Well, that works for me, thanks for the tip!!! I ran a search on Google, and found a freebee, http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml that seems to work fine. I didn't have to make any changes to X server settings, either. Woo Hoo! Ron
--- Antony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I don't know how useful an answer this is going to be, > but for what its > worth, I also use mrxvt, though this trick will work > with any terminal. > Its not translucency, but transparency - I must > confess to not really > understanding the difference. > > I run Cygwin/X with -multiwindow, so each mrxvt window > launches as a > "proper" Windows window. I then use standard Windows > (2000/XP) > transparency to make my terminals transparent. The > neatest app I've > found to set this is PowerMenu(1). Hope this is > useful. > > Incidentally, mrxvt seems to me to be nearly perfect > as a terminal (no - > I'm not trying to start a flame war :). I start it as > follows: > > C:\Cygwin\usr\local\bin\mrxvt.exe -geometry 140x40 > -bgfade 50 -stt -bc > -xft -xftfn "Monospac821 BT" -xftaa -xftsz 14 -ht -b > 20 -bg > Black -fg DarkSeaGreen +sb -sl 5000 --color1 tan3 > --color2 chartreuse4 > --color3 LemonChiffon --color4 CornflowerBlue --color5 > firebrick4 -- > color6 LightBlue3 -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i > > which gives me anti-aliased fonts, multiple terminals > (ctrl-alt-n for a > new shell, shift-(left|right arrow) to cycle, and > allows for jpeg/png > backgrounds (try > > echo -ne "\E]20;image.jpg;\a" > > ) > > Ant. > > > (1) > http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/ > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the > all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > > -- > Unsubscribe info: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ > FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
