transparent window manager

[Benedikt Meurer]

Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>>>Looks great, how is it done? Set a 32-bit PNG as a background or 
>>>>something? Is this portable to other applications? If not it should be - 
>>>>transparency could actually be usable!
>>>
>>>You'll need to change toolkits first (the xterm hack is really awfull
>>>btw). But besides the eye-candiness factor, what would be the benefit?
> 
> The benefit is having the semi-transparent terminal, which I've found
> useful when working in several different windows at once, but the text
> is much more readable since it's opaque.

It's fun for two or three minutes, but you'll get frustrated real soon.
If you ever tried to work with a transparent terminal window displayed
over a browser with a busy website (advert gifs), you'll know how nice
opaque black background can be. ;-)

You can try this easily on OS X if you happen to have a Mac around.

> 	-brian

Benedikt