--- rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/30 22:49:30 1.34 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/31 00:25:16 1.35 @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it - working consider it a rite of passage, and you failed. + working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed. - Here are three ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and + Here are four ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and option descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it! @@ -89,13 +89,23 @@ 3. Use an ARGB visual: - rxvt -depth 432 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/c000 + rxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc - This requires XFT support, and support form your X-server. If that + This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it - work. + work, but that doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in + place. + + 4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job: + + xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \ + -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000 + + Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace + 0xc0000000 by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it + doesn't work and your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces. Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause