Joachim Backes wrote:
> On 04-Sep-2002 Brett Granger wrote:
>
>>
>> Though I keep hoping somebody will be able to explain to me otherwise,
>> there does not appear to be any way to make top level X windows
>> transparent or translucent with the stock GTK (due to a limitation in X
>> itself, I believe)...
>
>
> Hi, this is not correct:
>
> when working with pure X11, you can use the
>
> Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension
>
Thanks, Joachim.
But I am not interested in non-rectangular windows via the shape
extension (which I have used quite a bit) -- I am interested in
translucent rectangular (alpha-blended) top level windows, preferably
with minimal modification to X or to GTK. There have been previous
discussions on this list (or was it the app-devel list?) about this,
indicating that it is possible with DirectFB or perhaps faked using a
patch from Owen. Seems like it ought to be possible to create something
using the render extension, but performance might be an issue? I'm
working in a remote display environment, so DirectFB might not really be
feasible...
--Brett
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