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| 83 | I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? |
83 | I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? |
| 84 | First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in |
84 | First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in |
| 85 | rxvt-unicode, so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author |
85 | rxvt-unicode, so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author |
| 86 | about it (but you may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it |
86 | about it (but you may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it |
| 87 | working consider it a rite of passage, and you failed. |
87 | working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed. |
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| 89 | Here are three ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and |
89 | Here are four ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and |
| 90 | option descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. |
90 | option descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. |
| 91 | Really, do it! |
91 | Really, do it! |
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| 93 | 1. Use inheritPixmap: |
93 | 1. Use inheritPixmap: |
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| 108 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, |
108 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, |
| 109 | or you are unable to read. |
109 | or you are unable to read. |
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| 111 | 3. Use an ARGB visual: |
111 | 3. Use an ARGB visual: |
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| 113 | rxvt -depth 432 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/c000 |
113 | rxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc |
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| 115 | This requires XFT support, and support form your X-server. If that |
115 | This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that |
| 116 | doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals |
116 | doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals |
| 117 | aren't there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains |
117 | aren't there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains |
| 118 | the neccessary bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it |
118 | the neccessary bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it |
| 119 | work. |
119 | work, but that doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in |
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122 | 4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job: |
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124 | xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \ |
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125 | -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000 |
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127 | Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace |
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128 | 0xc0000000 by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it |
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129 | doesn't work and your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces. |
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| 121 | Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
131 | Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
| 122 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause |
132 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause |
| 123 | extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you |
133 | extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you |
| 124 | can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables |
134 | can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables |
