                          Yes
>         - KDE systray proxy (deprecated):               No
> 
> > to see if it has been built-in.  Once Compositor is working,
> > right click on a Panel and select Configure.
> 
> It looks like it's built in, but then again I have the notification plugin
> installed as well, and that doesn't show up in the settings anywhere. Is there
> a command to run to get this compositor dialogue to open?
> 
I've no clue.. :/  Maybe killall xfwm4, and then run it again with xfwm4
--compositor=on

> Thanks for such a quick reply! You're either an insomniac like me, or yer on
> the other side of the planet ;-)
> 

Cheers,
Mike, who is going to university in a bit
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