xfdesktop text translucency

[Stefan Stuhr]

lør, 13 05 2006 kl. 00:12 -0700, skrev Brian J. Tarricone:
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> Hey all,
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> So, I feel a little dumb.  I don't recall where the thread is, but some
> people asked for "transparent text backgrounds" on the icon view.  I
> (think I) totally misunderstood what people were asking for, and denied
> the request.
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> I thought people wanted the background totally removed, and some kind of
> shadow/3D effect added to the text (to make sure the text is still
> visible if the background image is similar in color to the gtk theme's
> text color).  That's what "transparent" means to me, anyway.

That's also what it means to me. I hadn't thought about making the
background semi-transparent, but now when I have just seen it, it seems
cool in it's own way.

> 	-brian

Stefan