On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:29:55 -0600, Ed Presutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Is there any way to do desktop translucency with the available Evas > engines? I know i'm asking for a lot here and that this has been > discussed in the past, but my current project would benefit greatly > from it. (It's an EFL-powered desktop widget library) > > I've tried the software_x11 and xrender_x11 engines with no luck in > either using the ecore_evas_alpha_set() call. What i'd really like is > to not set the alpha at all from the C code and just let Evas > determine when to do alpha based on the code in the edje file. (That > way, my widget developers can control when they want alpha) you should indeed call ecore_evas_alpha_set() on the Ecore Evas, but it's not enough. You also need a composite manager that will perform the translucency effect. The "bling" module of e17 does that, but you can also use xcompmgr or any window manager that supports composite natively. > > Also, if there is a way to do it, will it work in other environments > besides E17? If it doesn't work in the POS Compiz/Beryl environments, > i'm totally okay with that. :-) > > Thanks in advance, > Ed Presutti (ekrunch on freenode) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
