Hi, Duke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm a huge fan of transparency, and I became interested in directfb > when I saw those screen shots with "true" transparency. How would I > go about getting my system setup to do that? I've got to compile > directfb support into my kernel, right? you need to enable support for a framebuffer device in your kernel. DirectFB itself is implemented in userspace. > Then do I apply patches to gtk, and other apps (X, maybe)? you can use GTK+-DirectFB to compile applications for the DirectFB-enabled framebuffer device. You can then make use of the alpha channel by using the GDK-DirectFB API. > How does the transparency work in X? Can I set the level on a > per-window basis, or is it pre set, or are there some settings I can > configure? What apps can I actually make transparent? All of them, > or just ones that use gtk? the DirectFB window stack allows to set a per-window opacity in addition to an alpha channel provided by the application itself. By using XDirectFB, an X server based on DirectFB, you can apply the per-window opacity to all X11 applications. Well, to all X11 applications that work under XDirectFB. However since there's at the moment no window-manager that makes use of these features, I doubt that you will find it very useful for your daily work. Salut, Sven -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
