since i switched to linux on the desktop a while back, there's been one thing
that i've been thinking about consistently: isn't there a way to make
any/all apps in X semi-transparent?
my thinking being that i'd be able to have kmail open here, with gkrellm on
the right, but not _totally_ covering the text underneath... there has to be
a way to assign a 50% alpha to arbitrary windows... right? if the icons can
be 32bit, why not entire apps? well maybe not, considering that most
transparencies i've seen in linux are "faked" by reproducing the background
image in the "transparent" window.
so what's the deal with (semi)transparencies? why are they so hard to make?
or is there just a lack of interest in the community for such a feature?
this isn't meant as a bitch session, just a curiosity.
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